
Visual Effects
David Allen
22 October 1944† 16 August 1999 (aged 54) Los Angeles, California, USA
- Directed
- 7
- Written
- 3
- Movies
- 5
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
- 2024
- 2023
- The Primevals · Film · Story
- 2006
- The Magic Treasure · Film · Director
- 2003
- Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ · Film · Self (archive)
- 1997
- Galgameth · Film · Visual Effects Supervisor
- 1996
- Oblivion 2: Backlash · Film · Visual Effects Director
- 1995
- Prehysteria! 3 · Film · Visual Effects
- 1994
- Puppet Master 5 · Film · Visual Effects
- Bloodlust: Subspecies III · Film · Animation
- Oblivion · Film · Visual Effects Director
- Prehysteria! 2 · Film · Visual Effects
- 1993
- Freaked · Film · Animation
- Puppet Master 4 · Film · Visual Effects
- Dollman vs. Demonic Toys · Film · Animation
- Prehysteria! · Film · VFX Supervisor
- Robot Wars · Film · Visual Effects
- 1992
- Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge · Film · Visual Effects
- Doctor Mordrid · Film · Animation
- 1991
- Subspecies · Film · Visual Effects
- Highway to Hell · Film · Thanks
- 1990
- Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master II" · Film
- Puppet Master II · Film · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Crash and Burn · Film · Special Effects
- 1989
- 1987
- Dolls · Film · Visual Effects
- 1985
- Young Sherlock Holmes · Film · Visual Effects Supervisor
- The Stuff · Film · Visual Effects
- 1984
- The Dungeonmaster · Film · Visual Effects
- 1983
- Twilight Zone: The Movie · Film · Visual Effects
- The Hunger · Film · Animation
- 1982
- 1981
- The Howling · Film · Visual Effects
- Caveman · Film · Visual Effects Supervisor
- 1978
- Laserblast · Film · Visual Effects
- 1974
- Flesh Gordon · Film · Visual Effects
- 1972
- Zorgon: The H-Bomb Beast From Hell · Film · Zorgon
- 1971
- King Kong Color Test Footage · Film · Animation
- 1970
- Equinox · Film · Special Effects
- 1968
- Raiders of the Stone Ring · Film · Director
- 1967
- The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural · Film · Special Effects
- 1965
- Taurus Test Footage · Film · Director
- 1956
- The Gumby Show · Series · Special Effects





























