Person
David Allen
Visual Effects · 1944–1999 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
The Gumby Show
Special Effects
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Visual Effects
Doctor Mordrid
Animation
The Howling
Visual Effects
Young Sherlock Holmes
Visual Effects Supervisor
Caveman
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Hunger
Animation
Freaked
Animation
The Stuff
Visual Effects
Flesh Gordon
Visual Effects
Filmography
- 2024Lost to Time: Unearthing the PrimevalsSelf
- 2023The PrimevalsStory
- 2006The Magic TreasureDirector
- 2003Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’Self (archive)
- 1997GalgamethVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1996Oblivion 2: BacklashVisual Effects Director
- 1995Prehysteria! 3Visual Effects
- 1994Prehysteria! 2Visual Effects
- 1994Puppet Master 5Visual Effects
- 1994OblivionVisual Effects Director
- 1994Bloodlust: Subspecies IIIAnimation
- 1993Puppet Master 4Visual Effects
- 1993FreakedAnimation
- 1993Dollman vs. Demonic ToysAnimation
- 1993Prehysteria!VFX Supervisor
- 1993Robot WarsVisual Effects
- 1992Doctor MordridAnimation
- 1992Puppet Master III: Toulon's RevengeVisual Effects
- 1991Highway to HellThanks
- 1991SubspeciesVisual Effects
- 1990Crash and BurnSpecial Effects
- 1990Puppet Master IIVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1990Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master II"Self
- 1989No Strings Attached: A Behind the Scenes Look at Puppet Master
- 1987DollsVisual Effects
- 1985Young Sherlock HolmesVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1985The StuffVisual Effects
- 1984The DungeonmasterDirector
- 1983Twilight Zone: The MovieVisual Effects
- 1983The HungerAnimation
- 1982VincentThanks
- 1982QVisual Effects
- 1981CavemanVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1981The HowlingVisual Effects
- 1978LaserblastVisual Effects
- 1974Flesh GordonVisual Effects
- 1972Zorgon: The H-Bomb Beast From HellZorgon
- 1971King Kong Color Test FootageDirector
- 1970EquinoxSpecial Effects
- 1968Raiders of the Stone RingDirector
- 1967The Equinox ... A Journey into the SupernaturalSpecial Effects
- 1965Taurus Test FootageDirector
- 1956The Gumby ShowSpecial Effects
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