Greg Nicotero
Born: 1963-03-15 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For: Costume & Make-Up
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- Cape Fear ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Thing Expanded as Self
- Robot Dracula as Greg
2025
- Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story as Self
- Queens of the Dead ... (Prosthetic Makeup Artist)
- Guts & Glory as Self - Host
2024
- The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Pardon My Curse: The Making of Drag Me to Hell as Self
2023
- The Walking Dead: Dead City ... (Consulting Producer)
- The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Attack of the Doc! as Self
- King on Screen as Self
2022
- Tales of the Walking Dead ... (Casting Producer)
- Werewolf by Night ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time as Self
2021
- Mare of Easttown ... (Special Effects Supervisor)
- The Last Drive-in: The Walking Dead as Self
2020
- The Walking Dead: World Beyond ... (Consulting Producer)
- Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
- A Creepshow Animated Special ... (Director)
- A Creepshow Holiday Special ... (Writer)
- Tales of the Uncanny as Self
- Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables as Himself
- In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
2019
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- Creepshow ... (Executive Producer)
- Alita: Battle Angel ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie ... (Prosthetic Makeup Artist)
- Captive State as Hunter Puppeteer
- Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film as Self
- In Search of Darkness as Self
2018
- Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
- James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self
- Alpha ... (Makeup Artist)
2017
- Amityville: The Awakening ... (Makeup Effects)
- Thank You for Your Service ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
2016
- Patriots Day ... (Makeup Effects)
- Ride with Norman Reedus as Self
- Geeking Out as Self
- Within ... (Makeup Effects)
- Long Live the King as himself
- It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned as Self
2015
- Fear the Walking Dead ... (Executive Producer)
- The Hateful Eight ... (Makeup Effects)
- Insurgent ... (Makeup Effects)
- The Program ... (Makeup Designer)
- Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex as Self
- Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini as Self
- Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness" as Self
- Gravy ... (Makeup Effects)
- Fanarchy as Self
2014
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ... (Makeup Effects)
- The Interview ... (Makeup Effects)
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For ... (Makeup Effects)
- The Green Inferno ... (Makeup Effects)
- Doc of the Dead as Self
- An Experiment in Fear: The Making of Monkey Shines as Himself
- Galyntine ... (Director)
2013
- This Is the End ... (Makeup Effects)
- Lone Survivor ... (Makeup Effects)
- Oz the Great and Powerful ... (Makeup Effects)
- Pain & Gain ... (Project Manager)
- Texas Chainsaw 3D ... (Makeup Effects)
- Movie 43 ... (Makeup Effects)
- Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th as Self
- Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking as Self
- The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead as Self
2012
- Django Unchained ... (Makeup Effects)
- The Grey ... (Special Effects Key Makeup Artist)
- Seven Psychopaths ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Odd Life of Timothy Green ... (Effects Supervisor)
- The Man with the Iron Fists ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Savages ... (Makeup Effects)
- Hitchcock ... (Makeup Effects)
- Maniac ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger as Self
2011
- Talking Dead as Self
- Fright Night ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- I Am Number Four ... (Makeup Designer)
- Spy Kids: All the Time in the World ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Priest ... (Makeup Effects)
- Paul ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Water for Elephants ... (Key Makeup Artist)
- A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas ... (Makeup Effects)
- Nightmare Factory as Self
- Swallowed Souls: The Making of 'Evil Dead 2' as Self
- Bob Burns' Hollywood Haloween as Self
- Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder as Self
2010
- The Walking Dead as Walker (uncredited)
- The Book of Eli ... (Makeup Effects)
- Edge of Darkness ... (Makeup Effects)
- Piranha 3D as Boat Captain
- Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Boy Who Cried Werewolf ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th as Self
- The Making of The Walking Dead as Self
- The United Monster Talent Agency ... (Director)
- Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments as Self
- The Splat Pack as Self
2009
- Inglourious Basterds as Gestapo Major (uncredited)
- The Final Destination ... (Makeup Effects)
- Drag Me to Hell ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Last House on the Left ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- The Shark Is Still Working as Self
- Monsterland as Self
- Creating the Deadites as Self
2008
- Mirrors as Guy Playing Pool (uncredited)
- Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist' as Self
- Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust as Makeup Effects Guy #3
- Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX as Self
- When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' as Self (archive footage)
