7.2Costume & Make-Up
Greg Nicotero
- Born
- 1963-03-15
- Birthplace
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
226 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Biohazard
2026 · Movie
Makeup Artist
Cape Fear
2026 · TV Show
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Robot Dracula
2026 · Movie
Greg
The Thing Expanded
2026 · Movie
Self
Guts & Glory
2025 · TV Show
Self - Host · Creator
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025 · Movie
Self · Consulting Producer
Queens of the Dead
2025 · Movie
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Pardon My Curse: The Making of Drag Me to Hell
2024 · Movie
Self
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024 · TV Show
Special Effects Makeup Artist · Executive Producer
Attack of the Doc!
2023 · Movie
Self
King on Screen
2023 · Movie
Self
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
2023 · TV Show
Executive Producer · Special Effects Makeup Artist · Director
The Walking Dead: Dead City
2023 · TV Show
Consulting Producer
Tales of the Walking Dead
2022 · TV Show
Casting Producer
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
2022 · TV Show
Self
Werewolf by Night
2022 · Movie
Makeup Effects Designer
Mare of Easttown
2021 · TV Show
Special Effects Supervisor
The Last Drive-in: The Walking Dead
2021 · TV Show
Self
A Creepshow Animated Special
2020 · Movie
Director · Teleplay
A Creepshow Holiday Special
2020 · Movie
Director · Writer
Dead Talk Live
2020 · TV Show
Self - Guest
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020 · Movie
Self
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
2020 · Movie
Himself
Tales of the Uncanny
2020 · Movie
Self
The Walking Dead: World Beyond
2020 · TV Show
Consulting Producer
Alita: Battle Angel
2019 · Movie
Makeup Effects Designer
Captive State
2019 · Movie
Hunter Puppeteer · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Creepshow
2019 · TV Show
Executive Producer · Director · Story · Writer · Teleplay · Creator
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019 · Movie
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
In Search of Darkness
2019 · Movie
Self
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019 · Movie
Self
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019 · Movie
Makeup Effects Designer
Alpha
2018 · Movie
Makeup Artist
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018 · TV Show
Self
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018 · TV Show
Self
Amityville: The Awakening
2017 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Thank You for Your Service
2017 · Movie
Makeup Effects Designer
Geeking Out
2016 · TV Show
Self
It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned
2016 · Movie
Self
Long Live the King
2016 · Movie
himself
Patriots Day
2016 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Ride with Norman Reedus
2016 · TV Show
Self
Within
2016 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015 · Movie
Self
Fanarchy
2015 · Movie
Self
Fear the Walking Dead
2015 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Gravy
2015 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Insurgent
2015 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"
2015 · Movie
Self · Still Photographer
Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini
2015 · Movie
Self
The Hateful Eight
2015 · Movie
Makeup Effects
The Program
2015 · Movie
Makeup Designer
An Experiment in Fear: The Making of Monkey Shines
2014 · Movie
Himself
Doc of the Dead
2014 · Movie
Self
Galyntine
2014 · Movie
Director
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014 · Movie
Makeup Effects
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014 · Movie
Makeup Effects
The Green Inferno
2014 · Movie
Makeup Effects
The Interview
2014 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013 · Movie
Self
Lone Survivor
2013 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Movie 43
2013 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Pain & Gain
2013 · Movie
Project Manager
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013 · Movie
Self
Texas Chainsaw 3D
2013 · Movie
Makeup Effects
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
2013 · Movie
Self
This Is the End
2013 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Django Unchained
2012 · Movie
Makeup Effects · Effects Supervisor
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012 · Movie
Self
Hitchcock
2012 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Maniac
2012 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Savages
2012 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Seven Psychopaths
2012 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist · Makeup Effects
The Grey
2012 · Movie
Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects · Special Effects Key Makeup Artist · Makeup Effects
The Man with the Iron Fists
2012 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist · Makeup Effects
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012 · Movie
