Greg Nicotero
Known for: Costume & Make-Up
Born: March 15, 1963
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

Nightmare Factory
2011

La Noche de Romero

Becoming a Werewolf
2005

Scream Greats, Vol.1: Tom Savini, Master of Horror Effects
1986

Working with a Master: John Carpenter
2006

Creating the Deadites
2009

Not Your Average Joe

Zombiemania
2008

The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier
2000

It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned
2016
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
2013

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019

Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder
2011

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013

Swallowed Souls: The Making of 'Evil Dead 2'
2011

The Men Behind the Army
1999

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015
The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The Mist
2008

The Making of The Walking Dead
2010
Bloodsucking Cinema
2007

Monsterland
2009

One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead
2007

Long Live the King
2016
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
2020

Pardon My Curse: The Making of Drag Me to Hell
2024

Pulp Fiction: The Facts
2002

Behind the Scenes with Day of the Dead
2001

The Many Days of Day of the Dead
2003

Gorgon Video Magazine
1989

An Experiment in Fear: The Making of Monkey Shines
2014

Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust
2008

Doc of the Dead
2014

Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist'
2008
The Mist: Taming the Beast - The Making of Scene 35
2008

Full Tilt Boogie
1998

The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
2025

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
2006

The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'
2003

Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012
The Splat Pack
2010

Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini
2015

Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"
2015

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
2008

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008

Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
2010

Day of the Dead
1985

John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008

Cemetery Gates
2006
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn

Reservoir Dogs Revisited
2005

The Hills Have Eyes
2006

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
2006

Fanarchy
2015

The Thing Expanded
2026

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989

Diary of the Dead
2007

Intruder
1989

The Demolitionist
1995

House on Haunted Hill
1999

King on Screen
2023

Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
2007

Body Bags
1993

Evil Dead II
1987

From Dusk Till Dawn
1996

Piranha 3D
2010

Night of the Creeps
1986

Mirrors
2008

In Search of Darkness
2019

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025

Land of the Dead
2005

Comic Book: The Movie
2004

In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020

His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
2010

Cursed
2005

The Shark Is Still Working
2009

Tales of the Uncanny
2020

Captive State
2019

Attack of the Doc!
2023

Inglourious Basterds
2009

Talking Dead
2011

30 Even Scarier Movie Moments
2007

The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
2022

The Walking Dead
2010

Ride with Norman Reedus
2016

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018

Dead Talk Live
2020

Geeking Out
2016

The Last Drive-in: The Walking Dead
2021

Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018

The Osbournes
2002

Guts & Glory
2025

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013