Stephen Chiodo (Visual Effects)
Details about Stephen Chiodo are limited at this time. With a growing presence in Visual Effects, more information may emerge as their career progresses.
Works
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Unwrap the real stories behind these iconic Christmas blockbusters, thanks to insider interviews and behind-the-scenes peeks.
Release Date:2020-12-01
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:26
Alien Xmas
A young elf mistakes a tiny alien for a Christmas gift, not knowing her new plaything has plans to destroy Earth's gravity — and steal all the presents.
Release Date:2020-11-20
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:116
You Are What They Eat: The Making of Critters 3
Documentary about the 1991 follow-up film Critters 3. Features interviews with producer Barry Opper; actors Don Opper and Terrence Mann; writer; cinematographer; and critters designers.
Release Date:2018-11-27
Character:Self
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
Documentary about the 1988 follow-up film Critters 2. Features interviews with director Mick Garris; actors Liane Curtis, Don Opper, Terrence Mann, and Lin Shaye; producer Barry Opper; critters designers; and more.
Release Date:2018-11-27
Character:Self
Space Madness: The Making of Critters 4
Documentary about the 1992 follow-up film Critters 4. Features interviews with producer Barry Opper; actors Don Opper and Terrence Mann; writer; cinematographer; and critters designers.
Release Date:2018-11-27
Character:Self
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
Documentary about the original 1986 film Critters. Features interviews with actors Dee Wallace, Don Opper, Terrence Mann, and Lin Shaye; producer Barry Opper; writer Brian Muir; critter designers and voice actors; and many more.
Release Date:2018-11-27
Character:Self
The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass
An all-new documentary celebrating the legacy of the holiday specials created by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass including interviews with filmmakers and historians.
Release Date:2018-10-16
Character:Self
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
The Frankenstein Complex takes a historical as well as a creative perspective, with a mix of fascinating scenes behind the camera, film clips, and dozens of interviews with all the big names in the industry. In addition to the many wonderful anecdotes, the film also offers a wealth of beautiful test material, while along the way showing how the art of filmmaking has changed over the years. An affectionate ode to monster makers throughout history.
Release Date:2015-11-18
Character:Self
Vote Count:26
Food
This is an animated documentary about FOOD! I interviewed vegetarian, vegan, pescetarian and meat eater about their opinions about food and life choices. Then I animate real food with stop-motion technique based on the interviews. By putting the conversations in different context, the food speak for themselves.
Release Date:2014-12-30
Department:Crew
Job:Thanks
Vote Count:2
Alien Abduction
A vacationing family encounters an alien threat in this pulse-pounding thriller based on the real-life Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon in North Carolina.
Release Date:2014-04-04
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Creature Design
Vote Count:380
Callalilly
In the beautiful yet slightly dark world of the Sisters Kane, where only dolls exist, Callalilly longs to play the piano perfectly. But her inability to be 'instantly great' sends her into a fit. What happens as a result may shock you as it did her sisters.
Release Date:2007-10-13
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Mighty Joe Young: Ray Harryhausen and Mighty Joe Young
Ray Harryhausen discusses the making of 'Mighty Joe Young' with the Chiodo brothers.
Release Date:2005-11-22
Character:Himself
Vote Count:1
Elf
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.
Release Date:2003-11-07
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Animation Supervisor
Vote Count:4143
Theodore Rex
In an alternate futuristic society, a tough female police detective is paired with a talking dinosaur to find the killer of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals leading them to a mad scientist bent on creating a new Armageddon.
