Tony Gardner

Costume & make-up · b. 1965 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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.

Movies13

Movie5.5
HorrorComedy
This time around, Chucky and his homicidal honey, Tiffany, are brought back to life by their orphan offspring, Glen. Then the horror goes Hollywood as Chucky unleashes his own brand of murderous mayhem!
Seed of Chucky
2004 · 1.8K votes
Movie6.0
HorrorThriller
After her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to the mounting bloodshed and chaos.
Curse of Chucky
2013 · 1.7K votes
Movie6.4
ActionScience Fiction
Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.
Darkman
1990 · 1.6K votes
Movie8.3
HorrorMusic
A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies. Released at the height of Thriller’s success, the short film redefined the music video, broke racial barriers, and became the first inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry.
Michael Jackson's Thriller
1983 · 801 votes
Movie6.0
ComedyDocumentary
Bad Grandpa .5 gives you a whole new perspective on the world of Irving Zisman with bonus scenes and pranks also featuring Spike Jonze as "Gloria" and Catherine Keener as Irving's wife "Ellie", plus a look at the evolution of Johnny Knoxville's naughty alter-ego, the makeup effects, and a behind-the-scenes peek at the idiocy it takes to make a hidden camera movie in public.
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
2014 · 288 votes
Movie6.4
ComedyAction
Through outrageous, never-before-seen footage, witness the making of the Jackass crew's last go at wild stunts.
Jackass 4.5
2022 · 422 votes
Movie7.8
DocumentaryHorror
The story of the cult horror empire through interviews with cast, crew, and horror icons such as Don Mancini, Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, John Waters, Fiona Dourif, Perrey Reeves, Gerrit Graham, David Kirschner, and dozens more.
Doc of Chucky
2024 · 5 votes
Movie7.2
MusicDocumentary
Daft Punk Unchained is the first film about the pop culture phenomenon that is Daft Punk, the duo with 12 million albums sold worldwide and seven Grammy Awards. Throughout their career Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo have always resisted compromise and the established codes of show business. They have remained determined to maintain control of every link in the chain of their creative process. In the era of globalisation and social networks, they rarely speak in public and neither do they show their faces on TV. This documentary explores this unprecedented cultural revolution revealing a duo of artists on a permanent quest for creativity, independence and freedom.
Daft Punk Unchained
2015 · 160 votes
Movie6.6
DocumentaryHorror
A filmmaker who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll seeks out the other families surrounding the Child's Play films as they recount their experiences working on the ongoing franchise and what it means to be a part of the, "Chucky" family.
Living with Chucky
2022 · 52 votes
Movie7.6
Documentary
An in-depth, feature length documentary on the surprisingly tumultuous creation of cult classic Army of Darkness.
Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"
2015 · 8 votes
Movie7.4
Documentary
Retrospective documentary about the making of the horror cult classic "The Return of the Living Dead."
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
2011 · 46 votes
Movie8.0
DocumentaryComedy
The HBO special is hosted by star Brooke Burns, who spends more time talking to people on the street about what it means to be shallow than discussing the film itself.
Being 'Shallow Hal'
2001 · 2 votes
Movie7.0
HorrorDocumentary
Kyra Gardner's loving tribute to growing up in the world of the psycho killer doll, Chucky.
The Dollhouse
2017 · 2 votes