About Lad Allen

Lad Allen is co-founder of Illustra Media, a motion picture production ministry based in Southern California. He has produced, written, and directed more than 100 films and received several international awards. Illustra documentaries UNLOCKING THE MYSTERY OF LIFE, THE PRIVILEGED PLANES and DARWIN'S DILEMMA have helped popularize the scientific case for intelligent design. These films have been translated into more than 20 languages and distributed throughout the world. Lad has also headed production on a series of documentaries based upon Lee Strobel's best selling books THE CASE FOR CHRIST, THE CASE FOR FAITH and THE CASE FOR A CREATOR. His other productions have included ORIGIN and THE DESIGN OF LIFE COLLECTION—a documentary trilogy that explores evidence for design and purpose in the animal kingdom. METAMORPHOSIS, FLIGHT and LIVING WATERS are currently in worldwide distribution. Lad was previously director of film production at Campus Crusade for Christ and Moody Institute of Science. He lives in southern California and has enjoyed an extraordinary 47-year marriage to his wife, Joni (the most patient, understanding woman in the universe). They have been blessed with four adult sons.

LINCOLN’S PRAYER

Lincoln's Prayer Let me begin by saying that the John 10:10 Project video we are premiering today differs significantly from the previous eleven new films we’ve produced and shared with you this year. You see, LINCOLN’S PRAYER doesn’t explore a specific physical wonder of God’s creation. There are no

SUPER STARLING

Super Starling During the third week in October, seven years ago, Jerry Harned and I took a road trip to central California in search of one the most fascinating and mysterious displays of animal behavior on the planet. After a six-hour drive up Interstate 5, we reached the city

THE CALL OF CREATION

The Call of Creation It’s a new month and time for another NEW FILM. In some respects, this one is a six-minute exclamation point on the work we’ve done throughout this year, and the three-plus decades that preceded it. Since Jerry and I started working together in 1984, one

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