
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