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Tony Gardner (II)


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Arizona State Police originally believed that bullets had been fired through a real human cadaver and filmed with a high speed camera. The Missing Person's division thought that the "cadaver" was obtained by taking a homeless person off of the streets of Phoenix, Arizona. Eventually, Tony had to write... See more trivia »

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Filmography

Hide HideMake-Up Department (125 titles)
2014 The Kitchen Sink (special makeup designer) (pre-production)
 
2014 Clear History (TV movie) (special makeup designer) (post-production)
 
2013 Movie 43 (prosthetics - segment "The Catch", prosthetics makeup - segment "Truth or Dare")
 
2012 The Motel Life (special makeup designer)
 
2012/I The Watch (makeup effects department head)
 
2012 The Three Stooges (special makeup designer)
 
2011/I Jack and Jill (special makeup effects artist)
 
2011 What's Your Number? (special makeup designer)
 
2011 30 Minutes or Less (special makeup effects artist - uncredited)
 
2011 The Beaver (special makeup designer)
 
2011 Beastly (prosthetics, special makeup effects)
 
2011 Hall Pass (special makeup designer)
 
2011 The Resident (special makeup designer)
 
2010 Jackass 3D (documentary) (special makeup effects designer)
 
2010 127 Hours (special makeup designer)
 
2010 Forehead Tittaes (video short) (special makeup designer)
 
2010 La La Land (TV series) (makeup designer - 6 episodes)
Episode #1.6 (2010) (makeup designer)
Episode #1.5 (2010) (makeup designer)
Episode #1.4 (2010) (makeup designer)
Episode #1.3 (2010) (makeup designer)
Episode #1.2 (2010) (makeup designer)
 
2010 The Killer Inside Me (prosthetic designer: Alterian, prosthetic manufacture: Alterian)
 
2010 Extraordinary Measures (prosthetic designer)
 
2010 I'm Here (short) (special makeup designer)
 
2009 Zombieland (makeup effects prosthetic designer, special makeup designer)
 
2009 Gentlemen Broncos (special makeup designer)
 
2009 The Hangover (prosthetic dental effects artist, special makeup designer)
 
2008-2009 Reno 911! (TV series) (special makeup designer - 2 episodes)
VHS Transfer Memory Lane (2009) (special makeup designer)
Junior Runs for Office (2008) (special makeup designer)
 
2009 Angels & Demons (prosthetic makeup artist)
 
2008 Bedtime Stories (special makeup designer)
 
2007-2008 Cavemen (TV series) (special makeup designer - 13 episodes)
Caveman Holiday (2008) (special makeup designer)
Hunters & Gatherers (2007) (special makeup designer)
Cave Kid (2007) (special makeup designer)
Rock Vote (2007) (special makeup designer)
The Shaver (2007) (special makeup designer)
 
2007 Ben 10: Race Against Time (TV movie) (special makeup designer, special makeup effects artist)
 
2007 The Heartbreak Kid (makeup effects designer: Alterian, Inc.)
 
2007 Hairspray (makeup effects designer)
 
2006 Smokin' Aces (makeup effects designer)
 
2006 Rob & Big (TV series) (special makeup designer - 1 episode)
Big Bob (special makeup designer)
 
2006 Jackass Number Two (documentary) (special makeup designer)
 
2006 Daft Punk's Electroma (special makeup designer)
 
2005 The Ringer (special makeup effects artist)
 
2005 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (special makeup designer)
 
2005 It Waits (creature effects designer)
 
2005 Bad Girls from Valley High (special makeup effects designer and creator: Alterian Studios, Inc.)
 
2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (special makeup and animatronic effects designer)
 
2004 Seed of Chucky (special makeup designer, special makeup effects artist)
 
2004 Surviving Christmas (special makeup effects artist)
 
2004 A Dirty Shame (prosthetics designer)
 
2004 13 Going on 30 (special prosthetics - uncredited)
 
