Pat O'Neill
Directing
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
Directing45
Skies
2026
Director
moviePreen Scene
2024
Director
movieMessages 5
2021
Director
movieMessages 4
2021
Director
movieMessages 3
2021
Director
movieMessages 2
2021
Director
movieMessages
2020
Director
movieBerlin 1990
2016
Director
movieBAMPFA 2016
2016
Director
movieWestern Gray Squirrel
2016
Director
movieNo Wonder / Two Skins
2013
Director
movieI Open the Window
2009
Director
movieI Put Out My Hands
2009
Director
movieStarting to Go Bad
2009
Director
movie13 track 13 #3
2009
Director
movie5 track 5 xfer
2009
Director
movieHorizontal Boundaries
2008
Director
movieAmbassador Teardown
2008
Director
moviePittsburgh Piano
2008
Director
movieThe Decay of Fiction
2002
Director
movieCoreopsis
1998
Director
movieTrouble in the Image
1996
Director
movieWater and Power
1989
Director
movieTwo Sweeps
1979
Director
movieLet's Make a Sandwich
1978
Director
movieForegrounds
1978
Director
movieSidewinder's Delta
1976
Director
movieSaugus Series
1974
Director
movieDown Wind
1973
Director
movieEasyout
1972
Director
movieRuns Good
1971
Director
movieScreen
1969
Director
movieComing Down
1968
Director
movieSears Sox
1968
Director
movie7362
1967
Director
movieBump City
1964
Director
movieBy the Sea
1963
Director
Acting10
movieMessages 5
2021
Himself (voice)
movieMessages 4
2021
Himself (voice)
movieMessages 3
2021
Narrator
movieMessages 2
2021
Narrator
movieMessages
2020
Narration
movieAbstract Cinema
1993
Himself
moviePat O'Neill
1972
himself
Visual Effects2
movieHarvest: 3,000 Years
1975
Visual Effects
movieThe Groove Tube
1974
Animation
Camera1
movieSeven Second Love Affair
1965
Additional Photography
Crew1
movieWater and Power
1989
Cinematography
Editing1
movieWater and Power
1989
Editor
Production1
movieWater and Power
1989
Producer
Writing1
movieThe Big Con
1975
Writer