Kyra Elise Gardner

Kyra Elise Gardner

Directing

Biography

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Living with Chucky movie poster

Living with Chucky

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.

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Living with Chucky

The Dollhouse movie poster

The Dollhouse

Kyra Gardner's loving tribute to growing up in the world of the psycho killer doll, Chucky.

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Zombieland: Double Tap movie poster

Zombieland: Double Tap

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.

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Zombieland: Double Tap

T-800 Attack Zombie (uncredited)

The Man in White movie poster

The Man in White

'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.

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The Man in White

Descendent movie poster

Descendent

After a traumatic brain injury triggers terrifying visions of extraterrestrials and a newfound talent for drawing, a father-to-be begins to question his reality and becomes obsessed with the need to protect his family from an unseen threat.

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Restrained Abductee

Production

Phoebe movie poster

Phoebe

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

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Inked movie poster

Inked

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.

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Phoebe movie poster

Phoebe

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

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Past Presence movie poster

Past Presence

A boy and girl fall in love. Separated by war, they eventually find each other again.

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In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover movie poster

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

Follow Elvira as she searches for the Sanderson Sisters, interviewing various figures who claim to have encountered or been influenced by them, including former classmates, fans, rivals, and descendants.

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In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

Inked movie poster

Inked

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.

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Phoebe movie poster

Phoebe

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

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Past Presence movie poster

Past Presence

A boy and girl fall in love. Separated by war, they eventually find each other again.

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Phoebe movie poster

Phoebe

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

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Strange To Me movie poster

Strange To Me

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.

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Gallery

Kyra Elise Gardner portrait

Kyra Elise Gardner portrait