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David Allen

Visual Effects

Born October 22, 1944 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Died August 16, 1999

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 1986 · nominated

Filmography30 titles

Young Sherlock Holmes

1985Visual Effects Supervisor

The Hunger

1983Animation, Special Effects

Caveman

1981Visual Effects Supervisor

The Howling

1981Visual Effects

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983Visual Effects

Dolls

1986Special Effects, Visual Effects

The Primevals

2023Director, Story, Visual Effects

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge

1992Visual Effects

Freaked

1993Animation

The Gumby Show

1956Special Effects

Puppet Master II

1990Director, Visual Effects Supervisor

The Stuff

1985Visual Effects

Highway to Hell

1991Thanks

Q: The Winged Serpent

1982Visual Effects

Puppet Master 4

1993Visual Effects

Subspecies

1991Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director

Bloodlust: Subspecies III

1994Animation

Doctor Mordrid

1992Animation

Equinox

1970Special Effects

Puppet Master 5

1994Visual Effects

Oblivion

1994Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director

Prehysteria!

1993VFX Supervisor

Dollman vs. Demonic Toys

1993Animation

The Dungeonmaster

1984Director, Visual Effects, Writer

Prehysteria! 3

1995Visual Effects

Prehysteria! 2

1994Visual Effects

Crash and Burn

1990Special Effects, Visual Effects

Robot Wars

1993Visual Effects

Laserblast

1978Visual Effects

Zorgon: The H-Bomb Beast From Hell

1972as Zorgon