2004 Mindhunters (lifecast makeup effects)
 
2003 Stuck on You (special makeup designer)
 
2002 Adaptation. (special makeup designer: Artist's Asylum)
 
2002 Jackass: The Movie (documentary) (key makeup artist: 16mm film unit, makeup effects designer)
 
2001 Shallow Hal (special makeup effects artist, special makeup effects designer and creator)
 
2001 Bones (makeup effects designer: Alterian)
 
2001 Osmosis Jones (special makeup designer: live action sequences)
 
2001 Scary Movie 2 (special makeup designer - uncredited)
 
2001 Human Nature (body hair effects: Alterian Studios)
 
2001 Freddy Got Fingered (makeup effects designer)
 
2001 Say It Isn't So (special makeup designer)
 
2001 Alien Hunter (TV series) (creature makeup)
 
2000 Bring It On (special makeup designer)
 
2000 Me, Myself & Irene (makeup effects designer)
 
2000 Where the Heart Is (special makeup effects artist - uncredited)
 
2000 Jackass (TV series) (special makeup designer)
 
2000 28 Days (special makeup effects artist - uncredited)
 
1999 Titus (special makeup effects artist)
 
1999 Three Kings (special makeup effects artist)
 
1999 Stir of Echoes (special makeup designer, special makeup effects artist)
 
1999 Wild Wild West (special makeup effects artist - uncredited)
 
1999 Poseidon's Fury: Escape from the Lost City (short) (special makeup effects artist)
 
1999 Go (special makeup designer)
 
1998 There's Something About Mary (special makeup and animatronic effects designer - uncredited, special makeup and animatronic effects supervisor - uncredited)
 
1998/II Denial (special makeup designer)
 
1998 Hush (special makeup effects: Alterian Studios)
 
1997 The Jackal (special makeup effects artist - uncredited)
 
1997 Bean (special makeup effects artist)
 
1997 Batman & Robin (special makeup effects artist)
 
1997 Warriors of Virtue (makeup effects: Alterian Studios)
 
1997 Invader (creature effects designer)
 
1996 High School High (makeup effects supervisor)
 
1996 Feeling Minnesota (special makeup effects artist)
 
1996 The Cape (TV series) (special makeup effects artist: animatronics)
 
1996 Arli$$ (TV series) (special makeup effects artist)
 
1996 The Rock (special makeup effects)
 
1996 The Craft (makeup effects supervisor)
 
1996 Bone Chillers (TV series) (makeup and animatronic effects artist) (special makeup designer)
 
1995 Lord of Illusions (additional makeup effects: Alterian Studios)
 
1994 The Crew (special makeup designer)
 
1994 ER (TV series) (animatronic baby effects)
 
1994 Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (TV movie) (special makeup effects artist)
 
1994 Bad Girls (makeup effects)
 
1994 Cabin Boy (special makeup effects designer: Alterian Studios, Inc.)
 
1994 Extra Terrorestrial Alien Encounter (short) (special makeup effects designer)
 
1994 The Journey Inside (documentary) (special makeup designer)
 
1993 Ghost in the Machine (makeup effects artist - as Tony Gardener)
 
1993 SeaQuest 2032 (TV series) (special makeup effects artist)
 
1993 Freaked (special makeup designer: Alterian unit)
 
1993 A Dangerous Woman (special makeup effects artist - uncredited)
 
1993 The Meteor Man (special makeup effects artist)
 
1993 Hocus Pocus (animatronic cat effects artist, special makeup effects artist)
 
1993 Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (TV movie) (special makeup designer - uncredited)
 
1993 Space Rangers (TV series) (makeup effects supervisor: Alterian Studios - 1 episode)
Fort Hope (1993) (makeup effects supervisor: Alterian Studios)
 
1992 Army of Darkness (character makeup, makeup effects: Ash, Sheila, Evil Ash, Evil Sheila / "Ash" & "Shella", Alterian Studios)
 
