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Peter O'Fallon

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Peter O'Fallon
Born
Alma materUniversity of Colorado
OccupationTelevision director, television writer, television producer, film director
Years active1989–present

Peter O’Fallon is an American television director.[1]

He was born and raised in Colorado, and earned a degree in film studies from the University of Colorado. He began his career in commercials winning several Clio awards.

After directing the independent cult feature film Suicide Kings,[1][2] starring Christopher Walken and Denis Leary,[2] 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, The Flannerys (2003), Blade for Spike, and The Riches with Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver, for which O’Fallon also served as executive producer, and The Protector.

O’Fallon also co-created and directed Legit, a TV series starring comedian Jim Jefferies. O’Fallon co-wrote all 26 episodes and directed 24 of them. He directed several episodes (including the pilot) of Agent X for TNT starring Sharon Stone.[1]

He executive produced Agent X, and worked as executive producer and director for Lifetime's pilot Unreal starring Constance Zimmer and Shiri Appleby.

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Filmography

Peter O'Fallon filmography
Film Release year
Dead Silence 1991
Suicide Kings 1997
Odd Jobs 1997
A Rumor of Angels 2000

Source: "Peter O'Fallon", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2021, September 2nd), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_O'Fallon.

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References
  1. ^ a b c "Peter O'Fallon". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17.
  2. ^ a b Holden, Stephen (1998-04-17). "Suicide Kings (1997)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
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