Gregory Nicotero (born March 15, 1963; age 54) was a special effects make-up artist on 24: Redemption. Nicotero has over 400 film and TV make-up credits, dating back to George Romero's Day of the Dead (1985). He is the co-founder of KNB EFX Group, whose artists have received numerous awards and nominations for their work, including from the Creative Arts Emmy Awards and Academy Awards. Nicotero is also well known as the designer responsible for the zombie effects on AMC's The Walking Dead. Since 2011, he is also a producer and has become the most prolific director on the series.
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| - Gregory Nicotero (born March 15, 1963; age 54) was a special effects make-up artist on 24: Redemption. Nicotero has over 400 film and TV make-up credits, dating back to George Romero's Day of the Dead (1985). He is the co-founder of KNB EFX Group, whose artists have received numerous awards and nominations for their work, including from the Creative Arts Emmy Awards and Academy Awards. Nicotero is also well known as the designer responsible for the zombie effects on AMC's The Walking Dead. Since 2011, he is also a producer and has become the most prolific director on the series.
- Nicotero claims he began taking an interest in special effects after viewing the film Jaws. He explains, "...I kept thinking "How the fuck did they do that? How’d they build a big giant shark that could eat people?!" So, between that movie, The Exorcist, Planet of the Apes, and of course all of the Universal horror movies ...I think Jaws and then later Dawn of the Dead were pretty much the 2 movies that did it for me" Nicotero learned the trade of special effects from Tom Savini, award-winning special effects and makeup artist, and helped on films by director George A. Romero. While working on the film Day of the Dead, he had come to meet future KNB EFX Group partner, Howard Berger. He had begun his career working in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but relocated to Hollywood later on, moving in
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| - Nicotero claims he began taking an interest in special effects after viewing the film Jaws. He explains, "...I kept thinking "How the fuck did they do that? How’d they build a big giant shark that could eat people?!" So, between that movie, The Exorcist, Planet of the Apes, and of course all of the Universal horror movies ...I think Jaws and then later Dawn of the Dead were pretty much the 2 movies that did it for me" Nicotero learned the trade of special effects from Tom Savini, award-winning special effects and makeup artist, and helped on films by director George A. Romero. While working on the film Day of the Dead, he had come to meet future KNB EFX Group partner, Howard Berger. He had begun his career working in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but relocated to Hollywood later on, moving in with Berger and Bob Kurtzman. In 1988, Kurtzman, Burger and Nicotero formed K.N.B. EFX Group, a special effects studio which has gone on to work on over 400 film and television projects. K.N.B. has won numerous awards, including an Emmy Award in 2001 and Academy Award in 2006 for achievement in makeup for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
- Gregory Nicotero (born March 15, 1963; age 54) was a special effects make-up artist on 24: Redemption. Nicotero has over 400 film and TV make-up credits, dating back to George Romero's Day of the Dead (1985). He is the co-founder of KNB EFX Group, whose artists have received numerous awards and nominations for their work, including from the Creative Arts Emmy Awards and Academy Awards. Nicotero is also well known as the designer responsible for the zombie effects on AMC's The Walking Dead. Since 2011, he is also a producer and has become the most prolific director on the series.
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