The Chiodo Brothers


The Chiodo Brothers 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". 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:
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.
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Credited special effects

Flicks – character masksCritters – critter designer and supervisorFaerie Tale Theatre – models and effectsRoboCop-6000 SUX commercial Critters 2 – design and supervision: Chiodo Brothers Production, IncUHF – Clay Animation: Chiodo Bros. ProductionMonsters – monster creatorCritters 3 – design and supervision: critters crewRubin and Ed – creator: Simon the CatErnest Scared Stupid – creature effects designerCritters 4 – design and supervision: critters crewZombie Dinos from Planet Zeltoid - special effects: dinosaur characters Crash the Curiousaurus – special effects: Curiousaurus puppet costume costumeMasked Rider – special effects: Ferbus puppet and Maggot costumesThe Stupids – stop motion animation: Chiodo BrosTurbo: A Power Rangers Movie – special effects: Lerigot, Yara, Bethel, Elgar, Rygog, Maligore puppetsNinja Turtles: The Next Mutation – special effects: Turtles, puppetsThe Mr. Potato Head Show – puppet fabricationKing Cobra – creature effectsDemon Island – creature effectsElf – stop motion animation supervisor: Chiodo BrosTeam America: World Police – puppet supervisorThe Bite-Sized Adventures of Sam Sandwich – lead puppet fabricator1982 – special effectsAlien Abduction – creature designMarcel the Shell With Shoes On - stop motion animation