Kevin Yagher
- Costume & make-up
- June 23, 1962 · Illinois, USA
Biography
Kevin Yagher (born June 23, 1962) is an American special effects technician, known for Freddy Krueger's makeup and The Crypt Keeper creature. His company, Kevin Yagher Productions, has created effects for A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Face/Off, Enemy of the State, Volcano, Starship Troopers, Conspiracy Theory, Radio Flyer, Mission: Impossible 2, and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid. Yagher's other credits include Tales from the Crypt, and Child's Play, where he met his wife, Catherine Hicks. He is the designer and executor of the Chucky doll. Yagher frequently collaborated with puppeteer Brock Winkless on his productions. For example, Winkless performed the puppetry for Chucky in Child's Play and several of its sequels. Yagher and Winkless also worked closely on the visual effects of Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992). Yagher directed Hellraiser: Bloodline, but decided to be credited as Alan Smithee after Dimension Films re-edited the film. He heads Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc. Yagher has worked with "Weird Al" Yankovic on a number of occasions. In 1988, Yagher created a fat suit and appliance makeup for Yankovic's "Fat" video, which Yankovic later wore in his concerts while performing the song. A year later, Yagher created prosthetics that gave Yankovic a hypermuscular upper body when parodying Rambo in his film UHF.
Known for
Filmography
- Doc of Chucky · Self
- Grummy · Producer, Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Behind the Monsters · Self
- Bill & Ted Face the Music · Makeup Effects Designer, Makeup Effects
- Time Flies When You Are Having Fun! A Look Back at a Most "Excellent Adventure" · Self
- Behind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera · Self
- Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger · Self
- Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy · Self
- The Spiderwick Chronicles · Makeup Effects
- The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off · Self
- Bones · Makeup Effects Designer
- Cradle 2 the Grave · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Windtalkers · Makeup Effects Designer
- Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' · Self
- Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe · Self
- Blow · Makeup Designer
- Mission: Impossible II · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend · Self
- Sleepy Hollow · Screenstory, Co-producer
- Face/Off · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Bordello of Blood · Makeup Effects Designer
- The Fan · Makeup Designer
- Hellraiser: Bloodline · Director
- The Nightmare Begins Again · Makeup Designer
- Defenseless · Makeup Effects
- Child's Play 2 · Second Unit Director
- The Phantom of the Opera · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Tales from the Crypt · Director, Writer
- 976-EVIL · Makeup Effects Designer
- Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play · Self
- Cherry 2000 · Makeup Effects
- The Hidden · Makeup Effects
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors · Makeup Effects Designer
- Trick or Treat · Lead Guitarist, Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Radioactive Dreams · Prosthetic Makeup Artist
- A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge · Special Effects
- Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Michael Jackson's Thriller · Zombie (uncredited)