Editing Irwin Allen (section)

====Films as director====
Allen then went to [[20th Century Fox]], where he co-wrote (with Bennett), produced, and directed three films: ''[[The Lost World (1960 film)|The Lost World]]'' (1960), from the novel by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' (1961), and ''[[Five Weeks in a Balloon (film)|Five Weeks in a Balloon]]'' (1962).

[[Willis O'Brien]], who had also worked on the pioneering special effects of the original ''[[The Lost World (1925 film)|Lost World]]'' (1925) and ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' (1933) films, was disappointed when Allen opted to save time by using live alligators and lizards instead of stop-motion animation for the film's dinosaurs. ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' was a scientifically dubious, [[Jules Verne]]-style adventure to save the world from a burning [[Van Allen belt]]. It was the basis for his later television series of the same name. The family film, ''Five Weeks in a Balloon'', was a loose adaptation of [[Five Weeks in a Balloon|the Verne novel]].<ref name="Fischer2011"/> ''Lost World'' was a moderate hit and ''Voyage'' was very successful. ''Five Weeks'' was a box-office disappointment.