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The Chiodo Brothers

American puppeteers and special effects artists

Summary

American puppeteers and special effects artists

Field	Value
name	The Chiodo Bros.
image	Chiodo Brothers Nightmare Weekend Richmond 2023.jpg
caption	From left to right: Stephen Chiodo, Charles Chiodo, and Edward Chiodo
birth_name	Charles Anthony Chiodo
Stephen Joseph Chiodo
Edward Michael Chiodo

birth_place	Bronx, New York, U.S.
occupation	Special effects artists
yearsactive	1982-present

Stephen Joseph Chiodo

Edward Michael Chiodo

The Chiodo Brothers (Stephen, Charles & Edward Chiodo; ; born in Bronx (raised in Deer Park) New York, are an American trio of sibling special effects artists, specializing in clay modeling, creature creation, stop motion and animatronics. Known for their film Killer Klowns from Outer Space and creating puppets and effects for films such as Critters, Ernest Scared Stupid, and Team America: World Police, the Chiodo brothers created the claymation sequence for the Large Marge scene from Pee-wee's Big Adventure, and the stop-motion elements in the North Pole scenes from Elf. They also created the mouse dioramas featured in the 2010 film Dinner for Schmucks, as well as the stop-motion Stone Age creatures in the Cup Noodles ads from the mid-90s and were puppeteers on The Thundermans. In addition, they produced a puppet segment for the episode of The Simpsons "The Fight Before Christmas" (2010). The band Chiodos was originally named "The Chiodos Bros." after them, before modifying their title slightly.

Their studio has made clay animation segments for five episodes of The Simpsons:

A parody of Davey and Goliath for "HOMR" (2001).
Parodies of The California Raisins and Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town for 'Tis the Fifteenth Season" (2003).
A couch gag featuring Gumby for "The Girl Who Slept Too Little" (2005).
A parody of Wallace and Gromit for "Angry Dad: The Movie" (2011).
A nightmare sequence parodying Davey and Goliath for "Ned 'n' Edna's Blend Agenda" (2012).

On August 23, 2019, it was announced that the Chiodo Brothers were developing a stop-motion animated television special adaptation of the 2006 book Alien Xmas, written by Stephen Chiodo and Jim Strain, for Netflix with executive producer Jon Favreau. The adaptation, also titled Alien Xmas, was released on Netflix on November 20, 2020.

Credited special effects

Flicks (1983) – character masks
Critters (1986) – critter designer and supervisor
Faerie Tale Theatre (1986, TV series; 1 episode) – models and effects
RoboCop-6000 SUX commercial (1987, movie)
Critters 2 (1988) – design and supervision: Chiodo Brothers Production, Inc
UHF (1988) – Clay Animation: Chiodo Bros. Production
Monsters (1988, TV series; 1 episode) – monster creator
Critters 3 (1991) – design and supervision: critters crew
Rubin and Ed (1991) – creator: Simon the Cat
Ernest Scared Stupid (1991) – creature effects designer
Critters 4 (1992) – design and supervision: critters crew
Zombie Dinos from Planet Zeltoid (1992) - special effects: dinosaur characters
Crash the Curiousaurus [ABC Weekend Special] (1995) – special effects: Curiousaurus puppet costume costume
Masked Rider (1996) – special effects: Ferbus puppet and Maggot costumes
The Stupids (1996) – stop motion animation: Chiodo Bros
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997) – special effects: Lerigot, Yara, Bethel, Elgar, Rygog, Maligore puppets
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation (1997-1998) – special effects: Turtles, puppets
The Mr. Potato Head Show (1998–1999; 13 episodes) – puppet fabrication
King Cobra (1999) – creature effects
Demon Island (2002) – creature effects
Elf (2003) – stop motion animation supervisor: Chiodo Bros
Team America: World Police (2004) – puppet supervisor
The Bite-Sized Adventures of Sam Sandwich (2012, TV series) – lead puppet fabricator
1982 (2013, Short) – special effects
Alien Abduction (2014) – creature design
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On (2021) - stop motion animation

References

Clavin, Thomas. (3 October 1993). "3 Deer Park Brothers Make a Mark in Hollywood". The New York Times.
Desowitz, Bill. (November 20, 2020). "'Alien Xmas': Netflix Gets a Retro Holiday Special from Jon Favreau and the Chiodo Brothers".
Lytal, Cristy. (July 25, 2010). "Working Hollywood: Making mice for 'Dinner for Schmucks'".
Hamman, Cody. (August 23, 2019). "Chiodo Bros. Team with Netflix and Jon Favreau for Alien Xmas".
Robinson, Tasha. (November 24, 2020). "Netflix's Alien Xmas is a reskinned Grinch movie for stop-motion nostalgists".
""ABC Weekend Specials" Crash the Curiousaurus (TV Episode 1995) - Full cast & crew".
IMDb.com 2020 - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158014/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1#special_effects

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