Known For
Costume & Make-Up
Born
Jun 23, 1962
Place of Birth
Illinois, USA
Credits
38 titles
Kevin Yagher
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.
Known For
Filmography
Doc of Chucky
Self
Grummy
Producer
Behind the Monsters
Self
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Makeup Effects Designer
Time Flies When You Are Having Fun! A Look Back at a Most "Excellent Adventure"
Self
Behind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera
Self
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
Self
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Makeup Effects
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
Self
Bones
Makeup Effects Designer
Cradle 2 the Grave
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Windtalkers
Makeup Effects Designer
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
Self
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
Self
Blow
Makeup Designer
Mission: Impossible II
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Self
Sleepy Hollow
Screenstory
Face/Off
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Bordello of Blood
Makeup Effects Designer
The Fan
Makeup Designer
Hellraiser: Bloodline
Director
The Nightmare Begins Again
Makeup Designer
Defenseless
Makeup Effects
Child's Play 2
Second Unit Director
The Phantom of the Opera
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Tales from the Crypt
Director
976-EVIL
Makeup Effects Designer
Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play
Himself
Cherry 2000
Makeup Effects
The Hidden
Makeup Effects
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Makeup Effects Designer
Trick or Treat
Lead Guitarist
Radioactive Dreams
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Special Effects
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Michael Jackson's Thriller
Zombie (uncredited)