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Kevin Yagher

Costume & Make-Up

Born June 23, 1962 · Illinois, USA

Also known as Alan Smithee · Kevin T. Yagher · Kevin Yahger

Biography

Kevin Yagher (born June 23, 1962) is an American special effects technician, known for Freddy Krueger's makeup and The Crypt Keeper creature. His company, Kevin Yagher Productions, has created effects for A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Face/Off, Enemy of the State, Volcano, Starship Troopers, Conspiracy Theory, Radio Flyer, Mission: Impossible 2, and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid. Yagher's other credits include Tales from the Crypt, and Child's Play, where he met his wife, Catherine Hicks. He is the designer and executor of the Chucky doll. Yagher frequently collaborated with puppeteer Brock Winkless on his productions. For example, Winkless performed the puppetry for Chucky in Child's Play and several of its sequels. Yagher and Winkless also worked closely on the visual effects of Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992). Yagher directed Hellraiser: Bloodline, but decided to be credited as Alan Smithee after Dimension Films re-edited the film. He heads Kevin Yagher Productions, Inc. Yagher has worked with "Weird Al" Yankovic on a number of occasions. In 1988, Yagher created a fat suit and appliance makeup for Yankovic's "Fat" video, which Yankovic later wore in his concerts while performing the song. A year later, Yagher created prosthetics that gave Yankovic a hypermuscular upper body when parodying Rambo in his film UHF.

Filmography26 titles

Bones

2005Makeup Effects Designer

Tales from the Crypt

1989Director, Writer

Doc of Chucky

2024as Self

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010as Self

Blow

2001Makeup Designer

Sleepy Hollow

1999Co-Producer, Makeup Effects Designer, Screenstory, Special Effects

Face/Off

1997Special Effects Makeup Artist

The Hidden

1987Makeup Effects

The Spiderwick Chronicles

2008Makeup Effects

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

1987Makeup Effects Designer

Child's Play 2

1990Second Unit Director

Windtalkers

2002Makeup Effects Designer

Cradle 2 the Grave

2003Special Effects Makeup Artist

Mission: Impossible II

2000Special Effects Makeup Artist

Trick or Treat

1986as Lead Guitarist

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

1984Special Effects Makeup Artist

The Fan

1996Makeup Designer

Bordello of Blood

1996Makeup Effects Designer

Cherry 2000

1987Makeup Effects

Bill & Ted Face the Music

2020Makeup Effects, Makeup Effects Designer

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

1985Special Effects

Behind the Monsters

2021as Self

The Phantom of the Opera

1989Special Effects Makeup Artist

Hellraiser: Bloodline

1996Director

976-EVIL

1988Makeup Effects Designer

Defenseless

1991Makeup Effects