Release Date:1995-12-14
Character:Guy in the Bag (puppeteer)
Vote Count:107
Freaked
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
Release Date:1993-09-11
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:163
The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys
The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys was a live-action television series that aired in 1992. The series aired 11 episodes before it was canceled. The show focuses on three Sea Monkeys—Dave, Bill and Aquarius —and their creator, The Professor. Others appearing in the short-lived series included Stephen Furst, Gilbert Gottfried, Larry Melman and Vernon Wells. The concept of the show derived from the popular Sea Monkeys product, successfully marketed in the 1970s with a series of comic book ads designed and illustrated by Joe Orlando, later Vice President of DC Comics and Associate Publisher of Mad. Produced by CBS, the series aired in the United States and Australia. The unusual character designs derive from the fantasy characters in the ads that Orlando drew for Harold von Braunhut, creator of the product. The plot revolved around the notion that the Professor had accidentally enlarged three sea monkeys to human-size, and plotlines followed their ensuing comical ineptness in the world. Each Sea Monkey displayed a certain odd character trait: Aquarius could not keep a secret, Bill was afraid of an Imperial, Pennsylvania man named Derek Allen and Dave would grow excited at the sound of polka music.
Release Date:1992-09-19
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:1
Critters 4
A super strain of genetically engineered mutants are designed to take over the universe, hungry to conquer the galaxy, with an appetite for mankind.
Release Date:1992-08-20
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Creature Design
Vote Count:306
Critters 3
As fanged, furious furballs viciously invade an L.A. apartment building and sink their teeth into the low-rent tenants, Josh leads the battle to beat back the conniving critters and save the planet.
Release Date:1991-12-11
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Creature Design
Vote Count:413
Ernest Scared Stupid
Well-intentioned, eternally bumbling Ernest P. Worrell accidentally releases an evil demon from its sacred tomb. As the demon flexes its power and goes on a ruinous rampage, good-guy Ernest tries to step in to save the town from mass destruction. Trouble is, a 200-year-old curse has scared Ernest stupid, and that means hilarity all around! So, kick back and let the laugh-ridden adventures begin.
Release Date:1991-10-11
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Creature Design
Vote Count:184
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Aliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption.
Release Date:1988-05-27
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1040
Critters 2
Three bounty hunters from space fly back to the town of Grovers Bend, hoping to save local residents from a new batch of Critter eggs.
Release Date:1988-04-29
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Creature Design
Vote Count:462
Cousin Kevin
A KABC After School Special from Chiodo Bros. Productions about a young boy with the power to turn his overactive imagination into real-life adventures. The whole film was written by Stephen Chiodo and casted the famous kid actor Josh Rudoy as Kevin. The minitures and sets were cool for their time thanks to the Chiodo Bros.
Release Date:1986-09-01
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Hansel and Gretel
Tim Burton's reimagined classic combines live action and stop motion, making for a creepy adventure into the woods. It is known for having aired only once on Disney Channel, on Halloween Night in 1983.
Release Date:1983-10-31
Department:Crew
Job:Technical Supervisor
Vote Count:41
Vincent
Young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams that annoy his mother.
Release Date:1982-10-01
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Animation
Vote Count:859
History of the World: Part I
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Release Date:1981-06-12
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Visual Effects
Vote Count:805
Sludge Grubs
8mm/Super 8 early silent short films by the Chiodo Brothers, inspired by Ray Harryhausen, included on the 4K remastered Arrow Video Blu-ray of ‘Killer Klowns from Outer Space’
Release Date:1972-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Eskimo
8mm/Super 8 early silent short films by the Chiodo Brothers, inspired by Ray Harryhausen, included on the 4K remastered Arrow Video Blu-ray of ‘Killer Klowns from Outer Space’
Release Date:1971-01-02
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Narrator
Africa Danny
Super 8 silent early short film by the Chiodo Brothers, inspired by Ray Harryhausen, included on the 4K remastered Arrow Video Blu-ray of ‘Killer Klowns from Outer Space’
Release Date:1970-01-02
Department:Directing
Job:Director
The Beast from the Egg
Early (very early) monster movie from the Chiodo Bros. Features stop-motion animation monster.
Release Date:1968-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:
Land of Terror
8mm/Super 8 silent early short films by the Chiodo Brothers, inspired by Ray Harryhausen, included on the 4K remastered Arrow Video Blu-ray of 'Killer Klowns from Outer Space'
Release Date:1967-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:
Cinema Insomnia
Cinema Insomnia is a nationally syndicated American television series presented by horror host Mr. Lobo.
Character:Self
Episode Count:1