David Allen

Visual Effects • Born 1944-10-22 • 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

Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master II"

1990 • Self

Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals

2024 • Self

2.0

Zorgon: The H-Bomb Beast From Hell

1972 • Zorgon

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

1989