
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.
2024Lost to Time: Unearthing the PrimevalsMovieas Self
2023The PrimevalsMovieStory · Visual Effects · Director
2006The Magic TreasureMovieDirector
2003Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’Movieas Self (archive)
1997GalgamethMovieVisual Effects Supervisor
1996Oblivion 2: BacklashMovieVisual Effects Director · Visual Effects
1995Prehysteria! 3MovieVisual Effects
1994Prehysteria! 2MovieVisual Effects
1994Puppet Master 5MovieVisual Effects
1994OblivionMovieVisual Effects Director · Visual Effects
1994Bloodlust: Subspecies IIIMovieAnimation
1993Puppet Master 4MovieVisual Effects
1993FreakedMovieAnimation
1993Dollman vs. Demonic ToysMovieAnimation
1993Prehysteria!MovieVFX Supervisor
1993Robot WarsMovieVisual Effects
1992Doctor MordridMovieAnimation
1992Puppet Master III: Toulon's RevengeMovieVisual Effects
1991Highway to HellMovieThanks
1991SubspeciesMovieVisual Effects · Visual Effects Director
1990Crash and BurnMovieSpecial Effects · Visual Effects
1990Puppet Master IIMovieVisual Effects Supervisor · Director
1990Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master II"Movieas Self
1989No Strings Attached: A Behind the Scenes Look at Puppet MasterMovie
1987DollsMovieVisual Effects · Special Effects
1985Young Sherlock HolmesMovieVisual Effects Supervisor
1985The StuffMovieVisual Effects
1984The DungeonmasterMovieVisual Effects · Writer · Director
1983Twilight Zone: The MovieMovieVisual Effects
1983The HungerMovieAnimation · Special Effects
1982VincentMovieThanks
1982QMovieVisual Effects
1981CavemanMovieVisual Effects Supervisor
1981The HowlingMovieVisual Effects
1978LaserblastMovieVisual Effects
1974Flesh GordonMovieVisual Effects
1972Zorgon: The H-Bomb Beast From HellMovieas Zorgon
1971King Kong Color Test FootageMovieAnimation · Director
1970EquinoxMovieSpecial Effects
1968Raiders of the Stone RingMovieDirector · Writer
1967The Equinox ... A Journey into the SupernaturalMovieSpecial Effects
1965Taurus Test FootageMovieDirector
1956The Gumby ShowTV showSpecial Effects · 109 episodes