1992 Mom and Dad Save the World (special makeup and animatronic effects supervisor - uncredited)
 
1992 Sleepwalkers (creature effects supervisor, special makeup designer)
 
1991 Mobsters (makeup effects supervisor)
 
1991 The Dark Backward (special makeup designer)
 
1991 Iron Maze (special makeup effects artist - uncredited)
 
1990 Psycho IV: The Beginning (TV movie) (special makeup effects artist)
 
1990 Blood Salvage (additional makeup effects crew: Migh Effects, additional makeup effects designer and creator: Migh Effects)
 
1990 Darkman (special makeup effects designer)
 
1990 Lifestories (TV series) (special makeup effects artist: animatronics)
 
1990 Swamp Thing (TV series) (special makeup designer)
 
1990 Rockula (special makeup effects artist)
 
1990 Nightbreed (special makeup effects artist - additional)
 
1990 Dark Angel (makeup effects supervisor, special makeup designer, special makeup effects artist)
 
1989 Under the Boardwalk (makeup effects)
 
1989 Tale of Two Sisters (special makeup effects)
 
1989 Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (effects director: special makeup effects unit, special makeup effects designer and creator)
 
1988 Roseanne (TV series) (special makeup effects artist: Halloween Special)
 
1988 Gorillas in the Mist (Rick Baker's Gorilla crew - uncredited)
 
1988 The Blob (special makeup and animatronic effects designer, special makeup and animatronic effects supervisor, special makeup designer: makeup effects crew)
 
1988 Out of the Dark (special makeup effects)
 
1987 Beauty and the Beast (TV series) (beast crew: Rick Baker)
 
1987 Harry and the Hendersons (hair stylist, special makeup effects assistant: Rick Baker's crew)
 
1986 Ratboy (makeup crew: Boris, Inc. - uncredited)
 
1986 Aliens (Stan Winston's creature effects crew - uncredited)
 
1985 The Return of the Living Dead (makeup artist: half-corpse effects)
 
1984 Starman (starman transformation crew: Rick Baker unit - uncredited)
 
1983 Thriller (TV short) (makeup effects crew - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSpecial Effects (43 titles)
2012 Susie (animatronic animal effects) (post-production)
 
2013 Curse of Chucky (video) (puppeteer) (completed)
 
2010 Closed for the Season (creature designer and creator)
 
2010 I'm Here (short) (special effects props)
 
2009 Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory (TV series) (specialty props - 1 episode)
The Berrics vs. Fantasy Factory (2009) (specialty props)
 
2009 Gentlemen Broncos (animatronic animals)
 
2009 Bitch Slap (big cheese: Alterian Inc.)
 
2005 Grey's Anatomy (TV series) (special effects props - 1 episode)
A Hard Day's Night (2005) (special effects props)
 
2005 MorphMan (TV movie) (creature effects supervisor)
 
2004 Seed of Chucky (animatronic effects, special effects supervisor)
 
2004 Surviving Christmas (special effects set-pieces)
 
2003 Secondhand Lions (animatronic effects supervisor)
 
2002 Beneath Loch Ness (creature and makeup effects)
 
2000 The Darkling (TV movie) (animatronic effects designer and supervisor)
 
2000 Me, Myself & Irene (animatronics: Alterian Studios, Inc.)
 
1998 There's Something About Mary (animatronics - uncredited)
 
1997 Batman & Robin (animatronic effects)
 
1997 Warriors of Virtue (animatronic character effects: Alterian Studios, animatronic designer: Alterian Studios, animatronic puppeteer)
 
1996 Daylight (miniatures - uncredited)
 
1996 The Cape (TV series) (animatronic baby effects - 1 episode)
Pilot (1996) (animatronic baby effects)
 
1996 T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (short) (miniature set supervisor: Alterian Studios)
 
1996 Bone Chillers (TV series) (makeup effects producer)
 
1996 Happy Gilmore (animatronics)
 
1995 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (animatronic gorilla supervisor: Alterian Studios)
 
