---
name: "Michael Allin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-allin"
fi1m_id: "michael-allin"
imdb_id: "nm0021363"
tmdb_id: 33314
wikidata_id: "Q95349463"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:41:44.198619+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michael Allin

## Identity

Michael Allin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-allin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-allin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0021363
- **TMDB ID:** 33314
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95349463
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95349463, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021363/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33314

Writer. Born 1 January 1944 in Burbank, California.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1944, Burbank, California
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95349463, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021363/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33314

## Biography

Michael Allin is an American screenwriter. He wrote the screenplay for the martial arts film *Enter the Dragon* (1973), directed by Robert Clouse and starring Bruce Lee.

Allin received an adaptation credit on *Flash Gordon* (1980) and a story credit on *I'll Be Home for Christmas* (1998). His other screenwriting credits include *Truck Turner* (1974) and *Checkered Flag or Crash* (1977). He is also the author of the 1998 non-fiction book *Zarafa*.

*Sources: imdb.com, uk.movies.yahoo.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Enter the Dragon* (1973), Fi1m 79, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/enter-the-dragon.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *I'll Be Home for Christmas* (1998), Story
- *Hotel Paradise* (1995), Writer
- *Flash Gordon* (1980), Adaptation
- *The Border* (1980), Writer
- *Checkered Flag or Crash* (1977), Writer
- *Truck Turner* (1974), Screenplay
- *Enter the Dragon* (1973), Writer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/enter-the-dragon.md)

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