Greg Nicotero

Greg Nicotero
Aliases:	Gregory Nicotero
Gender:	Male
Medium(s):	Film; Television
Roles:	Makeup artist Special effects artist Visual effects artist Director Producer Assistant director Stunt performer Actor
Born:	March 15th, 1963
Birthplace:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Notable works:	Torchwood The Walking Dead

Gregory "Greg" Nicotero is an American special make-up effects creator, and television producer and director. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 15th, 1963. His first major job in special effects makeup was on the 1985 zombie film Day of the Dead by director George A. Romero. He worked under the tutelage of Romero and make-up effects veteran Tom Savini.

In 1988, along with Robert Kurtzman and Howard Berger, he formed KNB EFX Group, a special make-up effects studio which has gone on to work on over four-hundred film and television projects. KNB has won numerous awards, including an Emmy Award in 2001 for their work on the 2000 Sci-Fi Channel miniseries adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune and an Academy Award in 2006 for achievement in makeup for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Nicotero began working as co-executive producer, special make-up effects supervisor, and occasional director on the AMC survival horror series The Walking Dead, as well as the spin-off series, Fear the Walking Dead. On The Walking Dead, Greg Nicotero worked as a consulting producer on the first six-episode arc of season one. He became a co-executive producer in season two. With season three, he became a full-time executive producer.

As a director

The Walking Dead

1. Walking Dead: Judge, Jury, Executioner
2. Walking Dead: Say the Word
3. Walking Dead: I Ain't a Judas
4. Walking Dead: This Sorrowful Life
5. Walking Dead: 30 Days Without an Accident
6. Walking Dead: After
7. Walking Dead: Us
8. Walking Dead: No Sanctuary
9. Walking Dead: What Happened and What's Going On
10. Walking Dead: Remember
11. Walking Dead: Conquer
12. Walking Dead: First Time Again
13. Walking Dead: No Way Out
14. Walking Dead: Not Tomorrow Yet
15. Walking Dead: Last Day on Earth
16. Walking Dead: The Day Will Come When You Won't Be
17. Walking Dead: The Well
18. Walking Dead: Rock in the Road
19. Walking Dead: Say Yes
20. Walking Dead: The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
21. Walking Dead: Mercy
22. Walking Dead: Monsters

As an actor

The Walking Dead

1. Walking Dead: Tell It to the Frogs
2. Walking Dead: Vatos
3. Walking Dead: The Suicide King
4. Walking Dead: Thank You

As a second unit director

The Walking Dead

1. Walking Dead: Welcome to the Tombs
2. Walking Dead: Vatos
3. Walking Dead: Walk With Me
4. Walking Dead: The Suicide King
5. Walking Dead: Welcome to the Tombs

As a consulting producer

The Walking Dead

1. Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye
2. Walking Dead: Guts
3. Walking Dead: Tell It to the Frogs
4. Walking Dead: Vatos
5. Walking Dead: Wildfire
6. Walking Dead: TS-19

As a co-executive producer

The Walking Dead

1. Walking Dead: What Lies Ahead
2. Walking Dead: Bloodletting
3. Walking Dead: Save the Last One
4. Walking Dead: Cherokee Rose
5. Walking Dead: Chupacabra
6. Walking Dead: Secrets
7. Walking Dead: Pretty Much Dead Already
8. Walking Dead: Nebraska
9. Walking Dead: Triggerfinger
10. Walking Dead: 18 Miles Out
11. Walking Dead: Judge, Jury, Executioner
12. Walking Dead: Better Angels
13. Walking Dead: Beside the Dying Fire
14. Walking Dead: Seed
15. Walking Dead: Sick
16. Walking Dead: Walk With Me
17. Walking Dead: Killer Within
18. Walking Dead: Say the Word
19. Walking Dead: Hounded
20. Walking Dead: When the Dead Come Knocking
21. Walking Dead: Made to Suffer
22. Walking Dead: The Suicide King
23. Walking Dead: Home
24. Walking Dead: I Ain't a Judas
25. Walking Dead: Clear
26. Walking Dead: Arrow on the Doorpost
27. Walking Dead: Prey
28. Walking Dead: This Sorrowful Life
29. Walking Dead: Welcome to the Tombs

