Kevin Yagher

Personal Info

Known For Costume & Make-Up

Gender Male

Birthday 1962-06-23 (62 years old)

Place of Birth Illinois, USA

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

Costume & Make-Up

2020
Bill & Ted Face the Music

as Makeup Effects Designer

2005
Bones

as Makeup Effects Designer

2002
Windtalkers

as Makeup Effects Designer

2001
Blow

as Makeup Designer

1997
Face/Off

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

1996
The Fan

as Makeup Designer

1993
The Nightmare Begins Again

as Makeup Designer

1989
The Phantom of the Opera

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

1988
976-EVIL

as Makeup Effects Designer

1987
1984
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

Crew

2020
Bill & Ted Face the Music

as Makeup Effects

2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles

as Makeup Effects

1991
Defenseless

as Makeup Effects

1987
Cherry 2000

as Makeup Effects

1987
The Hidden

as Makeup Effects

Director

1996
1990
Child's Play 2

as Second Unit Director

1989

Writer

1999
Sleepy Hollow

as Screenstory

1989

Producer

2021
Grummy

as Producer

1999
Sleepy Hollow

as Co-Producer

Art

2024
Smoke Out

as Production Design