Kevin Yagher

Kevin Yagher (born June 23, 1962) is an American

Career

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,^[1] and Child's Play, where he met his wife, Catherine Hicks.

He is the designer and executor of the

Yagher directed Hellraiser: Bloodline, but decided to be credited as Alan Smithee after Dimension Films re-edited the film.^[5] 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.^[6]

Personal life

He was married to actress Catherine Hicks on May 19, 1990. The two have a daughter, Caitlin, who was born in 1992. He is a diabetic. ^[7] He has two brothers: actor Jeff Yagher^[2] and special makeup effects artist Chris Yagher.

Filmography

Special makeup effects artist

• The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
• Æon Flux (2005)
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
• 13 Going on 30 (2004)
• Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
• Adaptation (2002)
• The Master of Disguise (2002)
• Windtalkers (2002)
• Blow (2001)
• Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
• Sleepy Hollow (1999)
• Conspiracy Theory (1997)
• Face/Off (1997)
• Bordello of Blood (1996)
• The Fan (1996)
• The Dentist (1996)
• Rumpelstiltskin
  (1996)
• Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
• Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)
• Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)
• Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
• Article 99 (1992)
• Glory (1989)
• The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
• Freddy's Nightmares (1988)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
• Child's Play (1988)
• The Seventh Sign (1988)
• Cherry 2000 (1987)
• The Hidden (1987)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
• Trick or Treat (1986)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
  (1985)
• Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
• Bones (2005-2017)
• Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
• Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
• Child's Play 2 (1990)
• Child's Play 3 (1991)
• Bride Of Chucky
  (1998)
• Tales From The Crypt (1989-1996)
• Starship Troopers (1997)
• Ghosted (2017)
• Rizzoli & Isles (2010-2016)
• The finder (2012)
• Xtreme Fakeovers (2005)
• The Hulk
  (2003)
• The Cat In The Hat
  (2003)
• Anger Management (2003)
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
• The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
• In Dreams (1999)
• The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
• Enemy Of The State
  (1998)
• Getting Even With Dad
  (1994)
• Man's Best Friend (1993)
• Defenseless (1991)
• The Borrower (1991)
• Meet the Applegates (1990)
• The Seventh Sign (1988)
• Aerosmith Pink Video (1997)

References