Tony Gardner
- Known for
- Costume & Make-Up
- Born
- September 25, 1965
- Place of birth
- 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.
Movies with Tony Gardner
- Seed of Chucky 2004 · ★ 5.5
- Curse of Chucky 2013 · ★ 6.0
- Darkman 1990 · ★ 6.4
- Michael Jackson's Thriller 1983 · ★ 8.3
- Jackass 4.5 2022 · ★ 6.4
- Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 2014 · ★ 6.0
- Daft Punk Unchained 2015 · ★ 7.2
- Living with Chucky 2022 · ★ 6.6
- More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead 2011 · ★ 7.4
- Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness" 2015 · ★ 7.6
- Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up 2002 · ★ 6.3
- Doc of Chucky 2024 · ★ 7.8
- The Dollhouse 2017 · ★ 7.0
- Being 'Shallow Hal' 2001 · ★ 8.0
- Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You 2004 · ★ 2.0
- Robot Dracula 2026 · ★ 2.0
- Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad 2007
- The FX of Return of the Living Dead 2016