Tony Gardner
Costume & Make-Up·b. 1965·Cleveland, Ohio, USA
32 horror credits
Tony Gardner is an American makeup designer, special effects designer and puppeteer. He has designed and created effects for many feature films, including the films Zombieland, 127 Hours, Smokin' Aces, Hairspray, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, The Addams Family, Seed of Chucky, Shallow Hal and There's Something About Mary. Gardner helped create the signature helmets for Daft Punk, as well as an animatronic robot for their "Technologic" music video. He wrote and directed Daft Punk's music video for the song "The Prime Time of Your Life" and associate produced and populated a world full of robots for the duo's feature-length directorial debut, Daft Punk's Electroma. Beyond the film-making arena, Gardner's special effects company Alterian, Inc. has also designed and created the popular GEICO Cavemen characters as well as the current iteration of Smokey Bear.
Producer1 film
The Bad Batch
Co-Producer
Makeup & FX12 films
Freaky
Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Killer Inside Me
Prosthetic Designer
Seed of Chucky
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Scary Movie 2
Makeup Designer
Stir of Echoes
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Freaked
Makeup Designer
Army of Darkness
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Darkman
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Nightbreed
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Dark Angel
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Out of the Dark
Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Lost Boys
Special Effects
Actor6 films
Doc of Chucky
Self
Living with Chucky
Self
The Dollhouse
Self
Seed of Chucky
Tony Gardner
Darkman
Burn Ward Nurse / Lizard Man (uncredited)
Michael Jackson's Thriller
Zombie Crawling Out of Grave (uncredited)
Other Crew19 films
Hocus Pocus 2
Makeup Effects
Living with Chucky
Associate Producer
Studio 666
Makeup Effects Designer
Old
Makeup Effects Designer
Bad Hair
Makeup Effects Designer
Freaky
Makeup Effects Designer
Hell Fest
Costume Design
Cult of Chucky
Animatronics Supervisor / Associate Producer
The Bad Batch
Makeup Effects Designer
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
Clown
Makeup Effects
127 Hours
Makeup Effects Designer
Mindhunters
Makeup Effects
Batman & Robin
Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
Ghost in the Machine
Makeup Effects Designer
Full Eclipse
Costume Design / Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
Psycho IV: The Beginning
Makeup Effects / Makeup Artist
The Blob
Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
Michael Jackson's Thriller
Makeup Effects