David Allen

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.

Cast

Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals

(Self)

Zorgon: The H-Bomb Beast From Hell

(Zorgon)

Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master II"

(Self)

No Strings Attached: A Behind the Scenes Look at Puppet Master

Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’

(Self (archive))
Crew

Flesh Gordon

(Visual Effects)

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge

(Visual Effects)

The Dungeonmaster

(Director)

The Dungeonmaster

(Writer)

The Dungeonmaster

(Visual Effects)

Caveman

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

Dolls

(Visual Effects)

The Magic Treasure

(Director)

King Kong Color Test Footage

(Director)

King Kong Color Test Footage

(Animation)

Prehysteria! 2

(Visual Effects)

Prehysteria!

(VFX Supervisor)

Prehysteria! 3

(Visual Effects)

Freaked

(Animation)

Puppet Master II

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

The Stuff

(Visual Effects)

Subspecies

(Visual Effects)

Oblivion

(Visual Effects Director)

Oblivion 2: Backlash

(Visual Effects Director)

The Howling

(Visual Effects)

Dollman vs. Demonic Toys

(Animation)

The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural

(Special Effects)

Highway to Hell

(Thanks)

Subspecies

(Visual Effects Director)

Laserblast

(Visual Effects)

Young Sherlock Holmes

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

Vincent

(Thanks)

The Hunger

(Animation)

The Hunger

(Special Effects)

The Primevals

(Story)

Doctor Mordrid

(Animation)

Bloodlust: Subspecies III

(Animation)

Crash and Burn

(Special Effects)

Equinox

(Special Effects)

Crash and Burn

(Visual Effects)

Puppet Master 5

(Visual Effects)

The Primevals

(Visual Effects)

The Primevals

(Director)

Q: The Winged Serpent

(Visual Effects)

Puppet Master II

(Director)

Taurus Test Footage

(Director)

Puppet Master 4

(Visual Effects)

Dolls

(Special Effects)

Oblivion

(Visual Effects)

Oblivion 2: Backlash

(Visual Effects)

Galgameth

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

Robot Wars

(Visual Effects)

Twilight Zone: The Movie

(Visual Effects)

Raiders of the Stone Ring

(Director)

Raiders of the Stone Ring

(Writer)

The Gumby Show

(Special Effects)