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David Allen

Visual Effects

David Allen

EN cinema · 43 credits

Born

22 October 1944

Died

16 August 1999 (aged 54)

Birthplace

Los Angeles, California, USA

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

Filmography

Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals poster

Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals

EN · 2024Not rated

as Self

The Primevals poster

The Primevals

EN · 20236.1

Story, Visual Effects, Director

The Magic Treasure poster

The Magic Treasure

EN · 20062.0

Director

Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ poster

Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’

EN · 20037.0

as Self (archive)

Galgameth poster

Galgameth

EN · 19975.2

Visual Effects Supervisor

Oblivion 2: Backlash poster

Oblivion 2: Backlash

EN · 19964.3

Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects

Prehysteria! 3 poster

Prehysteria! 3

EN · 19954.3

Visual Effects

Prehysteria! 2 poster

Prehysteria! 2

EN · 19944.3

Visual Effects

Oblivion poster

Oblivion

EN · 19944.9

Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects

Bloodlust: Subspecies III poster

Bloodlust: Subspecies III

EN · 19945.5

Animation

Puppet Master 5 poster

Puppet Master 5

EN · 19945.1

Visual Effects

Prehysteria! poster

Prehysteria!

EN · 19935.3

VFX Supervisor

Freaked poster

Freaked

EN · 19936.2

Animation

Dollman vs. Demonic Toys poster

Dollman vs. Demonic Toys

EN · 19934.8

Animation

Puppet Master 4 poster

Puppet Master 4

EN · 19935.5

Visual Effects

Robot Wars poster

Robot Wars

EN · 19934.2

Visual Effects

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge poster

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge

EN · 19926.4

Visual Effects

Doctor Mordrid poster

Doctor Mordrid

EN · 19925.1

Animation

Subspecies poster

Subspecies

EN · 19915.4

Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director

Highway to Hell poster

Highway to Hell

EN · 19915.9

Thanks

Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master II" poster

Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master II"

EN · 1990Not rated

as Self

Puppet Master II poster

Puppet Master II

EN · 19906.0

Visual Effects Supervisor, Director

Crash and Burn poster

Crash and Burn

EN · 19904.3

Special Effects, Visual Effects

No Strings Attached: A Behind the Scenes Look at Puppet Master poster

No Strings Attached: A Behind the Scenes Look at Puppet Master

EN · 1989Not rated

Actor

Dolls poster

Dolls

EN · 19876.4

Visual Effects, Special Effects

The Stuff poster

The Stuff

EN · 19856.0

Visual Effects

Young Sherlock Holmes poster

Young Sherlock Holmes

EN · 19856.8

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Dungeonmaster poster

The Dungeonmaster

EN · 19844.9

Visual Effects, Writer, Director

Journeys through the Darkzone poster

Journeys through the Darkzone

EN · 198410.0

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Hunger poster

The Hunger

EN · 19836.7

Animation, Special Effects

Twilight Zone: The Movie poster

Twilight Zone: The Movie

EN · 19836.5

Visual Effects

Vincent poster

Vincent

EN · 19827.8

Thanks

Q poster

Q

EN · 19825.8

Visual Effects

Caveman poster

Caveman

EN · 19816.7

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Howling poster

The Howling

EN · 19816.6

Visual Effects

Laserblast poster

Laserblast

EN · 19783.4

Visual Effects

Flesh Gordon poster

Flesh Gordon

EN · 19744.8

Visual Effects

Zorgon: The H-Bomb Beast From Hell poster

Zorgon: The H-Bomb Beast From Hell

EN · 19722.0

as Zorgon

King Kong Color Test Footage poster

King Kong Color Test Footage

EN · 1971Not rated

Animation, Director

Equinox poster

Equinox

EN · 19705.1

Special Effects

Raiders of the Stone Ring poster

Raiders of the Stone Ring

EN · 1968Not rated

Director, Writer

The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural poster

The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural

EN · 19675.2

Special Effects

Taurus Test Footage poster

Taurus Test Footage

EN · 1965Not rated

Director