Greg Nicotero
Biography
Greg Nicotero is an American special makeup effects creator, producer and director who learned his trade in Pittsburgh under the makeup artist Tom Savini and worked on films by George A. Romero. His first major special effects makeup job came on Romero's Day of the Dead (1985). In 1988 he formed KNB EFX Group with Robert Kurtzman and Howard Berger, a studio that has worked on more than 400 film and television projects and won an Emmy Award in 2001 for the miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune and an Academy Award in 2006 for its makeup work on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He supervised makeup effects and directed episodes of The Walking Dead, including 37 of them, worked on Fear the Walking Dead, and created the webseries The Walking Dead: Webisodes. In 2025 he developed and hosted the Shudder show Guts & Glory.
63years old
Turns 64 on March 15in 162 days
- Born Pittsburgh
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 40 years1985 to 2025
Genres
- Horror64%, 7 films
- Documentary45%, 5 films
- Thriller18%, 2 films
- Action9%, 1 film
- History9%, 1 film
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First role
Nicotero's first major special effects makeup job was on George A. Romero's Day of the Dead in 1985, where he learned under Romero and makeup veteran Tom Savini.
Behind the camera
In 1988, Nicotero co-founded KNB EFX Group with Robert Kurtzman and Howard Berger, a studio that has worked on over 400 film and television projects.
Early training
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Greg Nicotero started out learning special make-up effects, also called prosthetic makeup, under Tom Savini, and he helped with movies by director George A. Romero.
A change of course
For the 2023 game The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nicotero created a Leatherface skin that carries his name, called "Nicotero Leatherface." It came out October 24, 2023.
Behind the camera
In 2025, Nicotero created and served as host for a reality television show called Guts & Glory, which aired on Shudder.
Greg Nicotero movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
George A. Romero directed two of these films. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Fred Williamson's page
Quentin Tarantino's page
Tom Savini's page
John Carpenter's page
George A. Romero's page
Wes Craven's page
Also two films together4 more actors
- John AmplasSmoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini (2015) and Day of the Dead (1985)
- Robert RodriguezSmoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini (2015) and Starz Inside: Fantastic Flesh (2008)
- Howard BergerStarz Inside: Fantastic Flesh (2008) and Cemetery Gates (2006)
- Lawrence BenderFull Tilt Boogie (1997) and Intruder (1989)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Awards
Three awards and honors from 2005 to 2014, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| Emmy Award | Won | ||
| Other honors | |||
| 2014 | The George Pal Memorial Award | Won | |
| 2005 | Time Machine Award | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.