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Peter O’Fallon |
'''Peter O’Fallon''' is an American television director. He was born and raised in Colorado, and earned with a degree in film studies from CU Boulder. He began his career more than two decades ago in commercials winning several Cleo awards for his creative style. |
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O’Fallon is a successful television pilot director: 13 of 14 his pilot episodes have been produced as series. |
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He began his career more than two decades ago in commercials, winning multiple Cleo awards for his unique and innovative creative style. O’Fallon is one of Hollywood’s top television pilot directors, with the success of 13 out of 14 pilots going to series. |
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After directing the independent cult feature film ''[[Suicide Kings]]'', starring [[Christopher Walken]] and [[Dennis Leary]], and co-writing and directing ''[[A Rumor of Angels]]'' for [[MGM]], starring [[Vanessa Redgrave]] and [[Ray Liotta]], O’Fallon directed a stream of television pilots: ''American Gothic'' for [[CBS]], ''[[That Was Then]]'' for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], ''[[Eureka (U.S. TV series)|Eureka]]'' for [[Syfy]], ''[[Blade: The Series|Blade]]'' for [[Spike (TV network)|Spike]], and ''[[The Riches]]'' with [[Eddie Izzard]] and [[Minnie Driver]], for which O’Fallon also served as executive producer. |
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He has fast become known as the “indy”director of American TV. He directed indy cult feature film "Suicide Kings” staring Christopher Walken and Dennis Leary. He co-wrote and directed festival favorite “A Rumor of Angels” an MGM release starring Vanessa Redgrave and Ray Liotta. |
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O’Fallon then co-created and directed for ''[[FX (TV channel)|FX]]'', ''[[Legit (2013 TV series)|Legit]]'' starring comedian [[Jim Jefferies (comedian)|Jim Jeffries]] for which O’Fallon co-wrote all 26 episodes and directed 24. He directed pilot ''Agent X'' for [[TNT (TV channel)|TNT]] starring [[Sharon Stone]]. |
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O’Fallon went on to direct an impressive stream of well known pilots; “American Gothic” for CBS, “That Was Then” for ABC, “Eureka” for SyFy,“Blade” for Spike TV, and critically acclaimed series “The Riches” starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver, in which O’Fallon also served as EP. |
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He is executive producing ''Agent X'' for the run of the series, and completed as executive producer and director for [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]'s pilot ''[[Unreal (TV series)|Unreal]]'' starring [[Constance Zimmer]] and Sherry Appleby. |
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O’Fallon then co-created and directed the best reviewed FX comedy series in the last two years, “Legit” starring comedian Jim Jeffries. O’Fallon co-wrote all 26 episodes and directed 24. He most recently served as exec. producer on the new TNT series “Agent X” starring Sharon stone. He directed the pilot and three of the nine episodes. He also served as EP and director for Lifetime's, out of the box pilot “Unreal”, starring Constance ZImmer and Sherry Appleby. |
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O'Fallon has a unique identifiable ability to combine and turn the dark and raw side of life into heart and humor. |
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Revision as of 13:04, 4 September 2015
This biographical article is written like a résumé. (April 2015) |
Peter O'Fallon | |
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Born | Peter O'Fallon |
Years active | 1989–present |
Peter O’Fallon is an American television director. He was born and raised in Colorado, and earned with a degree in film studies from CU Boulder. He began his career more than two decades ago in commercials winning several Cleo awards for his creative style.
O’Fallon is a successful television pilot director: 13 of 14 his pilot episodes have been produced as series.
After directing the independent cult feature film Suicide Kings, starring Christopher Walken and Dennis Leary, and co-writing and directing A Rumor of Angels for MGM, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Ray Liotta, O’Fallon directed a stream of television pilots: American Gothic for CBS, That Was Then for ABC, Eureka for Syfy, Blade for Spike, and The Riches with Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver, for which O’Fallon also served as executive producer.
O’Fallon then co-created and directed for FX, Legit starring comedian Jim Jeffries for which O’Fallon co-wrote all 26 episodes and directed 24. He directed pilot Agent X for TNT starring Sharon Stone.
He is executive producing Agent X for the run of the series, and completed as executive producer and director for Lifetime's pilot Unreal starring Constance Zimmer and Sherry Appleby.
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