Gary J. Tunnicliffe

Born: 1968-02-27 in Burntwood, Staffordshire, England, UK

Known For: Costume & Make-Up

Biography

Gary J. Tunnicliffe has been working in the film industry since 1990, primarily designing and creating special make up effects, working on over 130 feature films including entries on many of the most beloved 'horror genre' franchises including Blade, Halloween, Candyman, Scream, Exorcist, Feast, Prophecy, Mimic, Scary Movie, Children of the Corn, The Collector, Piranha and (most notoriously) Hellraiser (8 films) He is especially known for designing elaborate and shocking death sequences which earned him the playful nickname 'The Hollywood Assassin' At the age of 27 he wrote and directed his first feature, the science fiction horror film "Within The Rock' for producer Robert Patrick (Terminator 2, Walk The Line) since then he has directed multiple feature films including the acclaimed Hellraiser Judgment and has directed actors including Christopher Lloyd, Chevy Chase, Dakota Fanning, Chloe Grace Moretz, Lynne Redgrave, Katy Segal, Howie Mandel, Wallace Shawn and James earl Jones He also written several produced screenplays, produced, directed 2nd unit, acted, performed stunts and puppeteered on a host of different projects. Based in Los Angeles he has a design studio in Northridge, just minutes away from Hollywood.

Filmography

2026

Corporate Retreat ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
Infestation ... (Special Effects)

2023

The Exorcist: Believer ... (Makeup Effects)

2019

Trick as Principal

2018

Hellraiser: Judgment as The Auditor

2017

The Hatred ... (Makeup Effects Designer)

2016

Miracles from Heaven ... (Prosthetics)
Pet as Homeless Guy

2015

The Wedding Ringer ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
Most Likely to Die ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
The Hive ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
The Chicken Run ... (Writer)

2014

Gone Girl ... (Makeup Effects)
Burying the Ex ... (Makeup Effects)
Animal ... (Creature Design)

2013

Killing Season ... (Makeup Designer)
Beneath ... (Makeup Effects Designer)

2012

The Collection ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)

2011

Scream 4 ... (Prosthetic Designer)
Hellraiser: Revelations ... (Screenplay)
Corman's World as Self - Makeup Designer

2010

Shanghai ... (Prosthetics)
Dinoshark as Jeremy Long

2009

My Bloody Valentine ... (Makeup Designer)
Jack and the Beanstalk as Nervous Lumberjack (voice)
Feast III: The Happy Finish ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
Hellraiser: Deader – Winter's Lament ... (Characters)

2005

Feast as Mama Beast
Hellraiser: Hellworld ... (Second Unit Director)
Hellraiser: Deader ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis ... (Makeup Artist)
The Prophecy: Uprising ... (Special Effects)
Dracula III: Legacy ... (Makeup Designer)

2004

Exorcist: The Beginning ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
Megalodon as Grady Harper
No More Souls as Old Pinhead

2003

Mimic: Sentinel as Mimic Bug #2
Dracula II: Ascension ... (Makeup Designer)

2002

Halloween: Resurrection as Officer
Hellraiser: Hellseeker ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
Hansel & Gretel ... (Director)

2001

To End All Wars ... (Makeup Effects)
Guardian ... (Writer)

2000

Ginger Snaps ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
Dracula 2000 ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
Hellraiser: Inferno ... (Makeup Effects Designer)

1999

Sleepy Hollow ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
Candyman: Day of the Dead ... (Prosthetic Makeup Artist)
Twin Falls Idaho ... (Makeup Effects Designer)

1998

Amanda & the Alien ... (Creature Design)

1997

Menno's Mind ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)

1996

Hellraiser: Bloodline ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
Within the Rock ... (Writer)

1995

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers ... (Special Effects)
Lord of Illusions ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)

1992

Candyman ... (Makeup Supervisor)