Corey Allen
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 29, 1934
- Died
- June 27, 2010 (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Biography
Corey Allen earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from UCLA in Theatre in 1954. While there, he received the department's Best Actor award and starred in the UCLA film, "A Time Out of War", which won the Academy Award & Cannes & Venice Film Festival for Best Short Film. Upon graduation, he appeared in approximately twenty plays in the Los Angeles area. Director Nicholas Ray spotted Allen and subsequently chose him for the role of "Buzz" in Rebel Without a Cause (1955). This led to featured roles in another dozen films such as Private Property (1960), Party Girl (1958), Darby's Rangers (1958) and The Chapman Report (1962). Allen also appeared in many leading television series including Perry Mason (1957) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955). Meanwhile, he created, directed for and co-produced the Freeway Circuit Theatre which toured the Southwest for six seasons. Allen also directed numerous Equity productions in Los Angeles theatres. This led to a thirty year directorial career in television and film during which he directed three movies including Avalanche; television movies including the Emmy winning The Ann Jillian Story (1988); created a dozen pilots for television series including Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Murder, She Wrote (1984), Simon & Simon (1981), Code Name: Foxfire (1985), Stone (1979) and Capitol (1982). He has earned two Directors Guild nominations for Best Direction in a television series, the Award for Cable Excellence for Best Direction of The Paper Chase (1978) and received an Emmy for Best Direction of a Hill Street Blues (1981). Throughout this career, Allen instructed acting, including three years at the Actors Workshop, and for the last nine years, conducted cold reading workshops at the Margie Haber Studio. Allen was presented with an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Columbia College-Hollywood for his work in helping to create their acting and directing curricula.
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Filmography
The Hero
Movie · Director
The Cosby Mysteries
TV · Director · 2 eps
Moment of Truth: Stalking Back
Movie · Director
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV · Director · 4 eps
FBI: The Untold Stories
TV · Director · 1 ep
Unsub
TV · Director · 1 ep
The New Lassie
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Ann Jillian Story
Movie · Director
Sonny Spoon
TV · Director · 1 ep
Supercarrier
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Last Fling
Movie · Director
Destination: America
Movie · Director
Infiltrator
Movie · Director
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV · Director · 5 eps
Spies
TV · Director · 1 ep
J.J. Starbuck
TV · Director · 1 ep
I-Man
Movie · Director
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
Movie · Director
Code Name: Foxfire
Movie · Director
Brass
Movie · Director
Otherworld
TV · Director · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · Director · 2 eps
Hunter
TV · Director · 6 eps
Jessie
TV · Director · 1 ep
Legmen
TV · Director · 1 ep
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV · Director · 1 ep
Whiz Kids
TV · Director · 3 eps
Tucker's Witch
TV · Director · 2 eps
T. J. Hooker
TV · Director · 1 ep
Matt Houston
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Powers of Matthew Star
TV · Director · 1 ep
Chicago Story
TV · Director · 1 ep
Hill Street Blues
TV · Director · 4 eps
Simon & Simon
TV · Director · 3 eps
McClain's Law
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Return of Frank Cannon
Movie · Director
Magnum, P.I.
TV · Director · 1 ep
Stone
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
Movie · Director
Stone
Movie · Director
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
TV · Director · 1 ep
Trapper John, M.D.
TV · Director · 1 ep
Avalanche
Movie · Director
The Paper Chase
TV · Director · 1 ep
Dallas
TV · Director · 2 eps
Thunder and Lightning
Movie · Director
Yesterday's Child
Movie · Director
Lou Grant
TV · Director · 1 ep
Lucan
TV · Director · 1 ep
Young Dan'l Boone
TV · Director · 1 ep
Quincy, M.E.
TV · Director · 4 eps
Kate McShane
TV · Director · 1 ep
Bronk
TV · Director · 2 eps
Movin' On
TV · Director · 1 ep
Police Woman
TV · Director · 4 eps
The Rockford Files
TV · Director · 3 eps
Cry Rape
Movie · Director
See the Man Run
Movie · Director
Police Story
TV · Director · 3 eps
Barnaby Jones
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · Director · 2 eps
Pinocchio
Movie · Director
Cannon
TV · Director · 1 ep
Matt Lincoln
TV · Director · 1 ep
The New People
TV · Director · 3 eps
Hawaii Five-O
TV · Director · 2 eps
Then Came Bronson
TV · Director · 1 ep
The High Chaparral
TV · Director · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · Director · 2 eps
Mannix
TV · Director · 2 eps