Person
Greg Nicotero
Costume & Make-Up · Born 1963-03-15 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Gregory “Greg” Nicotero (born March 15, 1963) is an American special make-up effects creator, and television producer and director. His first major job in special effects makeup was on the George A. Romero film “Day of the Dead” (1985), under the tutelage of Romero and make-up effects veteran Tom Savini.
Known for
The Walking Dead
Walker (uncredited)
The Walking Dead: Dead City
Consulting Producer
Cape Fear
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Fear the Walking Dead
Executive Producer
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Makeup Effects
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
Executive Producer
Talking Dead
Self
Inglourious Basterds
Gestapo Major (uncredited)
Django Unchained
Makeup Effects
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Makeup Effects Designer
Filmography
- 2026Cape FearSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2026The Thing ExpandedSelf
- 2025Queens of the DeadProsthetic Makeup Artist
- 2025Guts & GlorySelf - Host
- 2025The Evolution of Horror Cinema WorldwideHorror Film Expert
- 2025Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside StorySelf
- 2024Pardon My Curse: The Making of Drag Me to HellSelf
- 2024The Walking Dead: The Ones Who LiveSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2023The Walking Dead: Daryl DixonExecutive Producer
- 2023King on ScreenSelf
- 2023The Walking Dead: Dead CityConsulting Producer
- 2023Attack of the Doc!Self
- 2022Werewolf by NightMakeup Effects Designer
- 2022The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All TimeSelf
- 2022Tales of the Walking DeadCasting Producer
- 2021The Last Drive-in: The Walking DeadSelf
- 2021Mare of EasttownSpecial Effects Supervisor
- 2020A Creepshow Holiday SpecialWriter
- 2020Tales of the UncannySelf
- 2020A Creepshow Animated SpecialDirector
- 2020In Search of Darkness: Part IISelf
- 2020The Walking Dead: World BeyondConsulting Producer
- 2020Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish FablesHimself
- 2020Dead Talk LiveSelf - Guest
- 2019El Camino: A Breaking Bad MovieProsthetic Makeup Artist
- 2019CreepshowExecutive Producer
- 2019Once Upon a Time... in HollywoodMakeup Effects Designer
- 2019In Search of DarknessSelf
- 2019Captive StateHunter Puppeteer
- 2019Alita: Battle AngelMakeup Effects Designer
- 2019Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed FilmSelf
- 2018Eli Roth's History of HorrorSelf
- 2018AlphaMakeup Artist
- 2018James Cameron's Story of Science FictionSelf
- 2017Thank You for Your ServiceMakeup Effects Designer
- 2017Amityville: The AwakeningMakeup Effects
- 2016Patriots DayMakeup Effects
- 2016WithinMakeup Effects
- 2016Long Live the Kinghimself
- 2016Geeking OutSelf
- 2016Ride with Norman ReedusSelf
- 2016It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the DamnedSelf
- 2015The Hateful EightMakeup Effects
- 2015Creature Designers: The Frankenstein ComplexSelf
- 2015Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"Self
- 2015Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom SaviniSelf
- 2015GravyMakeup Effects
- 2015FanarchySelf
- 2015The ProgramMakeup Designer
- 2015Fear the Walking DeadExecutive Producer
- 2015InsurgentMakeup Effects
- 2014The InterviewMakeup Effects
- 2014An Experiment in Fear: The Making of Monkey ShinesHimself
- 2014Sin City: A Dame to Kill ForMakeup Effects
- 2014GalyntineDirector
- 2014The Amazing Spider-Man 2Makeup Effects
- 2014Doc of the DeadSelf
- 2013Lone SurvivorMakeup Effects
- 2013The Walking Dead: A Decade of DeadSelf
- 2013Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13thSelf
- 2013The Green InfernoMakeup Effects
- 2013This Is the EndMakeup Effects
- 2013Pain & GainProject Manager
- 2013Oz the Great and PowerfulMakeup Effects
- 2013Movie 43Makeup Effects
- 2013Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of FilmmakingSelf
- 2013Texas Chainsaw 3DMakeup Effects
- 2012ManiacSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2012Django UnchainedMakeup Effects
- 2012HitchcockMakeup Effects
- 2012The Man with the Iron FistsSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2012Seven PsychopathsSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2012The Odd Life of Timothy GreenEffects Supervisor
- 2012SavagesMakeup Effects
- 2012Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy KruegerSelf
- 2012The GreySpecial Effects Key Makeup Artist
- 2011Slashed Prices: The Making of IntruderSelf
- 2011Swallowed Souls: The Making of 'Evil Dead 2'Self
- 2011A Very Harold & Kumar ChristmasMakeup Effects
- 2011Nightmare FactorySelf
- 2011Talking DeadSelf
- 2011The Walking Dead: WebisodesDirector
- 2011The Walking Dead: Torn ApartDirector
- 2011Spy Kids: All the Time in the WorldSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2011Fright NightMakeup Effects Designer
- 2011PriestMakeup Effects
- 2011Water for ElephantsKey Makeup Artist
- 2011I Am Number FourMakeup Designer
- 2011PaulSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2011Bob Burns' Hollywood HaloweenSelf
- 2010Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie MomentsSelf
- 2010The Splat PackSelf
- 2010The Walking DeadWalker (uncredited)
- 2010The Boy Who Cried WerewolfMakeup Effects Designer
- 2010Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake MonsterSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2010The United Monster Talent AgencyDirector
- 2010Piranha 3DBoat Captain
- 2010The Making of The Walking DeadSelf
- 2010His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13thSelf
- 2010Edge of DarknessMakeup Effects
- 2010The Book of EliMakeup Effects
- 2009Creating the DeaditesSelf
- 2009The Final DestinationMakeup Effects
- 2009Inglourious BasterdsGestapo Major (uncredited)
- 2009Drag Me to HellSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2009The Shark Is Still WorkingSelf
- 2009MonsterlandSelf
- 2009The Last House on the LeftMakeup Effects Designer
- 2008Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFXSelf
- 2008MirrorsGuy Playing Pool (uncredited)
- 2008He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack PierceSelf
- 2008Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the CrustMakeup Effects Guy #3
