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Peter O'Fallon

b. 1953

American television director

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Born 1953. Peter O'Fallon is an American television director, film director, screenwriter, television producer and television writer.

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 University of Colorado Boulder. He began his career in commercials winning several Clio awards.

After directing the independent cult feature film Suicide Kings, and co-writing and directing A Rumor of Angels for MGM, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Ray Liotta, 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 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 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 Legit, 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 TNT starring Sharon Stone. He worked as executive producer and director for Lifetime's pilot Unreal starring Constance Zimmer and Shiri Appleby. 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

Film 1997: Suicide Kings – Director 1998: A Rumor of Angels – Co-writer, Director

Television 1989–1990: Midnight Caller – Director (3 episodes) 1990–1991: Quantum Leap – Co-executive producer (24 episodes); Director (9 episodes) 1995–1996: American Gothic – Director (pilot) 1996–1998: JAG – Co-executive producer (7 episodes); Director (2 episodes) 1996–1997: Men Behaving Badly – Director (16 episodes) 1999–2002: Everybody Loves Raymond – Director (5 episodes) 1999–2004: The Practice – Director (8 episodes) 2000–2002: Mysterious Ways – Creator; Director (pilot); Showrunner 2000: That Was Then – Director (pilot) 2003: The Flannerys – Director (pilot) 2003–2009: Monk – Director (5 episodes) 2005: The Good Wife – Director (1 episode) 2006: Eureka – Director (pilot) 2006: Blade – Director (pilot) 2007–2008: The Riches – Executive producer; Director (pilot) 2010: The Glades – Executive producer; Director (pilot) 2011: The Protector – Executive producer (pilot) 2013–2014: Legit – Co-creator; Co-writer (26 episodes); Director (24 episodes) 2016: Agent X – Executive producer; Director (pilot) 2018: UnREAL – Executive producer; Director (pilot) 2019: American Soul – Executive producer; Director (pilot) 2021: Firefly Lane – Executive producer; Director (pilot) 2021: The Game – Executive producer

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.

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1953, Denver
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University of Colorado

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American television director

When was Peter O'Fallon born?

Peter O'Fallon was born in 1953 in Denver.

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Peter O'Fallon is a television director, film director, screenwriter, television producer and television writer.

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Peter O'Fallon is American.

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