Peter O’Fallon is an American director/writer/producer.

Biography

O’Fallon was born and raised in Colorado, and earned a degree in film studies from the

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. He began his career in commercials winning several

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. After directing the independent cult feature film '' Suicide Kings'', starring

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, and co-writing and directing '' A Rumor of Angels'' for

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, starring

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and

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, O'Fallon created, directed the pilot, and show ran 'Mysterious Ways" 2000 NBC and Pax TV for 2 seasons. Then went on to direct 15 television pilots: ''American Gothic'' for

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, ''

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'' for ABC, '' Eureka'' for Syfy, '' The Flannerys'' (2003), ''

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'' for Spike, and ''

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'' with

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and

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for FX, for which O’Fallon also served as executive producer, and '' The Protector'' EP for lifetime, The Glades pilot and EP for A&E ., O’Fallon also co-created and directed ''

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'', pilot and series for FX a TV 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'' was an EP for

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starring

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. He worked as executive producer and director for Lifetime's pilot '' Unreal'' starring

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and

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. Directed the pilot and EP for Firefly Lane starring Kathrine Hiegl at Netflix. Directed the Pilot and EP for American Soul BET. EP for The Game Paramount +

Filmography

Television Pilots American Gothic, Prey, Mysterious ways, That was Then, The Flannerys, Blade,Eureka, The Riches,The Glades,The Protector, Legit, Agent X,Unreal, American soul. 100 episodes of first 8 episodes of television series

References

External links

* American television directors American television producers American television writers Film directors from Colorado Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) University of Colorado alumni {{tv-director-stub