Personal Info

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Jack O'Connell

Biography:

Jack O'Connell was a film director, writer and producer. He was an overlooked pioneer of independent cinema, captured the zeitgeist of 60s America with Revolution, his iconic documentary of the San Francisco hippie counter-culture during the Summer of Love, 1967. Jack started out in spending 10 years in advertising. In 1959 he travelled to Italy to learn filmmaking in the spirit of Fellini and Antonioni.

Known For

Acting

2017

Archaeology of a Set: Return to Lisca Bianca as Old Man on the Island (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960

L'Avventura as Old Man on the Island (uncredited)

Directing

1996

1971

Swedish Fly Girls as Director

1968

Revolution as Director

1963

1960

L'Avventura as Second Assistant Director

Writing

1996

1971

1968

Revolution as Writer

Production

1971

Swedish Fly Girls as Producer

1968

Revolution as Producer

1963