Kyra Elise Gardner

Kyra Elise Gardner

History

Kyra Elise Gardner is an American director, known for The Dollhouse (2017), Phoebe (2019), and Inked (2018). Kyra's first short film, "Past Presence," was one of eight student films selected for the 39th Annual Cleveland International Film Festival's "First Time Film-maker's" Division, with Writer/Director Kyra Gardner at age 16 being the youngest participant ever. Kyra Gardner's documentary "The Dollhouse" had it's Global Premiere at the FrightFest Film Festival in London England, preceding the World Premiere of Universal's "Cult of Chucky." Universal Studios also included her short documentary on the DVD/Blu-ray release of "Cult of Chucky" as a bonus feature. Her most recent short film, "Phoebe," (her FSU Senior Thesis film), earned her Best Woman Student Filmmaker honors from the Directors Guild of America.

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Kyra Elise Gardner
Kyra Elise Gardner

Movies

Living with Chucky
Self
A filmmaker who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll seeks out the other families surrounding the Child's Play films as they recount their experiences working on the ongoing franchise and what it means to be a part of the, "Chucky" family.
Living with Chucky
Writer
A filmmaker who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll seeks out the other families surrounding the Child's Play films as they recount their experiences working on the ongoing franchise and what it means to be a part of the, "Chucky" family.
Living with Chucky
Editor
A filmmaker who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll seeks out the other families surrounding the Child's Play films as they recount their experiences working on the ongoing franchise and what it means to be a part of the, "Chucky" family.
Living with Chucky
Director
A filmmaker who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll seeks out the other families surrounding the Child's Play films as they recount their experiences working on the ongoing franchise and what it means to be a part of the, "Chucky" family.
Strange To Me
Writer
Set in the 1950s, a group of teens start to question the comfort of their small home town when a popular Halloween song wreaks havoc.
Strange To Me
Director
Set in the 1950s, a group of teens start to question the comfort of their small home town when a popular Halloween song wreaks havoc.
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Director
"In Search of the Sanderson Sisters" is a hilarious mockumentary to benefit The New York Restoration Project, starring "Hocus Pocus's" Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Zombieland: Double Tap
T-800 Attack Zombie (uncredited)
Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.
Phoebe
Animation
Phoebe is a real catch... she just doesn’t know it yet. Far from home, she tackles a new sea of challenges during her first weeks at college. With her flamboyant roommate Adam as her navigator, she no longer feels like a small fish in a big pond, and she learns to feel comfortable in her own skin
Phoebe
Sound Designer
Phoebe is a real catch... she just doesn’t know it yet. Far from home, she tackles a new sea of challenges during her first weeks at college. With her flamboyant roommate Adam as her navigator, she no longer feels like a small fish in a big pond, and she learns to feel comfortable in her own skin
Phoebe
Writer
Phoebe is a real catch... she just doesn’t know it yet. Far from home, she tackles a new sea of challenges during her first weeks at college. With her flamboyant roommate Adam as her navigator, she no longer feels like a small fish in a big pond, and she learns to feel comfortable in her own skin
Phoebe
Director
Phoebe is a real catch... she just doesn’t know it yet. Far from home, she tackles a new sea of challenges during her first weeks at college. With her flamboyant roommate Adam as her navigator, she no longer feels like a small fish in a big pond, and she learns to feel comfortable in her own skin
Inked
Writer
Lilly and Cece are life-long best friends. However when matching tattoos and some mysterious ink jeopardize their friendship they have to face the good, bad, and the undead to save themselves.
Inked
Director
Lilly and Cece are life-long best friends. However when matching tattoos and some mysterious ink jeopardize their friendship they have to face the good, bad, and the undead to save themselves.
The Dollhouse
Self
Kyra Gardner's loving tribute to growing up in the world of the psycho killer doll, Chucky.
The Dollhouse
Director
Kyra Gardner's loving tribute to growing up in the world of the psycho killer doll, Chucky.
The Man in White
Alice
'The Man in White' is a story about the tribulations a girl faces when tyrannical overlords dressed entirely in white commence to kidnap everyone around her and rule her world. When her best friend is taken, Alice decides to fight back. Alice risks it all to search for her friend and her actions bring to light the unusual reality of the world she thought she knew.
The Man in White
Producer
'The Man in White' is a story about the tribulations a girl faces when tyrannical overlords dressed entirely in white commence to kidnap everyone around her and rule her world. When her best friend is taken, Alice decides to fight back. Alice risks it all to search for her friend and her actions bring to light the unusual reality of the world she thought she knew.
The Man in White
Director
'The Man in White' is a story about the tribulations a girl faces when tyrannical overlords dressed entirely in white commence to kidnap everyone around her and rule her world. When her best friend is taken, Alice decides to fight back. Alice risks it all to search for her friend and her actions bring to light the unusual reality of the world she thought she knew.
The Man in White
Writer
'The Man in White' is a story about the tribulations a girl faces when tyrannical overlords dressed entirely in white commence to kidnap everyone around her and rule her world. When her best friend is taken, Alice decides to fight back. Alice risks it all to search for her friend and her actions bring to light the unusual reality of the world she thought she knew.
Past Presence
Writer
A boy and girl fall in love. Separated by war, they eventually find each other again.
Past Presence
Director
A boy and girl fall in love. Separated by war, they eventually find each other again.