- He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce as Self
- The Mist: Taming the Beast - The Making of Scene 35 as Himself
- The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The Mist as Self
- Zombiemania as Himself - Makeup Artist
2007
- The Mist ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Death Proof ... (Special Effects)
- Planet Terror ... (Special Effects)
- Diary of the Dead as Zombie Surgeon
- The Great Debaters ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Hitcher ... (Makeup Designer)
- The Reaping ... (Special Effects Supervisor)
- 30 Even Scarier Movie Moments as Self
- We All Scream for Ice Cream ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead as Self
- Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel as Self
- Bloodsucking Cinema as Self
- Wretched ... (Special Effects)
2006
- The Hills Have Eyes as Cyst
- Déjà Vu ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning ... (Makeup Effects)
- Desperation ... (Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects)
- Deer Woman ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film as Self
- Valerie on the Stairs ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Halloween: 25 Years of Terror as Self
- Cemetery Gates as Stoner Dude Michael
- Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- Pick Me Up ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Family ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The V Word ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Damned Thing ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Chocolate ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
2005
- Land of the Dead as Bridgekeeper Zombie
- The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl ... (Makeup Effects)
- Cursed as Man Pushing Dracula's Coffin (uncredited)
- Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Jenifer ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Dance of the Dead ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Dreams in the Witch House ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Reservoir Dogs Revisited as Self
- Becoming a Werewolf as Greg Nicotero
2004
- Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed ... (Special Effects)
- Riding the Bullet ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning ... (Special Effects)
- Comic Book: The Movie as Greg Nicotero
- John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies as Self
2003
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface' as Self
- The Many Days of Day of the Dead as Self
2002
- The Osbournes as Self
- The Rules of Attraction ... (Makeup Artist)
- Bubba Ho-tep ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Pulp Fiction: The Facts as Self - KNB Effects
2001
- Thir13en Ghosts ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Spy Kids ... (Makeup Effects)
- Vanilla Sky ... (Makeup Supervisor)
- Ghosts of Mars ... (Makeup Effects)
- Behind the Scenes with Day of the Dead
2000
- Unbreakable ... (Makeup Effects)
- From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Crocodile ... (Creature Technical Director)
- The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier as Self
1999
- House on Haunted Hill as Rollercoaster Technician (uncredited)
- From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Men Behind the Army as Self
1998
- Black Cat Run ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Full Tilt Boogie as Self
1997
- Boogie Nights ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Wishmaster ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- The Night Flier ... (Makeup Effects)
1996
- From Dusk Till Dawn as Sex Machine's Buddy
1995
- Never Talk to Strangers ... (Prosthetics)
- Citizen X ... (Makeup Effects)
- Darkman II: The Return of Durant ... (Makeup Effects)
- Lord of Illusions ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Tales from the Hood ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Demolitionist as Elevator Punk
- Galaxis ... (Makeup Supervisor)
1993
- Cyborg 2 ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Doppelganger ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Body Bags as Man with Dog
- Ticks ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Skinner ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1992
- Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Dr. Giggles ... (Makeup Effects)
- The Nutt House ... (Second Unit Director)
1991
- The People Under the Stairs ... (Makeup Supervisor)
- Children of the Night ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- From Dusk Til Dawn ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
1990
- Misery ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Tales from the Darkside: The Movie ... (Makeup Effects)
- Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III ... (Makeup Supervisor)
1989
- Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers as Guy In Gas Station
- A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
- DeepStar Six ... (Creature Effects Technical Director)
- The Horror Show ... (Special Effects)
- Intruder as Townie in Car
- Gorgon Video Magazine as Self
1988
- Monkey Shines ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1987
- Evil Dead II as The Hand / Evil Ed's Hand / Henrietta's Long Neck Pee-Wee Head (uncredited)
- Creepshow 2 ... (Makeup Effects)
1986
- From Beyond ... (Special Effects)
- Night of the Creeps as Extra (uncredited)
- Scream Greats, Vol.1: Tom Savini, Master of Horror Effects as Himself
1985
- Day of the Dead as Johnson
- Invasion U.S.A. ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)