David Allen(1944-1999)
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- Special Effects
- Animation Department
David Allen was born on 22 October 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is known for The Howling (1981), Willow (1988) and Ghostbusters II (1989). He was married to Donita Woodruff. He died on 16 August 1999 in Burbank, California, USA.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
Visual Effects
Special Effects
Animation Department
- Official sites
- Alternative names
- David Allan
- Born
- Died
- August 16, 1999
- Burbank, California, USA(cancer)
- Spouse
- Donita WoodruffAugust 1995 - 1998 (divorced)
- Other worksDid a stop motion animation King Kong for a memorable TV commercial for Volkswagon (1972)
- TriviaDavid loved classical music. He played piano. He had a B.A in English literature. When he died he was trying to complete a movie called The Primevals. It is an out growth of his original film project called Raiders of the Stone Ring, which was only a trailer. He was inspired to pursue stopmotion animation by the film King Kong (1933). He also directed a short film entitled The Magic Treasure.
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