Known For
Visual Effects
Born
Oct 22, 1944
Died
Aug 16, 1999
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
43 titles
David Allen
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
Filmography
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
Self
The Primevals
Story
The Magic Treasure
Director
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
Self (archive)
Galgameth
Visual Effects Supervisor
Oblivion 2: Backlash
Visual Effects Director
Prehysteria! 3
Visual Effects
Prehysteria! 2
Visual Effects
Puppet Master 5
Visual Effects
Oblivion
Visual Effects Director
Bloodlust: Subspecies III
Animation
Puppet Master 4
Visual Effects
Freaked
Animation
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys
Animation
Prehysteria!
VFX Supervisor
Robot Wars
Visual Effects
Doctor Mordrid
Animation
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
Visual Effects
Highway to Hell
Thanks
Subspecies
Visual Effects
Crash and Burn
Special Effects
Puppet Master II
Visual Effects Supervisor
Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master II"
Self
No Strings Attached: A Behind the Scenes Look at Puppet Master
Dolls
Visual Effects
Young Sherlock Holmes
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Stuff
Visual Effects
The Dungeonmaster
Director
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Visual Effects
The Hunger
Special Effects
Vincent
Thanks
Q
Visual Effects
Caveman
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Howling
Visual Effects
Laserblast
Visual Effects
Flesh Gordon
Visual Effects
Zorgon: The H-Bomb Beast From Hell
Zorgon
King Kong Color Test Footage
Director
Equinox
Special Effects
Raiders of the Stone Ring
Director
The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural
Special Effects
Taurus Test Footage
Director
The Gumby Show
Special Effects