Screenwriter and Filmmaker

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                                                                                                                    DAVID MICHAEL O'NEILL

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WRITER • DIRECTOR • PRODUCER

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David Michael O'Neill is an award-winning writer-director whose produced work spans commercial feature films, international cinema and socially driven thrillers. He wrote and directed Five Aces and Player 5150, wrote the Afghanistan feature The Black Tulip, Afghanistan's official Academy Award submission, and wrote Netflix's The Stand at Paxton County. His career began in front of the camera before transitioning into writing and directing, including serving as Harrison Ford's photo double on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. He is currently developing The Violence of Wine, a contemporary thriller he is attached to direct alonbgside Aristos Films and Voltage Pictures. 

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SELECTED CREDITS

 

THE VIOLENCE OF WINE
Writer / Director — Voltage Pictures / Aristos Films

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THE BLACK TULIP
Writer — Afghanistan's Official Academy Award Submission

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THE STAND AT PAXTON COUNTY
Writer — Netflix

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FIVE ACES
Writer / Director — 20th Century Fox - Franchise Pictures

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PLAYER 5150
Writer / Director - First Look Studios - Blue Harbor Entertainment

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PASSENGER 58
Writer — Warner Bros.

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CURRENT PROJECTS

 

The Violence of Wine

The Happy Man
Saving MLK
The Palimpsest

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