As an executive producer

The Walking Dead

1. Walking Dead: 30 Days Without an Accident
2. Walking Dead: Infected
3. Walking Dead: Isolation
4. Walking Dead: Indifference
5. Walking Dead: Internment
6. Walking Dead: Live Bait
7. Walking Dead: Dead Weight
8. Walking Dead: Too Far Gone
9. Walking Dead: After
10. Walking Dead: Inmates
11. Walking Dead: Claimed
12. Walking Dead: Still
13. Walking Dead: Alone
14. Walking Dead: The Grove
15. Walking Dead: Us
16. Walking Dead: A
17. Walking Dead: No Sanctuary
18. Walking Dead: Strangers
19. Walking Dead: Four Walls and a Roof
20. Walking Dead: Slabtown
21. Walking Dead: Self-Help
22. Walking Dead: Consumed
23. Walking Dead: Crossed
24. Walking Dead: Coda
25. Walking Dead: What Happened and What's Going On
26. Walking Dead: Them
27. Walking Dead: The Distance
28. Walking Dead: Remember
29. Walking Dead: Forget
30. Walking Dead: Spend
31. Walking Dead: Try
32. Walking Dead: Conquer
33. Walking Dead: First Time Again
34. Walking Dead: JSS
35. Walking Dead: Thank You
36. Walking Dead: Here's Not Here
37. Walking Dead: Now
38. Walking Dead: Always Accountable
39. Walking Dead: Heads Up
40. Walking Dead: Start to Finish
41. Walking Dead: No Way Out
42. Walking Dead: The Next World
43. Walking Dead: Knots Untie
44. Walking Dead: Not Tomorrow Yet
45. Walking Dead: The Same Boat
46. Walking Dead: Twice as Far
47. Walking Dead: East
48. Walking Dead: Last Day on Earth
49. Walking Dead: The Day Will Come When You Won't Be
50. Walking Dead: The Well
51. Walking Dead: The Cell
52. Walking Dead: Service
53. Walking Dead: Go Getters
54. Walking Dead: Swear
55. Walking Dead: Sing Me a Song
56. Walking Dead: Hearts Still Beating
57. Walking Dead: Rock in the Road
58. Walking Dead: New Best Friends
59. Walking Dead: Hostiles and Calamities
60. Walking Dead: Say Yes
61. Walking Dead: Bury Me Here
62. Walking Dead: The Other Side
63. Walking Dead: Something They Need
64. Walking Dead: The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
65. Walking Dead: Mercy
66. Walking Dead: The Damned
67. Walking Dead: Monsters

As a makeup artist

Fear the Walking Dead

1. Fear the Walking Dead: Pilot
2. Fear the Walking Dead: So Close, Yet So Far
3. Fear the Walking Dead: The Dog
4. Fear the Walking Dead: Not Fade Away
5. Fear the Walking Dead: Cobalt
6. Fear the Walking Dead: The Good Man
7. Fear the Walking Dead: Monster
8. Fear the Walking Dead: We All Fall Down
9. Fear the Walking Dead: Ouroboros
10. Fear the Walking Dead: Blood in the Streets
11. Fear the Walking Dead: Captive
12. Fear the Walking Dead: Sicut Cervus
13. Fear the Walking Dead: Shiva
14. Fear the Walking Dead: Grotesque
15. Fear the Walking Dead: Los Muertos
16. Fear the Walking Dead: Do Not Disturb
17. Fear the Walking Dead: Pablo & Jessica
18. Fear the Walking Dead: Pillar of Salt
19. Fear the Walking Dead: Date of Death
20. Fear the Walking Dead: Wrath
21. Fear the Walking Dead: North

