Jack O'Connell

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.

L'Avventura (1960)

Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suffers from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michelangelo Antonioni
CAST:  Monica Vitti  •  Gabriele Ferzetti  •  Lea Massari  •  Esmeralda Ruspoli

Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suffers from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michelangelo Antonioni
CAST:  Monica Vitti  •  Gabriele Ferzetti  •  Lea Massari  •  Esmeralda Ruspoli

Revolution (1968)

The San Francisco scene in 1967-68. Documentary about hippies shot during the height of the movement . Viewpoints from many kinds of people. Music by Steve Miller Band, Mother Earth, Quicksilver Messenger Service and others.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack O'Connell
CAST:  Today Malone  •  Herb Caen  •  Ronnie Davis  •  Louis Gottlieb

The San Francisco scene in 1967-68. Documentary about hippies shot during the height of the movement . Viewpoints from many kinds of people. Music by Steve Miller Band, Mother Earth, Quicksilver Messenger Service and others.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack O'Connell
CAST:  Today Malone  •  Herb Caen  •  Ronnie Davis  •  Louis Gottlieb

Christa (1971)

A gorgeous Danish international stewardess flirts brashly with her male passengers then beds them one after another in her Copenhagen home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack O'Connell
CAST:  Birte Tove  •  Baard Owe  •  Daniel Gélin  •  Paul Rossilli

A gorgeous Danish international stewardess flirts brashly with her male passengers then beds them one after another in her Copenhagen home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack O'Connell
CAST:  Birte Tove  •  Baard Owe  •  Daniel Gélin  •  Paul Rossilli

Greenwich Village Story (1963)

A struggling writer dumps a pregnant dancer for a well-off socialite. Later, he realizes his true feelings and opts to make amends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack O'Connell
CAST:  Robert Hogan  •  Melinda Cordell  •  Tani Guthrie  •  Sunja Svensen

A struggling writer dumps a pregnant dancer for a well-off socialite. Later, he realizes his true feelings and opts to make amends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack O'Connell
CAST:  Robert Hogan  •  Melinda Cordell  •  Tani Guthrie  •  Sunja Svensen

The Hippie Revolution (1996)

Back in the stone aged we all went to San Fransisco to escape our parents and the Vietnam war. To laugh, dance and love each other. To make love not war. Music bt Country Joe & The Fish, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Steve Miller Band and Mother Earth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack O'Connell
CAST:  Today Malone  •  Herb Caen  •  Ronnie Davis  •  Louis Gottlieb

Back in the stone aged we all went to San Fransisco to escape our parents and the Vietnam war. To laugh, dance and love each other. To make love not war. Music bt Country Joe & The Fish, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Steve Miller Band and Mother Earth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack O'Connell
CAST:  Today Malone  •  Herb Caen  •  Ronnie Davis  •  Louis Gottlieb