| Gary J. Tunnicliffe | |
| Birth Name: | Gary John Tunnicliffe |
| Birth Date: | 27 February 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Burntwood, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation: | Special make-up effects Director Screenwriter |
| Spouse: | Georgiana Pana Tunnicliffe |
Gary J. Tunnicliffe (born 27 February 1968)[1] is a British special make-up effects designer, writer, and director. He has performed make-up effects in all the Hellraiser films from to , wrote , and wrote and directed . His other make-up credits include Candyman, Wishmaster, the Dracula 2000 series, the Pulse series, and Feast.
Tunnicliffe started out performing special make-up effects. After collaborating with Bob Keen on make-up effects for writer-director Anthony Hickox's (1992), he joined them again for Hickox's next project, (1992). Special effects technician Kevin Yagher, when selected to direct (1996), contacted Tunnicliffe to perform the special effects on that film. Tunnicliffe was surprised Yagher was not performing the effects work himself, but Yagher believed Tunnicliffe's experience with the prior film would be valuable. Tunnicliffe returned for Scott Derrickson's (2000) and Rick Bota's (2002). He again collaborated with Bota in the next two sequels, both released in 2005. In , he also directed the second unit and had a cameo appearance. In , Tunnicliffe performed special effects, make-up effects, and collected the Hellraiser memorabilia used in the film. Tunnicliffe appeared in the film as a Cenobite and, briefly, without make-up near the end. In (2011), he wrote the script for director Víctor Garcia. He wrote and directed the tenth Hellraiser sequel, Judgment.[2]
In addition to his work on the Hellraiser films, Tunnicliffe has worked with Clive Barker on Candyman (1992)[2] and Lord of Illusions (1995).[3] Tunnicliffe has also worked with Patrick Lussier on several films, including the Dracula 2000 series,[2] My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009),[2] and Drive Angry (2011).[4] Other franchises include Pulse (2006) and its sequels, Mimic 2 (2001) and (2003), and Scream 4 (2011).[5] Besides Hellraiser: Judgment, Tunnicliffe's feature directing work includes the fairy tale films Hansel and Gretel (2002) and Jack and the Beanstalk (2009).[6] [7] He also directed the short films No More Souls and The Chicken Run,[2] which are set in the Hellraiser and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre universes, respectively.
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Within the Rock | |||
| 2001 | Guardian | |||
| 2002 | Hansel & Gretel | |||
| 2004 | Megalodon | |||
| No More Souls: One Last Slice of Sensation | ||||
| 2009 | Jack and the Beanstalk | |||
| 2011 | ||||
| 2018 | ||||
| TBA | Coulrophobia[8] |