- Known For
- Visual Effects
- Born
- October 22, 1944
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- August 16, 1999
David Allen
David W. Allen (October 22, 1944 – August 16, 1999) was an American film and television stop motion model (puppet) animator. Allen provided special effects on such productions as The Howling, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Young Sherlock Holmes (for which he earned an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects nomination), Willow and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. He also had a long association with producer Charles Band, working on such films as Dolls, Puppet Master, Bride of Re-Animator, Subspecies and Demonic Toys.
Filmography
movieLost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
2024 · Self
movieThe Primevals
2023 · Story, Director, Visual Effects
movieThe Magic Treasure
2006 · Director
movieUnleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003 · Self (archive)
movieGalgameth
1997 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieOblivion 2: Backlash
1996 · Visual Effects Director
moviePrehysteria! 3
1995 · Visual Effects
moviePrehysteria! 2
1994 · Visual Effects
moviePuppet Master 5
1994 · Visual Effects
movieOblivion
1994 · Visual Effects Director
movieBloodlust: Subspecies III
1994 · Animation
moviePuppet Master 4
1993 · Visual Effects
movieFreaked
1993 · Animation
movieDollman vs. Demonic Toys
1993 · Animation
moviePrehysteria!
1993 · VFX Supervisor
movieRobot Wars
1993 · Visual Effects
movieDoctor Mordrid
1992 · Animation
moviePuppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
1992 · Visual Effects
movieHighway to Hell
1991 · Thanks
movieSubspecies
1991 · Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director
movieCrash and Burn
1990 · Special Effects, Visual Effects
moviePuppet Master II
1990 · Visual Effects Supervisor, Director
movieVideozone: The Making of "Puppet Master II"
1990 · Self
movieNo Strings Attached: A Behind the Scenes Look at Puppet Master
1989
movieDolls
1987 · Visual Effects, Special Effects
movieYoung Sherlock Holmes
1985 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieThe Stuff
1985 · Visual Effects
movieThe Dungeonmaster
1984 · Director, Writer, Visual Effects
movieTwilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Visual Effects
movieThe Hunger
1983 · Special Effects, Animation
movieVincent
1982 · Thanks
movieQ
1982 · Visual Effects
movieCaveman
1981 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieThe Howling
1981 · Visual Effects
movieLaserblast
1978 · Visual Effects
movieFlesh Gordon
1974 · Visual Effects
movieZorgon: The H-Bomb Beast From Hell
1972 · Zorgon
movieKing Kong Color Test Footage
1971 · Director, Animation
movieEquinox
1970 · Special Effects
movieRaiders of the Stone Ring
1968 · Director, Writer
movieThe Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural
1967 · Special Effects
movieTaurus Test Footage
1965 · Director
tvThe Gumby Show
1956 · Special Effects