Effects Supervisor
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
2011 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Bob Burns' Hollywood Haloween
2011 · Movie
Self · Executive Producer
Fright Night
2011 · Movie
Makeup Effects Designer
I Am Number Four
2011 · Movie
Makeup Designer
Nightmare Factory
2011 · Movie
Self
Paul
2011 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Priest
2011 · Movie
Makeup Effects · Makeup Designer
Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder
2011 · Movie
Self
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
2011 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist · Makeup Effects
Swallowed Souls: The Making of 'Evil Dead 2'
2011 · Movie
Self
Talking Dead
2011 · TV Show
Self · Executive Producer · Cast
The Walking Dead: Webisodes
2011 · TV Show
Director · Writer
Water for Elephants
2011 · Movie
Key Makeup Artist
Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
2010 · Movie
Self
Edge of Darkness
2010 · Movie
Makeup Effects
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
2010 · Movie
Self
Piranha 3D
2010 · Movie
Boat Captain
Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster
2010 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Book of Eli
2010 · Movie
Makeup Effects
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
2010 · Movie
Makeup Effects Designer
The Making of The Walking Dead
2010 · Movie
Self
The Splat Pack
2010 · Movie
Self
The United Monster Talent Agency
2010 · Movie
Director · Writer · Producer
The Walking Dead
2010 · TV Show
Walker (uncredited) · Agatha’s Walker (uncredited) · Dream Whisperer (uncredited) · Director · Makeup Effects · Co-Executive Producer · Consulting Producer · Executive Producer · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Creating the Deadites
2009 · Movie
Self
Drag Me to Hell
2009 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Inglourious Basterds
2009 · Movie
Gestapo Major (uncredited) · Makeup Effects
Monsterland
2009 · Movie
Self
The Final Destination
2009 · Movie
Makeup Effects
The Last House on the Left
2009 · Movie
Makeup Effects Designer
The Shark Is Still Working
2009 · Movie
Self
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008 · Movie
Self · Executive Producer
Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust
2008 · Movie
Makeup Effects Guy #3
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008 · Movie
Self
Mirrors
2008 · Movie
Guy Playing Pool (uncredited) · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of The Mist
2008 · Movie
Self
The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The Mist
2008 · Movie
Self
The Mist: Taming the Beast — The Making of Scene 35
2008 · Movie
Himself
When Darkness Came: The Making of The Mist
2008 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Zombiemania
2008 · Movie
Himself - Makeup Artist
30 Even Scarier Movie Moments
2007 · TV Show
Self
Bloodsucking Cinema
2007 · Movie
Self
Death Proof
2007 · Movie
Special Effects · Makeup Effects Designer
Diary of the Dead
2007 · Movie
Zombie Surgeon
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
2007 · Movie
Self
One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead
2007 · Movie
Self
Planet Terror
2007 · Movie
Special Effects · Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Great Debaters
2007 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Hitcher
2007 · Movie
Makeup Designer
The Mist
2007 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist · Second Unit Director
The Reaping
2007 · Movie
Special Effects Supervisor
We All Scream for Ice Cream
2007 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Wretched
2007 · Movie
Special Effects
Cemetery Gates
2006 · Movie
Stoner Dude Michael
Chocolate
2006 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Deer Woman
2006 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Déjà Vu
2006 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Desperation
2006 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist · Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
Family
2006 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
2006 · Movie
Self
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
2006 · Movie
Self
Pick Me Up
2006 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Damned Thing
2006 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Hills Have Eyes
2006 · Movie
Cyst · Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006 · Movie
Makeup Effects · Makeup Supervisor
The V Word
2006 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Valerie on the Stairs
2006 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
2006 · Movie
Self
Becoming a Werewolf
2005 · Movie
Greg Nicotero
Cursed
2005 · Movie
Man Pushing Dracula's Coffin (uncredited) · Makeup Effects Designer
Dance of the Dead
2005 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
2005 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Dream of the Dead
2005 · Movie
Self
Dreams in the Witch House
2005 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Jenifer
