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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 Award — Best Visual Effects · 1986 · nominated

Filmography31 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

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge

1992Visual Effects

Dolls

1986Special Effects, Visual Effects

The Primevals

2023Director, Story, Visual 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

Bloodlust: Subspecies III

1994Animation

Subspecies

1991Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director

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

Oblivion 2: Backlash

1996Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director

Robot Wars

1993Visual Effects

Laserblast

1978Visual Effects

Zorgon: The H-Bomb Beast From Hell

1972as Zorgon