Pat O'Neill

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Pat O'Neill

Directing 87 January 1, 1939

Los Angeles, California, USA

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 technica…

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The Groove Tube

The Groove Tube

5.1 1974 Movie
Easyout

Easyout

5.5 1972 Movie
Water and Power

Water and Power

7.1 1989 Movie
Saugus Series

Saugus Series

5.8 1974 Movie
Harvest: 3,000 Years

Harvest: 3,000 Years

6.8 1975 Movie
Foregrounds

Foregrounds

7.9 1978 Movie
Runs Good

Runs Good

6.0 1971 Movie
Horizontal Boundaries

Horizontal Boundaries

7.2 2008 Movie
7362

7362

7.8 1967 Movie
Bustin' Down the Door

Bustin' Down the Door

6.0 2008 Movie
Down Wind

Down Wind

8.4 1973 Movie
Pittsburgh Piano

Pittsburgh Piano

2008 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Skies

    Movie Director

  2. 2024
    Preen Scene

    Movie Director

  3. 2021
    Messages 5

    Movie Himself (voice)

  4. 2021
    Messages 4

    Movie Himself (voice)

  5. 2021
    Messages 3

    Movie Narrator

  6. 2021
    Messages 2

    Movie Narrator

  7. 2020
    Messages

    Movie Narration

  8. 2019
    "An Extra Wander: For Chick..."

    Movie Director

  9. 2017
    Pharmaceutical Abstractions

    Movie Director

  10. 2016
    Berlin 1990

    Movie Director

  11. 2016
    BAMPFA 2016

    Movie Director

  12. 2016
    Western Gray Squirrel

    Movie Director

  13. 2015
    Where the Chocolate Mountains

    Movie Director

  14. 2013
    No Wonder / Two Skins

    Movie Director

  15. 2012
    Ojo Caliente

    Movie Director

  16. 2011
    Painter and Ball 4-14

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2009
    Starting to Go Bad

    Movie Director

  2. 2009
    I Open the Window

    Movie Director

  3. 2009
    I Put Out My Hands

    Movie Director

  4. 2009
    5 track 5 xfer

    Movie Director

  5. 2009
    13 track 13 #3

    Movie Director

  6. 2008
    Bustin' Down the Door

    Movie Self

  7. 2008
    Horizontal Boundaries

    Movie Director

  8. 2008
    Pittsburgh Piano

    Movie Director

  9. 2008
    Ambassador Teardown

    Movie Director

  10. 2002
    The Decay of Fiction

    Movie Director

  11. 1998
    Coreopsis

    Movie Director

  12. 1998
    Squirtgun / Step Print

    Movie Director

  13. 1996
    Trouble in the Image

    Movie Director

  14. 1993
    Abstract Cinema

    Movie Himself

  15. 1989
    Water and Power

    Movie Director

  16. 1979
    Two Sweeps

    Movie Director

  17. 1978
    Sleeping Dogs (Never Lie)

    Movie

  18. 1978
    Foregrounds

    Movie Director

  19. 1978
    Let's Make a Sandwich

    Movie Director

  20. 1976
    Sidewinder's Delta

    Movie Director

  21. 1976
    Moving Targets

    Movie

  22. 1975
    Harvest: 3,000 Years

    Movie Visual Effects

  23. 1975
    The Big Con

    Movie Writer

  24. 1974
    The Groove Tube

    Movie Animation