Stephen B. Allen
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Stephen Brown Allen | |
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| Born | January 12, 1950 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University |
| Occupation(s) | Managing Director, Missionary Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Known for | His work developing new methods of missionary work using technology, traditional and new media, improved teaching methodologies and other creative means.[1][2][3] |
| Spouse | Nancy Billings |
| Children | 6 |
Stephen Brown Allen[4] (born January 12, 1950) is a maker of Latter-day Saint religious and proselytizing films.
Allen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Arthur Tranter and Virginia Brown Allen. His mother died from complications related to childbirth and his father subsequently married June Fowler Allen. His father was involved in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) building program. On assignments, his family moved to various parts of the world. Allen spent four years of his childhood in Australia and New Zealand. At the age of twelve his family moved to Montevideo, Uruguay, where he later graduated from high school.
Allen served as a missionary in the church's Guatemala–El Salvador Mission from 1969 to 1971. He then attended Brigham Young University where he graduated with a major in Communications—Television Production and a minor in Advertising and Public Relations.
He married Nancy Billings on January 28, 1972, in the Salt Lake Temple. They have six children—four boys and two girls. The Allens now have 25 grandchildren.
Allen served as president of the church's Arizona Tempe Mission from 1993 to 1995. He has served as a bishop twice, counselor in a stake presidency, and stake president.
Prior to his call as a mission president, Allen was the director of Media and Public Programs in the church's Missionary Department. He was responsible for the production and distribution of radio, television, and print media directed to nonmembers as well as the church's pageants, visitors' centers, and historic sites.[5] Earlier in his career, Allen was the executive producer of the LDS Church's Homefront radio and television commercials and many other church films, including Mr. Krueger's Christmas (1980) and The Last Leaf (1983).[6]
Following his service as a mission president in Arizona, Allen served as managing director of the church's Missionary Department for 18 years until he retired in February 2017.[7] Concurrent with his service in the church's Missionary Department, Allen served from 2011 to 2016 as an area seventy in the Fifth Quorum of Seventy, assigned to the Utah Salt Lake City Area.[8] From 2018 to 2020, Allen served as director of the Laie Hawaii Temple Visitors' Center.[9]
Key projects
[edit]Ad campaigns
[edit]- Emmy Award-Winning[10] Homefront PSAs, I'm a Mormon[11]
Films
[edit]- Mr. Krueger's Christmas (1980)[12][better source needed]
- The Last Leaf (1983)[13][better source needed]
- Man's Search for Happiness (1987 Remake)[14]
- The Nativity: Luke II (1986)[15]
- Together Forever (1987)[16][17][18]
References
[edit]- ^ "Technology Used by Church From Early Years". Intellectual Reserve, Inc. January 2007.
- ^ "New Mormon.org Brings Mormons to the Forefront". Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
- ^ "YouTube". www.youtube.com.
- ^ Hubbard, Jonice (December 5, 2007). "Pioneers in Twentieth Century Mormon Media: Oral Histories of Latter-day Saint Electronic Media and Public Relations Professionals". Theses and Dissertations. Department of Communications Brigham Young University: 35. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ "Technology Used by Church From Early Years". January 1, 2007.
- ^ "Biographies: Latter-day Saint and/Or Utah Film Personalities: A".
- ^ "Visitors' Center director and wife share uniqueness of missionary work in Laie". BYUH Ke Alaka'i. February 14, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
- ^ "New General Authorities and Area Seventies Named at April 2011 Conference". LDS Church. April 2, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
- ^ "New Directors to Serve at Visitors' Centers in Hawaii, Mexico, Hyde Park, and More in 2018 - Church News and Events". www.churchofjesuschrist.org. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
- ^ "Second Emmy in Two Years". September 10, 1988.
- ^ Priya David Clemens (June 21, 2011). "Mormons try to brush up image while in spotlight". CBS News, June 21, 2011.
- ^ Merrill, Kieth (December 21, 1980), Mr. Krueger's Christmas, James Stewart, Beverly Rowland, Kamee Aliessa, retrieved August 5, 2018
- ^ Anspaugh, David, The Last Leaf, Hermione Baddeley, Pat Billingsley, Art Carney, retrieved August 5, 2018
- ^ "Man's Search for Happiness in MLDB". Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
- ^ "The Nativity: Luke II on MLDB". Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
- ^ McLean, Michael (1987), Together Forever, Scott Wilkinson, Richard Dutcher, retrieved August 5, 2018
- ^ Astle, Randy; Burton, Gideon O. (2007), "A History of Mormon Cinema: Fourth Wave", BYU Studies, 46 (2): 96–125, archived from the original on October 21, 2013, retrieved August 19, 2018
- ^ Hart, John L. (January 14, 1989). "Missionary videos to be telecast in major U.S. cities". LDS Church News. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
External links
[edit]- 1950 births
- 20th-century Mormon missionaries
- American Mormon missionaries in the United States
- American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- American Mormon missionaries in Guatemala
- American Mormon missionaries in El Salvador
- Area seventies (LDS Church)
- Living people
- Mission presidents (LDS Church)
- Spokespersons
- American expatriates in Uruguay
- Filmmakers from Utah
- People from Salt Lake City