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