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.
Awards & recognition
- Sitges Film Festival best special effects award · 1990
Filmography50+ titles
Doc of Chucky
Chucky
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
Army of Darkness
Hocus Pocus 2
Daft Punk Unchained
127 Hours
The Lost Boys
Go
Jackass Forever
The Blob
Angels & Demons
Hairspray
Stir of Echoes
Living with Chucky
Freaky
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Me, Myself & Irene
There's Something About Mary
Bean
Jackass 4.5
Mindhunters
Darkman
Nightbreed
Old
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Mobsters
Dear Santa
Sextuplets
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Shallow Hal
28 Days
Freaked
Dark Angel
Studio 666
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
Cult of Chucky
Clown
The Killer Inside Me
Scary Movie 2
Bad Hair
Hell Fest
The Babe
The Watch
Out of the Dark
Seed of Chucky
Tank Girl
The Bad Batch
Rockula