Kyra Elise Gardner
- Known for
- Directing
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
Slay 2026
Director, Producer
Descendent 2025
as Restrained Abductee
Living with Chucky 2022
as Self, Editor, Director, Writer
Strange To Me 2021
Director, Writer
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover 2020
Director
Zombieland: Double Tap 2019
as T-800 Attack Zombie (uncredited)
Phoebe 2019
Writer, Director, Animation, Sound Designer
Inked 2018
Director, Writer
The Dollhouse 2017
as Self, Director, Producer
The Man in White 2014
as Alice, Director, Writer, Producer
Past Presence 2014
Writer, Director
Credits from TMDB.