Tony Gardner
- Costume & make-up
- September 25, 1965 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Rivals of Amziah King · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Jackass: Best and Last · Makeup Effects Designer
- Robot Dracula · Tony
- Dear Santa · Makeup Designer
- Doc of Chucky · Self
- Hocus Pocus 2 · Makeup Effects
- Living with Chucky · Self, Associate Producer
- Jackass 4.5 · Self, Makeup Effects Designer
- Studio 666 · Makeup Effects Designer
- Jackass Forever · Special Effects Makeup Artist, Makeup Effects Designer
- Chucky · Associate Producer
- Old · Makeup Effects Designer
- Bad Hair · Makeup Effects Designer
- Freaky · Makeup Effects Designer, Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Sextuplets · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Hell Fest · Costume Design
- The Dollhouse · Self
- Cult of Chucky · Animatronics Supervisor, Associate Producer
- Woodshock · Makeup Effects
- The Bad Batch · Makeup Effects Designer, Co-producer
- The FX of Return of the Living Dead
- Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness" · Self
- Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse · Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
- Daft Punk Unchained · Self
- Clown · Makeup Effects
- Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 · Self, Makeup Effects Designer
- Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa · Special Effects Makeup Artist, Makeup Effects Designer
- Curse of Chucky · Puppeteer
- The Watch · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Jack and Jill · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead · Self
- Jackass 3.5 · Makeup Effects Designer
- 127 Hours · Makeup Effects Designer
- Jackass 3D · Makeup Effects Designer
- The Killer Inside Me · Prosthetic Designer
- Bitch Slap · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Angels & Demons · Prosthetic Makeup Artist
- What We Take from Each Other · Special Effects Coordinator
- Ben 10: Race Against Time · Special Effects Makeup Artist, Prop Designer
- Jackass 2.5 · Makeup Effects Designer
- Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad · Self
- Hairspray · Makeup Effects
- Jackass Number Two · Makeup Effects Designer
- Cheaper by the Dozen 2 · Makeup Designer
- Seed of Chucky · Tony Gardner, Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Mindhunters · Makeup Effects
- Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You · Self
- Stuck on You · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Jackass: The Movie · Makeup Effects Designer
- Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up · Self
- Being 'Shallow Hal' · Self
- Shallow Hal · Makeup Effects Designer
- Scary Movie 2 · Makeup Designer
- Me, Myself & Irene · Makeup Effects Designer
- 28 Days · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Stir of Echoes · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Go · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- There's Something About Mary · Animatronics Designer
- Bean · Makeup Effects
- Batman & Robin · Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
- Lifeform · Producer
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls · Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
- Tank Girl · Costume Design
- Born to Be Wild · Associate Producer
- It's Pat: The Movie · Costume Design
- Ghost in the Machine · Makeup Effects Designer
- Full Eclipse · Costume Design, Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
- Freaked · Makeup Designer
- Army of Darkness · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- The Babe · Special Props
- Mobsters · Makeup Effects
- Psycho IV: The Beginning · Makeup Effects, Makeup Artist
- Darkman · Burn Ward Nurse / Lizard Man (uncredited), Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Rockula · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Nightbreed · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Dark Angel · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Tale of Two Sisters · Makeup Effects
- The Blob · Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
- Out of the Dark · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- The Lost Boys · Special Effects