Irwin Allen

film producer (1916-1991)

Irwin Allen was an American film and television producer and director, known for his work in science fiction, then later as the "Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genre. His most successful productions were The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974). He also created and produced the popular 1960s science-fiction television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, and Land of the Giants.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 14 films (1950–1998) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 4 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1950 Where Danger Lives John Farrow 82 B&W
1953 The Sea Around Us Films Incorporated Video 62 min. 16mm Color sound
1956 The Animal World Irwin Allen 800 ft.
1956 The animal world. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 82 min. 35mm Color sound
1960 THE LOST WORLD. Saratoga Productions Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 10 reels 35mm Color sound
1961 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Collectors Book Store 1:04 16mm Color
1962 Five Weeks In A Balloon. Cambridge Productions Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 101 min 35mm Color sound
1974 The building of a blockbuster. Irwin Allen Productions 16mm sound
1974 The Towering Inferno Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation & Warner Brothers, Inc 170 min Color sound
1974 The towering inferno. [TV version]. Irwin Allen Productions 6250 16mm sound
1975 Adventures of the queen. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. 3456 16mm sound
1978 The Swarm Irwin Allen 114 min Color
1979 Beyond the Poseidon Adventure Irwin Allen 113 min Color
1998 Lost in space Stephen Hopkins 125 min Color