- 2008The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The MistSelf
- 2008When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'Self (archive footage)
- 2008Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'Self
- 2008The Mist: Taming the Beast - The Making of Scene 35Himself
- 2008ZombiemaniaHimself - Makeup Artist
- 2007The Great DebatersSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2007One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil DeadSelf
- 2007The MistSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 200730 Even Scarier Movie MomentsSelf
- 2007Bloodsucking CinemaSelf
- 2007WretchedSpecial Effects
- 2007Diary of the DeadZombie Surgeon
- 2007Death ProofSpecial Effects
- 2007Planet TerrorSpecial Effects
- 2007The ReapingSpecial Effects Supervisor
- 2007Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a PrequelSelf
- 2007The HitcherMakeup Designer
- 2007We All Scream for Ice CreamSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2006Valerie on the StairsSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2006Déjà VuSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2006ChocolateSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2006The V WordSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2006FamilySpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2006The Damned ThingSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2006Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher FilmSelf
- 2006The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The BeginningMakeup Effects
- 2006Halloween: 25 Years of TerrorSelf
- 2006Cemetery GatesStoner Dude Michael
- 2006DesperationAnimatronic and Prosthetic Effects
- 2006Working with a Master: John CarpenterSelf
- 2006The Hills Have EyesCyst
- 2006Pick Me UpSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2005JeniferSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2005Dance of the DeadSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2005Dreams in the Witch HouseSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2005Becoming a WerewolfGreg Nicotero
- 2005Land of the DeadBridgekeeper Zombie
- 2005The Adventures of Sharkboy and LavagirlMakeup Effects
- 2005Reservoir Dogs RevisitedSelf
- 2005Dominion: Prequel to The ExorcistSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2005CursedMan Pushing Dracula's Coffin (uncredited)
- 2004Riding the BulletSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2004Ginger Snaps Back: The BeginningSpecial Effects
- 2004John Carpenter: The Man and His MoviesSelf
- 2004Ginger Snaps 2: UnleashedSpecial Effects
- 2004Comic Book: The MovieGreg Nicotero
- 2003Kill Bill: Vol. 1Special Effects Makeup Artist
- 2003The Many Days of Day of the DeadSelf
- 2003The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'Self
- 2002The Rules of AttractionMakeup Artist
- 2002Pulp Fiction: The FactsSelf - KNB Effects
- 2002Bubba Ho-tepSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2002The OsbournesSelf
- 2001Vanilla SkyMakeup Supervisor
- 2001Thir13en GhostsSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2001Ghosts of MarsMakeup Effects
- 2001Spy KidsMakeup Effects
- 2001Behind the Scenes with Day of the Dead
- 2000UnbreakableMakeup Effects
- 2000The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the MerrierSelf
- 2000CrocodileCreature Technical Director
- 2000From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's DaughterSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1999The Men Behind the ArmySelf
- 1999House on Haunted HillRollercoaster Technician (uncredited)
- 1999From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood MoneySpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1998Black Cat RunSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1998Full Tilt BoogieSelf
- 1997Boogie NightsSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1997WishmasterMakeup Effects Designer
- 1997The Night FlierMakeup Effects
- 1996From Dusk Till DawnSex Machine's Buddy
- 1995Never Talk to StrangersProsthetics
- 1995Lord of IllusionsSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1995Darkman II: The Return of DurantMakeup Effects
- 1995GalaxisMakeup Supervisor
- 1995Tales from the HoodSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1995The DemolitionistElevator Punk
- 1995Citizen XMakeup Effects
- 1993Cyborg 2Special Effects Makeup Artist
- 1993TicksSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1993SkinnerSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1993Body BagsMan with Dog
- 1993DoppelgangerSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1992Maniac Cop 3: Badge of SilenceSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1992Dr. GigglesMakeup Effects
- 1992The Nutt HouseSecond Unit Director
- 1991The People Under the StairsMakeup Supervisor
- 1991Children of the NightSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1991From Dusk Til DawnMakeup Effects Designer
- 1990MiserySpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1990Tales from the Darkside: The MovieMakeup Effects
- 1990Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre IIIMakeup Supervisor
- 1989Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael MyersGuy In Gas Station
- 1989Gorgon Video MagazineSelf
- 1989A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream ChildVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1989The Horror ShowSpecial Effects
- 1989IntruderTownie in Car
- 1989DeepStar SixCreature Effects Technical Director
- 1988Monkey ShinesSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1987Creepshow 2Makeup Effects
- 1987Evil Dead IIThe Hand / Evil Ed's Hand / Henrietta's Long Neck Pee-Wee Head (uncredited)
- 1986From BeyondSpecial Effects
- 1986Night of the CreepsExtra (uncredited)
- 1986Scream Greats, Vol.1: Tom Savini, Master of Horror EffectsHimself
- 1985Invasion U.S.A.Special Effects Makeup Artist
- 1985Day of the DeadJohnson
- —Not Your Average JoeSelf
- —La Noche de RomeroHimself
- —Evolution of the Species: Predators RebornSelf
- —LullabyMakeup Effects Designer
- —The Slashin' of the ChristProducer
- —Green BankMakeup Effects Designer
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