Editing Irving Allen (section)

{{Short description|American film producer (1905–1987)}}

{{distinguish|Irwin Allen}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Irving Allen
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|11|24}}
| birth_place = [[Lemberg]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|12|17|1905|11|24}}
| death_place = [[Encino, California]], United States
| resting_place = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)]]
| awards = '''[[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film|Best Short Subject, Two-reel]]'''<br />1947 ''[[Climbing the Matterhorn]]''
| occupation = [[Film producer]]
}}

'''Irving Allen''' (born '''Irving Applebaum''', November 24, 1905 – December 17, 1987) was an Austro-Hungarian–born American theatrical and cinematic producer and director.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|title=Irving Allen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/79368/Irving-Allen/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724090346/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/79368/Irving-Allen/biography|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Bruce Eder|date=2014|archive-date=2014-07-24}}</ref>

He received an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] in 1948 for producing the short movie ''[[Climbing the Matterhorn]]''. In the early 1950s, he formed [[Warwick Films]] with partner [[Albert R. Broccoli|Albert "Cubby" Broccoli]] and relocated to England to leverage film making against a subsidy offered by the British government. Through the 1950s, they each became known as one of the best independent film producers of the day,<!-- "The making of Dr. No" comment by David Picker, then a vice-president at United Artists (Eventual president) ---> as the two men would sometimes work in tandem, but more often than not on independent projects for their joint enterprise producing multiple projects in a given year.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}