2005 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Land of the Dead
2005 · Movie
Bridgekeeper Zombie
Reservoir Dogs Revisited
2005 · Movie
Self
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
2005 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Comic Book: The Movie
2004 · Movie
Greg Nicotero
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
2004 · Movie
Special Effects
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning
2004 · Movie
Special Effects · Special Effects Makeup Artist
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004 · Movie
Self
Riding the Bullet
2004 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist · Makeup Effects
The Many Days of Day of the Dead
2003 · Movie
Self
The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'
2003 · Movie
Self
Bubba Ho-tep
2002 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
2002 · Movie
Self - KNB Effects
The Osbournes
2002 · TV Show
Self
The Rules of Attraction
2002 · Movie
Makeup Artist
Behind the Scenes with Day of the Dead
2001 · Movie
Cast
Ghosts of Mars
2001 · Movie
Makeup Effects · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Spy Kids
2001 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Thir13en Ghosts
2001 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Vanilla Sky
2001 · Movie
Makeup Supervisor
Crocodile
2000 · Movie
Creature Technical Director
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
2000 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier
2000 · Movie
Self · Camera Operator
Unbreakable
2000 · Movie
Makeup Effects
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
1999 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
House on Haunted Hill
1999 · Movie
Rollercoaster Technician (uncredited)
The Men Behind the Army
1999 · Movie
Self
Black Cat Run
1998 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Full Tilt Boogie
1998 · Movie
Self
Boogie Nights
1997 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Night Flier
1997 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Wishmaster
1997 · Movie
Makeup Effects Designer
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996 · Movie
Sex Machine's Buddy · Stunts
Citizen X
1995 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Darkman II: The Return of Durant
1995 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Galaxis
1995 · Movie
Makeup Supervisor
Lord of Illusions
1995 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Never Talk to Strangers
1995 · Movie
Prosthetics
Tales from the Hood
1995 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Demolitionist
1995 · Movie
Elevator Punk
Body Bags
1993 · Movie
Man with Dog · Makeup Effects · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Cyborg 2
1993 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Doppelganger
1993 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Skinner
1993 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Ticks
1993 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Dr. Giggles
1992 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
1992 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Nutt House
1992 · Movie
Second Unit Director
Children of the Night
1991 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
From Dusk Til Dawn
1991 · Movie
Makeup Effects Designer · Special Effects
The People Under the Stairs
1991 · Movie
Makeup Supervisor
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
1990 · Movie
Makeup Supervisor
Misery
1990 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990 · Movie
Makeup Effects
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
1989 · Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
DeepStar Six
1989 · Movie
Creature Effects Technical Director
Gorgon Video Magazine
1989 · Movie
Self
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989 · Movie
Guy In Gas Station · Makeup Effects Designer · Special Effects Supervisor · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Intruder
1989 · Movie
Townie in Car · Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Horror Show
1989 · Movie
Special Effects · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Monkey Shines
1988 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Creepshow 2
1987 · Movie
Makeup Effects
Evil Dead II
1987 · Movie
The Hand / Evil Ed's Hand / Henrietta's Long Neck Pee-Wee Head (uncredited) · Makeup Effects
From Beyond
1986 · Movie
Special Effects
Night of the Creeps
1986 · Movie
Extra (uncredited)
Scream Greats, Vol.1: Tom Savini, Master of Horror Effects
1986 · Movie
Himself
Day of the Dead
1985 · Movie
Johnson
Invasion U.S.A.
1985 · Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Bannerman
Date unknown · TV Show
Executive Producer
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
Date unknown · Movie
Self
Green Bank
Date unknown · Movie
Makeup Effects Designer
La Noche de Romero
Date unknown · Movie
Himself
Lullaby
Date unknown · Movie
Makeup Effects Designer
The Slashin' of the Christ
Date unknown · Movie
Producer