Pat O'Neill

Pat O'Neill

Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1939 (age 87)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Pat O'Neill is an American independent experimental filmmaker and artist who has also worked in the special effects industry. Although his work embraces an extremely wide technical and aesthetic scope, he is perhaps best known for his startling, surrealistic, and humorous film compositions achieved through a mastery of the optical printer. His films and other artworks often reveal a complex and mysterious interest in the connections and clashes between the natural world and human civilization. O'Neill has also produced a prodigious body of work in drawing, collage, sculpture, installation, and many other media.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Skies

Skies

Movie · Director

2024
Preen Scene poster

Preen Scene

Movie · Director

2021
Messages 2 poster

Messages 2

Movie · Director

2021
Messages 3 poster

Messages 3

Movie · Director

2021
Messages 4 poster

Messages 4

Movie · Director

2021
Messages 5 poster

Messages 5

Movie · Director

2020
Messages poster

Messages

Movie · Director

2019
"An Extra Wander: For Chick..." poster

"An Extra Wander: For Chick..."

Movie · Director

2017
Pharmaceutical Abstractions poster

Pharmaceutical Abstractions

Movie · Director

2016
Berlin 1990 poster

Berlin 1990

Movie · Director

2016
BAMPFA 2016 poster

BAMPFA 2016

Movie · Director

2016
Western Gray Squirrel poster

Western Gray Squirrel

Movie · Director

2015
Where the Chocolate Mountains poster

Where the Chocolate Mountains

Movie · Director

2013
No Wonder / Two Skins poster

No Wonder / Two Skins

Movie · Director

2012
Ojo Caliente

Ojo Caliente

Movie · Director

2011
Painter and Ball 4-14

Painter and Ball 4-14

Movie · Director

2009
I Open the Window poster

I Open the Window

Movie · Director

2009
I Put Out My Hands poster

I Put Out My Hands

Movie · Director

2009
Starting to Go Bad poster

Starting to Go Bad

Movie · Director

2009
13 track 13 #3 poster

13 track 13 #3

Movie · Director

2009
5 track 5 xfer poster

5 track 5 xfer

Movie · Director

2008
Horizontal Boundaries poster

Horizontal Boundaries

Movie · Director

2008
Ambassador Teardown poster

Ambassador Teardown

Movie · Director

2008
Pittsburgh Piano poster

Pittsburgh Piano

Movie · Director

2002
The Decay of Fiction poster

The Decay of Fiction

Movie · Director

1998
Coreopsis poster

Coreopsis

Movie · Director

1998
Squirtgun / Step Print

Squirtgun / Step Print

Movie · Director

1996
Trouble in the Image poster

Trouble in the Image

Movie · Director

1989
Water and Power poster

Water and Power

Movie · Director

1979
Two Sweeps poster

Two Sweeps

Movie · Director

1978
Let's Make a Sandwich poster

Let's Make a Sandwich

Movie · Director

1978
Foregrounds poster

Foregrounds

Movie · Director

1978
Sleeping Dogs (Never Lie) poster

Sleeping Dogs (Never Lie)

Movie · Director

1976
Sidewinder's Delta poster

Sidewinder's Delta

Movie · Director

1974
Saugus Series poster

Saugus Series

Movie · Director

1973
Down Wind poster

Down Wind

Movie · Director

1972
Easyout poster

Easyout

Movie · Director

1972
The Last of the Persimmons poster

The Last of the Persimmons

Movie · Director

1971
Runs Good poster

Runs Good

Movie · Director

1969
Screen poster

Screen

Movie · Director

1968
Coming Down poster

Coming Down

Movie · Director

1968
Sears Sox poster

Sears Sox

Movie · Director

1967
7362 poster

7362

Movie · Director

1964
Bump City poster

Bump City

Movie · Director

1963
By the Sea poster

By the Sea

Movie · Director