Kevin Yagher
- Make-Up Department
- Special Effects
- Additional Crew
Beginning with such characters as Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) and Chucky
in the "Child's Play" films, Kevin Yagher has established himself as
one of the top make-up effects artists by developing and creating
life-like creatures, aliens, animals and humans with meticulous detail.
His company, Kevin Yagher Productions Inc. (KYPI), has created effects
for such high-profile projects as Paramount Pictures thriller Face/Off (1997),
Enemy of the State (1998) Volcano (1997), Starship Troopers (1997), and Conspiracy Theory (1997). KYPI's creations have also
graced the screen in a variety of genres from Columbia Pictures'
Radio Flyer (1992) to Paramount Pictures' action-adventure Mission: Impossible II (2000) to Walt
Disney's comedy Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992). Yagher has further expanded his creative
efforts by directing. For the HBO series Tales from the Crypt (1989), he directed all of
the show's wraparounds and several promotional spots, one of which
earned him an Emmy in 1992. He also helmed two episodes for this cable
series, (HBO's Tales from the Crypt (1989)) receiving a Cable Ace nomination in the
process.
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