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Jack O'Connell

Born 2 May 1923

Died 20 July 2019 (aged 96)

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.

Writer

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1968
Revolution Writer
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1971
Swedish Fly Girls Writer
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1963
Greenwich Village Story Writer
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1996
The Hippie Revolution Writer

Director

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1960
L'Avventura Second Assistant Director
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1968
Revolution Director
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1971
Swedish Fly Girls Director
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1963
Greenwich Village Story Director

Producer

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1968
Revolution Producer
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1971
Swedish Fly Girls Producer
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1963
Greenwich Village Story Producer

Actor

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1960
L'Avventura Old Man on the Island (uncredited)