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Kevin Yagher
Illinois, USA
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 Production…
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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.
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2024
Doc of Chucky
Movie Self
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2021
Grummy
Movie Producer
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2021
Behind the Monsters
TV show Self
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2020
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Movie Makeup Effects Designer
- 2020
- 2015
- 2012
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2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Movie Self
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2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Movie Makeup Effects
- 2007
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2005
Bones
TV show Makeup Effects Designer
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2003
Cradle 2 the Grave
Movie Special Effects Makeup Artist
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2002
Windtalkers
Movie Makeup Effects Designer
- 2002
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2002
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
Movie Self
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2001
Blow
Movie Makeup Designer
More credits
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2000
Mission: Impossible II
Movie Special Effects Makeup Artist
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2000
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Movie Self
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1999
Sleepy Hollow
Movie Screenstory
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1997
Face/Off
Movie Special Effects Makeup Artist
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1996
Bordello of Blood
Movie Makeup Effects Designer
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1996
The Fan
Movie Makeup Designer
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1996
Hellraiser: Bloodline
Movie Director
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1993
The Nightmare Begins Again
Movie Makeup Designer
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1991
Defenseless
Movie Makeup Effects
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1990
Child's Play 2
Movie Second Unit Director
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1989
The Phantom of the Opera
Movie Special Effects Makeup Artist
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1989
Tales from the Crypt
TV show Director
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1988
976-EVIL
Movie Makeup Effects Designer
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1988
Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play
Movie Himself
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1987
Cherry 2000
Movie Makeup Effects
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1987
The Hidden
Movie Makeup Effects
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1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Movie Makeup Effects Designer
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1986
Trick or Treat
Movie Lead Guitarist
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1986
Radioactive Dreams
Movie Prosthetic Makeup Artist
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1985
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Movie Special Effects
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1984
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Movie Special Effects Makeup Artist
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1983
Michael Jackson's Thriller
Movie Zombie (uncredited)
