Directing
47 titles
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.
The Real James Dean
2006
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005
The Works
2005
Rediscovering a Rebel
1996
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
Forever James Dean
1988
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
Police Woman
1974
My Friend Tony
1969
The Loner
1965
The Dakotas
1963
The Chapman Report
1962
Combat!
1962
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961
87th Precinct
1961
Key Witness
1960
Private Property
1960
Hawaiian Eye
1959
The Rebel
1959
Men Into Space
1959
Lock-Up
1959
Party Girl
1958
Lawman
1958
Behind Closed Doors
1958
Bronco
1958
Juvenile Jungle
1958
Darby's Rangers
1958
Sea Hunt
1958
Trackdown
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Big Caper
1957
The Shadow on the Window
1957
West Point
1956
State Trooper
1956
Telephone Time
1956
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
The Millionaire
1955
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954
A Time Out of War
1954
The Mad Magician
1954
Letter to Loretta
1953
Dragnet
1951
Studio One
1948