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JENNIFER TILLY (Tiffany & Voice
of Tiffany Doll) received an Academy AwardŽ nomination and an American Comedy Award
nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Olive in Bullets Over Broadway. Her
portrayal of Samantha Cole in Universal's Liar Liar, the third-highest grossing theatrical
release of 1997, earned her another American Comedy Award nomination for Best Supporting
Actress as well as a Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination for Favorite Supporting
Actress in a Comedy.
Besides starring in Bride of Chucky, Tilly can be seen starring in the soon-to-be released
independent film, Relax, It's Just Sex. She also lends her talent to Columbia's upcoming
Stuart Little, a family comedy based on the book by E.B. White, where Tilly gives voice to
the character of Stuart's biological mother (who just happens to be a mouse). Other
upcoming films include Bruno, directed by Shirley MacLaine and co-starring MacLaine, Kathy
Bates and Gary Sinise, and October Films' The Muse, starring Albert Brooks. Tilly's other
feature film credits include Bound, The Getaway, Made in America, The Fabulous Baker Boys,
Let It Ride and Shadow of the Wolf.
On television, she starred in the Fox series Key West with Fisher Stevens, and the ABC
series Shaping Up with Leslie Nielson. She starred in Showtime’s Heads with Jon
Cryer, for which she received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Actress. Tilly also had
recurring roles on Hill Street Blues and The Garry Shandling Show, the latter of which
garnered her a Cable ACE nomination for her role as Shandling’s girlfriend, Angelica.
Her other television appearances include Moonlighting, Cheers, Dream On, Edie and Penn and
The Gun, directed by Robert Altman.
Tilly won a Theater World Award for her work in Tina Howe’s play, One Shoe Off at the
Joseph Papp Theater. Her other stage work includes Boy’s Life and Tartuffe at the Los
Angeles Theater Center, Baby With The Bathwater and The Wool Gatherer at the Los Angeles
Public Theater, and Vanities, for which she received a Dramalogue Award. |
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BRAD DOURIF (Voice of Chucky) has
been performing the voice of Chucky ever since the tiny terror made his first appearance
on the big screen in Child’s Play (1988). He is the only actor to have appeared in
all four "Chucky" films.
Since making his motion picture debut in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a role
which garnered him an Academy AwardŽ nomination, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award,
Dourif has appeared in over forty films. His film credits include Ragtime, Mississippi
Burning, The Eyes of Laura Mars, Wise Blood, Blue Velvet, Dune, The Exorcist III, Hidden
Agenda, Jungle Fever, Murder in the First, The Color of Night, Nightwatch, and Senseless.
to name just a few. He received the Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actor for
his role in Body Parts, and a Genie Award Nomination for Best Actor for his role in Common
Bonds. Most recently Dourif was seen in Jean Pierre Jeunet’s Alien Resurrection.
For television, Dourif has guest-starred on such series as Millennium, The X-Files, and
Tales From The Crypt, and was a series regular on ABC’s The Secret Lives of Men. His
movie-of-the-week and mini-series credits include Escape To Witch Mountain, Crusaders,
Stamper’s Rampage, Oliver Stone’s Wild Palms, Steven Spielberg’s Class of
‘61, and Rage of Angels.
Dourif’s stage credits include the title role in the Off-Broadway production of When
You Comin’ Back Red Ryder. He was a founding member of New York’s Circle
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RONNY YU (Director), one of Hong
Kong’s most acclaimed directors, gained international attention for his work on the
award-winning film The Bride With White Hair, a mythical love story which he also
produced. More recently he directed and co-produced the fantasy action adventure film Warriors
of Virtue.
Born in Hong Kong, Yu spent most of his educational years abroad, attending high school
in England and doing his undergraduate and graduate studies in marketing and
communications at Ohio University. Returning to Hong Kong, he began his film career as a
production manager for a number of movies before making his directorial debut on The
Servant in 1979.
Yu has since directed and/or produced over 20 films, including The Phantom Lover,
The Bride With White Hair II, Shogun and his Little Kitchen, China White, Bless This
House, Legacy of Rage, starring the late Brandon Lee, Dear Mummy, The Trail, The
Postman Strikes Back, and The Savior.
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 DON MANCINI (Screenwriter & Executive Producer) who
created the Child’s Play series and has scripted all four films, wrote the original
Child’s Play while still a student at UCLA Film School. Included among Mancini’s
other writing credits is HBO’s Tales From the Crypt. Other projects in development
are P.E.T.S. and Miss Malicious.
Mancini grew up in Boston and Richmond, Virginia and attended Columbia University, before
leaving school to work as a crew member on the television daytime drama Search for
Tomorrow. From there he transferred to UCLA Film School.
The son of a marketing executive, Mancini was fascinated by ad campaigns and marketing
aimed at children. While at UCLA he wrote Child’s Play as both a reaction to child-
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KEVIN YAGHER (Puppet Effects
Designer/Creator), internationally renowned for his high-end special makeup effects and
diabolical, life-like creatures crafted for film and television, has been the principal
builder and mechanical designer of Chucky ever since the tiny terror first made his big
screen debut.
Yagher began building monsters when he was growing up in Dayton,
Ohio. At 19, he was running his own Halloween-mask business and after a year at Ohio State
University he relocated to California to pursue a career in special makeup effects. His
break came when he was hired as an assistant on The Last Starfighter. He honed his
skills on such shows as Cocoon, Michael Jackson’s Thriller, and Friday
the 13th, Part IV, before being offered his first job as head of makeup special
effects on Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 2
Since then, Yagher’s creations and effects have graced the
screen in such films as Face/Off, Starship Troopers, Volcano, The Hidden, The Fan,
Conspiracy Theory, and Honey I Blew Up the Kid. Other theatrical credits
include all three Child’s Play films, Nightmare on Elm Street, Parts 3 and
5, Radio Flyer, The Seventh Sign, and Glory, among others.
Yagher’s directing credits include several episodes of
HBO’s Tales From the Crypt, for which he recieved a Cable ACE nomination. He also
directed all of the show’s wraparounds and promotional spots, one of which earned him
an Emmy Award in 1992. |
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