Gregory Nicotero

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Gregory Nicotero
Contributions	Special effects creator, actor, and director for the TV Series. Director for the episodes: "Judge, Jury, Executioner" "Say the Word" "I Ain't a Judas" "This Sorrowful Life" "30 Days Without An Accident" "After" "Us" "No Sanctuary" "What Happened and What's Going On" "Remember" "Conquer" "First Time Again" "No Way Out" "Not Tomorrow Yet" "Last Day on Earth" "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" "The Well" "Rock in the Road" "Say Yes" "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life" "Mercy" "Monsters"
Occupation	Special Effects Creator Actor Director
Born	Gregory Nicotero March 15, 1963 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Age	54
Years Active	1985-Present
Gender	Male
Hair	Brown
Ethnicity	Caucasian-American

Gregory "Greg" Nicotero is an American special effects creator and actor.

Biography

In 1988, along with Robert Kurtzman and Howard Berger, he formed KNB Efx Group, a special effects studio which has gone on to work on over 400 film and television projects. KNB has won numerous awards, including an Emmy Award in 2001 for their work on the Sci Fi Channel miniseries Dune. In 2006, they were given an Academy Award for Achievement in Makeup for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Nicotero claims he began taking an interest in special effects after viewing the film Jaws, explaining that he kept thinking "how did they do that?". He also enjoyed The Exorcist, Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Dead, and other Universal Studios horror movies. He began his career in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, learning the trade of special effects from Tom Savini, an award-winning special effects and makeup artist who worked with film director George A. Romero.

While working on the 1985 Romero film, Day of the Dead, he met Howard Berger, who would later become one of his partners at KNB EFX Group. Nicotero relocated to Hollywood, California, and moved in with Berger and Robert Kurtzman. He worked as an FX artist on the 2010 film Predators, and created a classic Predator figure for the film. He worked on the special effects for The Walking Dead, as well as directing/producing some episodes. He also worked on Oz: The Great and Powerful. He has been a cameo on the show (as a walker) more than 5 times, and has been killed by Laurie Holden (Andrea) three times.