Pat O'Neill
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1939
- Birthplace
- 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 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
- Skies
Skies 2026
Director
Preen Scene 2024
Director
Messages 5 2021
as Himself (voice), Director
Messages 4 2021
as Himself (voice), Director
Messages 3 2021
as Narrator, Director
Messages 2 2021
as Narrator, Director
Messages 2020
as Narration, Director
"An Extra Wander: For Chick..." 2019
Director
Pharmaceutical Abstractions 2017
Director
Western Gray Squirrel 2016
Director
BAMPFA 2016 2016
Director
Berlin 1990 2016
Director
Where the Chocolate Mountains 2015
Director
No Wonder / Two Skins 2013
Director
- Ojo Caliente
Ojo Caliente 2012
Director
- Painter and Ball 4-14
Painter and Ball 4-14 2011
Director
I Put Out My Hands 2009
Director
I Open the Window 2009
Director
Starting to Go Bad 2009
Director
5 track 5 xfer 2009
Director
13 track 13 #3 2009
Director
Bustin' Down the Door 2008
as Self
Horizontal Boundaries 2008
Director
Pittsburgh Piano 2008
Director
Ambassador Teardown 2008
Director
The Decay of Fiction 2002
Director
Coreopsis 1998
Director
- Squirtgun / Step Print
Squirtgun / Step Print 1998
Director
Trouble in the Image 1996
Director
Abstract Cinema 1993
as Himself
Water and Power 1989
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Producer
Two Sweeps 1979
Director
Sleeping Dogs (Never Lie) 1978
Actor, Director
Let's Make a Sandwich 1978
Director
Foregrounds 1978
Director
Sidewinder's Delta 1976
Director
- Moving Targets
Moving Targets 1976
Actor
Harvest: 3,000 Years 1975
Visual Effects
The Big Con 1975
Writer
The Groove Tube 1974
Animation
Saugus Series 1974
Director
Down Wind 1973
Director
The Last of the Persimmons 1972
Director
Easyout 1972
Director
Pat O'Neill 1972
as himself
Runs Good 1971
Director
Screen 1969
Director
Sears Sox 1968
Director
Coming Down 1968
Director
7362 1967
Director
Seven Second Love Affair 1965
Additional Photography
Bump City 1964
Director
By the Sea 1963
Director
Credits from TMDB.