Portrait of David Allen

Visual Effects

David Allen

Career

Active from 1965 to 2023, with a break from 2007 to 2022, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score36/100
Highest rated
Poster for Puppet Master II
Puppet Master II
GoodWatch score46/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
David Allen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.1, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    2.8, average 4.8
  • Pathos
    3.4, average 5.3
  • Historical
    0.7, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Creature Feature 2
  • Campy Fun 2
  • Practical Effects 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

38
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title ยท average score 44
The Primevals
The Primevals (2023)
GoodWatch score 44

Story, Director

2000s

1 title
The Magic Treasure
The Magic Treasure (2006)

Director

1990s

18 titles ยท average score 47
Galgameth
Galgameth (1997)
GoodWatch score 53

Visual Effects Supervisor

Puppet Master 5
Puppet Master 5 (1994)
GoodWatch score 43

Visual Effects

Freaked
Freaked (1993)
GoodWatch score 61

Animation

Puppet Master 4
Puppet Master 4 (1993)
GoodWatch score 46

Visual Effects

Dollman vs. Demonic Toys
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (1993)
GoodWatch score 37

Animation

Prehysteria!
Prehysteria! (1993)
GoodWatch score 46

VFX Supervisor

Robot Wars
Robot Wars (1993)
GoodWatch score 35

Visual Effects

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1992)
GoodWatch score 59

Visual Effects

Highway to Hell
Highway to Hell (1991)
GoodWatch score 56

Thanks

Subspecies
Subspecies (1991)
GoodWatch score 69

Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects

Puppet Master II
Puppet Master II (1990)
GoodWatch score 46

Visual Effects Supervisor, Director

Crash and Burn
Crash and Burn (1990)
GoodWatch score 40

Visual Effects, Special Effects

1980s

10 titles ยท average score 59
Dolls
Dolls (1987)
GoodWatch score 60

Special Effects, Visual Effects

Young Sherlock Holmes
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
GoodWatch score 67

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Stuff
The Stuff (1985)
GoodWatch score 62

Visual Effects

The Dungeonmaster
The Dungeonmaster (1984)
GoodWatch score 19

Director, Writer

Twilight Zone: The Movie
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
GoodWatch score 56

Visual Effects

The Hunger
The Hunger (1983)
GoodWatch score 61

Special Effects, Animation

Q
Q (1982)
GoodWatch score 63

Visual Effects

Vincent
Vincent (1982)
GoodWatch score 85

Thanks

The Howling
The Howling (1981)
GoodWatch score 68

Visual Effects

Caveman
Caveman (1981)
GoodWatch score 50

Visual Effects Supervisor

1970s

5 titles ยท average score 42
Laserblast
Laserblast (1978)
GoodWatch score 26

Visual Effects

Flesh Gordon
Flesh Gordon (1974)
GoodWatch score 61

Visual Effects

Zorgon: The H-Bomb Beast From Hell
Zorgon: The H-Bomb Beast From Hell (1972)

as Zorgon

King Kong Color Test Footage
King Kong Color Test Footage (1971)

Animation, Director

Equinox
Equinox (1970)
GoodWatch score 38

Special Effects

1960s

3 titles
Raiders of the Stone Ring
Raiders of the Stone Ring (1968)

Writer, Director

The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural
The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural (1967)

Special Effects

Taurus Test Footage
Taurus Test Footage (1965)

Director