1995 Lord of Illusions (creator of primordial meltdowns: Alterian Studios Inc.)
 
1995 Born to Be Wild (gorilla designer and creator)
 
1994 The Crew (special effects makeup)
 
1994 ER (TV series) (animatronics)
 
1994 It's Pat (fat suit design and fabrication)
 
1993 Ghost in the Machine (animatronics - as Tony Gardener)
 
1993 Full Eclipse (TV movie) (special effects makeup coordinator: Alterian Creature Crew)
 
1993 Addams Family Values (special prosthetics, mechanical devices and house miniatures: Alterion Studios, Inc.)
 
1993 The Tommyknockers (TV mini-series) (project supervisor: Tommyknockers design and creation: for Alterian Studios Inc.)
 
1992 Mad About You (TV series) (animatronic effects) (puppeteer)
 
1991 The Addams Family (special prosthetics and meachanical devices: Alterian Studios, Inc.)
 
1991 Cast a Deadly Spell (TV movie) (special effects supervisor)
 
1990 Darkman (special makeup effects artist)
 
1990 Rockula (bat dark outfit designer: Migh Effects)
 
1987 The Lost Boys (special makeup effects artist: Greg Cannom's crew - uncredited)
 
1987 Baby Girl Scott (TV movie) (animatronics)
 
1986 ¡Three Amigos! (animatronic animals)
 
1985 My Science Project (T-Rex crew)
 
1985 Cocoon (creature effects crew: Cannom)
 
Show ShowArt Department (17 titles)
2007 Ben 10: Race Against Time (TV movie) (specialty prop design)
 
2007 Dirt (TV series) (specialty props - 13 episodes)
Ita Missa Est (2007) (specialty props)
Caught on Tape (2007) (specialty props)
Pap Smeared (2007) (specialty props)
The Sexxx Issue (2007) (specialty props)
This Is Not Your Father's Hostage Situation (2007) (specialty props)
 
2005 Surface (TV series) (specialty props - 1 episode)
Episode #1.6 (2005) (specialty props - uncredited)
 
2005 The Pacifier (specialty props)
 
2002 Moonlight Mile (special props)
 
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums (specialty props - uncredited)
 
1998 Practical Magic (special props - uncredited)
 
1998 Almost Heroes (special props)
 
1998 Godzilla (miniatures)
 
1997 Mad City (special props)
 
1997 Bean (special props)
 
1994 Don Juan DeMarco (special props - uncredited)
 
1994 The Journey Inside (documentary) (specialty props)
 
1992 The Babe (special props - uncredited)
 
1991 The Doors (specialty props - uncredited)
 
1987 Evil Dead II (sculpting)
 
1986 Aliens (artistic supervisor: miniature effects unit - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (22 titles)
2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (puppeteer)
 
2001 Say It Isn't So (puppeteer)
 
2000 The Darkling (TV movie) (animatronic effects designer)
 
2000 Me, Myself & Irene (animatronic effects designer, puppeteer)
 
1999 Three Kings (puppeteer)
 
1999 Wild Wild West (puppeteer: "Blade")
 
1998 A Civil Action (special properties - uncredited)
 
1997 Contact (special properties - uncredited)
 
1997 Batman & Robin (puppeteer)
 
1995 Raging Angels (puppeteer)
 
1995 Born to Be Wild (animatronic effects supervisor, puppeteer)
 
1994 Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (short) (animatronic effects supervisor - uncredited)
 
1994 Forrest Gump (special properties - uncredited)
 
1994 Speed (special properties - uncredited)
 
1993 Freaked (creative supervisor, puppeteer)
 
1993 Hocus Pocus (puppeteer: "Binx")
 
1992 The Bodyguard (special properties - uncredited)
 
1992 Mad About You (TV series) (animatronic baby designer and supervisor)
 
1992 Mom and Dad Save the World (puppeteer - uncredited)
 
1991 The Doors (special properties - uncredited)
 
1987 Evil Dead II (sculpting and detail)
 
1986 ¡Three Amigos! (puppeteer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowVisual Effects (9 titles)
2008 Bedtime Stories (character design)
 