The Walking Dead

1. Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye
2. Walking Dead: Guts
3. Walking Dead: Tell It to the Frogs
4. Walking Dead: Vatos
5. Walking Dead: Wildfire
6. Walking Dead: TS-19
7. Walking Dead: What Lies Ahead
8. Walking Dead: Bloodletting
9. Walking Dead: Save the Last One
10. Walking Dead: Cherokee Rose
11. Walking Dead: Chupacabra
12. Walking Dead: Secrets
13. Walking Dead: Pretty Much Dead Already
14. Walking Dead: Nebraska
15. Walking Dead: Triggerfinger
16. Walking Dead: 18 Miles Out
17. Walking Dead: Judge, Jury, Executioner
18. Walking Dead: Better Angels
19. Walking Dead: Beside the Dying Fire
20. Walking Dead: Seed
21. Walking Dead: Sick
22. Walking Dead: Walk With Me
23. Walking Dead: Killer Within
24. Walking Dead: Say the Word
25. Walking Dead: Hounded
26. Walking Dead: When the Dead Come Knocking
27. Walking Dead: Made to Suffer
28. Walking Dead: The Suicide King
29. Walking Dead: Home
30. Walking Dead: I Ain't a Judas
31. Walking Dead: Clear
32. Walking Dead: Arrow on the Doorpost
33. Walking Dead: Prey
34. Walking Dead: This Sorrowful Life
35. Walking Dead: Welcome to the Tombs
36. Walking Dead: 30 Days Without an Accident
37. Walking Dead: Infected
38. Walking Dead: Isolation
39. Walking Dead: Indifference
40. Walking Dead: Internment
41. Walking Dead: Live Bait
42. Walking Dead: Dead Weight
43. Walking Dead: Too Far Gone
44. Walking Dead: After
45. Walking Dead: Inmates
46. Walking Dead: Claimed
47. Walking Dead: Still
48. Walking Dead: Alone
49. Walking Dead: The Grove
50. Walking Dead: Us
51. Walking Dead: A
52. Walking Dead: No Sanctuary
53. Walking Dead: Strangers
54. Walking Dead: Four Walls and a Roof
55. Walking Dead: Slabtown
56. Walking Dead: Self-Help
57. Walking Dead: Consumed
58. Walking Dead: Crossed
59. Walking Dead: Coda
60. Walking Dead: What Happened and What's Going On
61. Walking Dead: Them
62. Walking Dead: The Distance
63. Walking Dead: Remember
64. Walking Dead: Forget
65. Walking Dead: Spend
66. Walking Dead: Try
67. Walking Dead: Conquer
68. Walking Dead: First Time Again
69. Walking Dead: JSS
70. Walking Dead: Thank You
71. Walking Dead: Here's Not Here
72. Walking Dead: Now
73. Walking Dead: Always Accountable
74. Walking Dead: Heads Up
75. Walking Dead: Start to Finish
76. Walking Dead: No Way Out
77. Walking Dead: The Next World
78. Walking Dead: Knots Untie
79. Walking Dead: Not Tomorrow Yet
80. Walking Dead: The Same Boat
81. Walking Dead: Twice as Far
82. Walking Dead: East
83. Walking Dead: Last Day on Earth
84. Walking Dead: The Day Will Come When You Won't Be
85. Walking Dead: The Well
86. Walking Dead: The Cell
87. Walking Dead: Service
88. Walking Dead: Go Getters
89. Walking Dead: Swear
90. Walking Dead: Sing Me a Song
91. Walking Dead: Hearts Still Beating
92. Walking Dead: Rock in the Road
93. Walking Dead: New Best Friends
94. Walking Dead: Hostiles and Calamities
95. Walking Dead: Say Yes
96. Walking Dead: Bury Me Here
97. Walking Dead: The Other Side
98. Walking Dead: Something They Need
99. Walking Dead: The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
100. Walking Dead: Mercy
101. Walking Dead: The Damned
102. Walking Dead: Monsters

Films

1. Bride of Re-Animator
2. Cell, The
3. Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow
4. DNA
5. Faculty, The
6. Galaxis
7. Ghosts of Mars
8. Island, The
9. Minority Report
10. Mission to Mars
11. Predators
12. Serenity
13. Sin City
14. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
15. Spawn
16. Splice
17. Surrogates
18. Ticks
19. Time Machine, The
20. Transformers

As a makeup effects technician

The Outer Limits

1. Outer Limits: Sandkings

Torchwood

1. Torchwood: Miracle Day: The New World
2. Torchwood: Miracle Day: Rendition
3. Torchwood: Miracle Day: Escape to L.A.
4. Torchwood: Miracle Day: The Categories of Life
5. Torchwood: Miracle Day: The Middle Man
6. Torchwood: Miracle Day: Immortal Sins
7. Torchwood: Miracle Day: End of the Road
8. Torchwood: Miracle Day: The Gathering
9. Torchwood: Miracle Day: The Blood Line

Films

1. Bride of Re-Animator
2. Darkman II: The Return of Durant
3. DeepStar Six
4. Dune
5. Hulk
6. Mindwarp
7. Predator
8. Predators
9. Spider-Man 3
10. Splice
11. Transformers
12. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
13. Tremors 4: The Legend Begins

Notes & Trivia

• Worked as an assistant to special effects wizard Tom Savini.

• Became an executive producer on The Walking Dead beginning with season two in 2011.

• Gregory Nicotero was also the special effects supervisor on the 1995 film The Walking Dead. However, this was a war movie and bears no relation to Nicotero's later work on the critically acclaimed AMC series, The Walking Dead.

• Attended the "Walking Dead" panel at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2010.

• It is either irony or destiny that Nicotero was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh is notable in horror film fiction as the birth place of the Night of the Living Dead franchise. The movie was shot in and near Pittsburgh and it's cast and crew were primarily Pittsburgh natives.

External Links

• Greg Nicotero at IMDB
• Greg Nicotero at the TV IV
• Greg Nicotero at Wikipedia
• Greg Nicotero at TV.com guide
• Greg Nicotero at The Walking Dead Wiki

References

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