Gary J. Tunnicliffe
- Costume & make-up
- February 27, 1968 · Burntwood, Staffordshire, England, UK
Biography
Gary J. Tunnicliffe has been working in the film industry since 1990, primarily designing and creating special make up effects, working on over 130 feature films including entries on many of the most beloved 'horror genre' franchises including Blade, Halloween, Candyman, Scream, Exorcist, Feast, Prophecy, Mimic, Scary Movie, Children of the Corn, The Collector, Piranha and (most notoriously) Hellraiser (8 films) He is especially known for designing elaborate and shocking death sequences which earned him the playful nickname 'The Hollywood Assassin' At the age of 27 he wrote and directed his first feature, the science fiction horror film "Within The Rock' for producer Robert Patrick (Terminator 2, Walk The Line) since then he has directed multiple feature films including the acclaimed Hellraiser Judgment and has directed actors including Christopher Lloyd, Chevy Chase, Dakota Fanning, Chloe Grace Moretz, Lynne Redgrave, Katy Segal, Howie Mandel, Wallace Shawn and James earl Jones He also written several produced screenplays, produced, directed 2nd unit, acted, performed stunts and puppeteered on a host of different projects. Based in Los Angeles he has a design studio in Northridge, just minutes away from Hollywood.
Known for
Filmography
- Corporate Retreat · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Infestation · Special Effects
- The Exorcist: Believer · Makeup Effects
- Trick · Principal, Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Hellraiser: Judgment · The Auditor, Director
- The Hatred · Makeup Effects Designer
- Pet · Homeless Guy, Makeup Effects Designer
- Miracles from Heaven · Special Effects Makeup Artist, Prosthetics
- The Hive · Makeup Effects Designer
- Most Likely to Die · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- The Chicken Run · Writer, Director
- The Wedding Ringer · Makeup Effects Designer
- Gone Girl · Makeup Effects
- Burying the Ex · Makeup Effects
- Animal · Creature Design
- Beneath · Makeup Effects Designer
- Killing Season · Makeup Designer
- The Collection · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Corman's World · Self
- Hellraiser: Revelations · Screenplay
- Children of the Corn: Genesis · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Scream 4 · Prosthetic Designer
- Shanghai · Prosthetics
- Dinoshark · Jeremy Long
- Jack and the Beanstalk · Nervous Lumberjack (Voice), Director
- Hellraiser: Deader – Winter's Lament · Characters
- Feast III: The Happy Finish · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- My Bloody Valentine · Makeup Designer
- Necromonger Dave · Director, Editing
- The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising · Security Guard #2, Makeup Artist
- Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud · Makeup Designer
- Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes · Makeup Designer
- Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis · Makeup Artist
- Feast · Mama Beast
- Hellraiser: Hellworld · Second Unit Director, Makeup Effects Designer
- Dracula III: Legacy · Makeup Designer
- The Prophecy: Uprising · Special Effects
- Hellraiser: Deader · Makeup Effects Designer
- Exorcist: The Beginning · Makeup Effects Designer
- Megalodon · Grady Harper, Writer
- Dracula II: Ascension · Makeup Designer, Second Unit Director
- Mimic: Sentinel · Mimic Bug #2, Second Unit Director
- Hansel & Gretel · Director, Writer
- Hellraiser: Hellseeker · Makeup Effects Designer
- Halloween: Resurrection · Officer, Special Effects Makeup Artist
- To End All Wars · Makeup Effects
- Guardian · Writer
- Dracula 2000 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Ginger Snaps · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Hellraiser: Inferno · Makeup Effects Designer
- Sleepy Hollow · Visual Effects Supervisor, Effects Supervisor
- Twin Falls Idaho · Makeup Effects Designer
- Candyman: Day of the Dead · Prosthetic Makeup Artist
- Amanda & the Alien · Creature Design
- Menno's Mind · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering · Makeup Effects Designer
- Within the Rock · Screenplay, Writer
- Hellraiser: Bloodline · Makeup Effects Designer
- Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers · Special Effects
- Last Gasp · Makeup Designer
- Lord of Illusions · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Candyman · Makeup Supervisor