1998 Hard Rain (miniatures - uncredited)
 
1997 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (digital effects: Alterian Studios - uncredited, miniature effects, visual effects)
 
1996 T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (short) (miniature effects - uncredited, miniature set constructor - uncredited, miniature set designer - uncredited)
 
1996 Bone Chillers (TV series) (effects line producer)
 
1993 Last Action Hero (miniatures - uncredited)
 
1987 Baby Girl Scott (TV movie) (visual effects supervisor)
 
1986 Trick or Treat (speaker transformation assistant: Doug Beswick Productions, Inc.)
 
1986 Aliens (cosmetic supervisor: miniature effects unit - uncredited)
 
Show ShowCostume and Wardrobe Department (6 titles)
2010 I'm Here (short) (robot costuming)
 
2007 Ben 10: Race Against Time (TV movie) (specialty costuming)
 
2002 Spider-Man (costume prototyping and development - uncredited)
 
2001 The Tick (TV series) (specialty wardrobe)
 
1995 Tank Girl (special wardrobe)
 
1994 The Journey Inside (documentary) (specialty alien costuming)
 
Show ShowProducer (5 titles)
2006 Daft Punk's Electroma (associate producer)
 
2004 Sexy Seniors (short) (producer)
 
2002 King's Highway (executive producer)
 
1997 Invader (producer)
 
1995 Born to Be Wild (associate producer)
 
Show ShowCostume Designer (3 titles)
1995 Tank Girl (uncredited)
 
1994 It's Pat
 
1993 Full Eclipse (TV movie)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1990 Darkman
Burn Ward Nurse/Lizard Man (uncredited)
 
1990 Nightbreed
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
 
1983 Thriller (TV short)
Zombie Crawling Out of a Grave (uncredited)
 
Show ShowAnimation Department (2 titles)
2001 Superstar Limo (animatronic character effects)
 
1987 Baby Girl Scott (TV movie) (animatronic baby effects - uncredited)
 
1997 Invader (second unit director)
 
1989 Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (second unit director)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2005 All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame' (video documentary) (thank you)
 
2002 Diggin' Up 'Bones' (video short) (special thanks)
 
2000 Me, Myself & Irene (the producers wish to thank for their assistance)
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
2011 They Won't Stay Dead: A Look at Return of the Living Dead Part II (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2011 More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead (video documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV series)
Himself
Makeup Effects Design (2011) … Himself
 
2007 You Can't Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of 'Hairspray' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Transforming Travolta to Turnblad (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Conceiving the 'Seed of Chucky' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Seed of Chucky
Himself
 
2001-2003 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
Stuck on You (2003) … Himself
Being 'Shallow Hal' (2001) … Himself
 
2002 Diggin' Up 'Bones' (video short)
Himself - Makeup FX Designer
 
1994 Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Hocus Pocus: Begin the Magic (TV documentary)
Himself - animatronic cat effects artist
 
1994 The Journey Inside (documentary)
Puppeteer
 
1994 Movie Magic (TV series documentary)
Himself
Creature Makeup: Masks and Mirrors (1994) … Himself
 
1983 The Making of 'Thriller' (video documentary)
Himself - Zombie Crawling Out of a Grave (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2006 Video on Trial (TV series)
 

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Other Works:

Created animatronic "robot personas" of band members from electronic music group Daft Punk. Conceived and directed their music video "The Prime Time of Your Life."

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Alternate Names:

Tony Gardener
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Trivia:

Arizona State Police originally believed that bullets had been fired through a real human cadaver and filmed with a high speed camera. The Missing Person's division thought that the "cadaver" was obtained by taking a homeless person off of the streets of Phoenix, Arizona. Eventually, Tony had to write... See more »