Editing Kevin Yagher (section)

==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 (film)|Enemy of the State]]'', ''[[Volcano (1997 film)|Volcano]]'', ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'', ''[[Conspiracy Theory (film)|Conspiracy Theory]]'', ''[[Radio Flyer (film)|Radio Flyer]]'', ''[[Mission: Impossible 2]]'', and ''[[Honey, I Blew Up the Kid]]''. Yagher's other credits include ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]'',<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy |last=Kane |first=Paul |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=2012 |isbn=9781476600697 |pages=136}}</ref> and ''[[Child's Play (1988 film)|Child's Play]]'', where he met his wife, [[Catherine Hicks]].

He is the designer and executor of the [[Chucky (Child's Play)|Chucky]] doll.<ref name="englund"/> Yagher frequently collaborated with puppeteer [[Brock Winkless]] on his productions.<ref name=makeupmag>{{cite news|first=Shannon |last=Shea |title=Make-up Effects Community Mourns N. Brock Winkless IV |url=https://makeupmag.com/make-up-effects-community-mourns-n-brock-winkless-iv/ |work=[[Make-Up Artist Magazine]] |date=2015-07-27 |accessdate=2015-08-23}}</ref> For example, Winkless performed the puppetry for Chucky in ''[[Child's Play (1988 film)|Child's Play]]'' and several of [[Chucky (franchise)|its sequels]].<ref name=thr>{{cite news|first=Cheryl |last=Cheng |title=N. Brock Winkless IV, the Puppeteer of Chucky in 'Child's Play,' Dies at 56  |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brock-winkless-chucky-puppeteer-dead-812328 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=2015-07-30 |accessdate=2015-08-23}}</ref> Yagher and Winkless also worked closely on the [[visual effects]] of ''[[Honey, I Blew Up the Kid]]'' (1992).<ref name=thr/>

Yagher directed ''[[Hellraiser: Bloodline]]'', but decided to be credited as [[Alan Smithee]] after [[Dimension Films]] re-edited the film.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy |last=Kane |first=Paul |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=2012 |isbn=9781476600697 |pages=142}}</ref> 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 [[John Rambo|Rambo]] in his film ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kevinyagher.com/#/393053/|title=Kevin Yagher Productions Inc}}</ref>