J. Allen Williams

Williams is most known for having independently created the computer game Darkstar: The Interactive Movie over the course of a decade.[3] In an interview with Tom Chick at Fidget.com, Williams described his role in the production:

... right at 2000, I decided I was going to do something and I began production. And it just got bigger and bigger and bigger to the point that it kind of did itself. It kind of went out of control. I just wrote the thing and because I'm just one guy doing most of this – I mean, I've probably involved a hundred people to help me, doing sound and camera and all different things, but I bring them in as contract type stuff. But I'm kind of hands-on with every single thing, so that's the bottleneck. One guy being OCD and having to keep control over the whole thing.[4]

Darkstar features actor Clive Robertson (Sunset Beach),[5] the original cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000,[6] animations by artist Richard Corben,[7] and the final work of the late actor Peter Graves who narrated the game. Darkstar was released on November 5, 2010 through the Darkstar website and as a downloadable program through Strategy First.

Williams designed various costumes and props for Darkstar. He is one of the three credited composers of the soundtrack, alongside Jimmy Pitts and Bill Bruce.[8]

In 2013, Williams and Parallax Studio began production on the independent film Everything, written and directed by Williams. The film was completed in 2017.[9][10][11]

In 2020, Williams and Parallax Studio announced production on the independent film To Meet the Faces You Meet, based on the underground comic Fever Dreams written by Jan Strnad and illustrated by Richard Corben, featuring the voice of Patton Oswalt.[12]