
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.
42 movies · 1 TV show, newest first

Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
2024
The Primevals
2023
The Magic Treasure
2006
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
Galgameth
1997
Oblivion 2: Backlash
1996
Prehysteria! 3
1995
Prehysteria! 2
1994
Puppet Master 5
1994
Oblivion
1994
Bloodlust: Subspecies III
1994
Puppet Master 4
1993
Freaked
1993
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys
1993
Prehysteria!
1993
Robot Wars
1993
Doctor Mordrid
1992
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
1992
Highway to Hell
1991
Subspecies
1991
Crash and Burn
1990
Puppet Master II
1990
Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master II"
1990
No Strings Attached: A Behind the Scenes Look at Puppet Master
1989
Dolls
1987
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985
The Stuff
1985
The Dungeonmaster
1984
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
The Hunger
1983
Vincent
1982
Q
1982
Caveman
1981
The Howling
1981
Laserblast
1978
Flesh Gordon
1974
Zorgon: The H-Bomb Beast From Hell
1972
King Kong Color Test Footage
1971
Equinox
1970
Raiders of the Stone Ring
1968
The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural
1967
Taurus Test Footage
1965
The Gumby Show
1956