Greg Nicotero
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.
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Movies (204)

The Thing Expanded
2026 · Self

Robot Dracula
2026 · Greg

Queens of the Dead
2025 · Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Tiburón: la historia de un clásico
2025 · Self, Consulting Producer

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

King on Screen
2023 · Self

Attack of the Doc!
2023 · Self

Hombre Lobo por la noche
2022 · Makeup Effects Designer

A Creepshow Holiday Special
2020 · Writer, Director

Tales of the Uncanny
2020 · Self

A Creepshow Animated Special
2020 · Director, Teleplay

In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020 · Self

Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
2020 · Himself

El Camino: Una película de Breaking Bad
2019 · Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Había una vez en Hollywood
2019 · Makeup Effects Designer

In Search of Darkness
2019 · Self

La Rebelión
2019 · Hunter Puppeteer, Special Effects Makeup Artist

Battle Angel: La última guerrera
2019 · Makeup Effects Designer

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019 · Self

Alfa
2018 · Makeup Artist

Gracias por tu servicio
2017 · Makeup Effects Designer

Amityville: El Despertar
2017 · Makeup Effects

Día del atentado
2016 · Makeup Effects

Within Desde adentro
2016 · Makeup Effects

Long Live the King
2016 · himself

It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned
2016 · Self

Los 8 Más Odiados
2015 · Makeup Effects

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015 · Self

Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"
2015 · Self, Still Photographer

Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini
2015 · Self

Gravy
2015 · Makeup Effects

Fanarchy
2015 · Self

El engaño del siglo
2015 · Makeup Designer

Divergente la serie: Insurgente
2015 · Makeup Effects

Una loca entrevista
2014 · Makeup Effects

An Experiment in Fear: The Making of Monkey Shines
2014 · Himself

Caníbales
2014 · Makeup Effects

Sin City 2: Una Dama Fatal
2014 · Makeup Effects

Galyntine
2014 · Director

El sorprendente Hombre Araña 2: La amenaza de Electro
2014 · Makeup Effects

Doc of the Dead
2014 · Self

El sobreviviente
2013 · Makeup Effects
The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead
2013 · Self

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

Este es el Fin
2013 · Makeup Effects

Sangre, Sudor y Gloria
2013 · Project Manager

Oz: El Poderoso
2013 · Makeup Effects

Proyecto 43
2013 · Makeup Effects

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013 · Self

Masacre en Texas: Herencia maldita
2013 · Makeup Effects

Psicópata
2012 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Django sin Cadenas
2012 · Makeup Effects, Effects Supervisor

Hitchcok, el maestro del suspenso
2012 · Makeup Effects

El hombre con los puños de hierro
2012 · Special Effects Makeup Artist, Makeup Effects

Siete Psicópatas
2012 · Special Effects Makeup Artist, Makeup Effects

La vida rara de Timothy Green
2012 · Effects Supervisor

Salvajes
2012 · Makeup Effects

Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012 · Self

Un día para sobrevivir
2012 · Special Effects Key Makeup Artist, Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects, Makeup Effects

Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder
2011 · Self

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

La Navidad de Harold y Kumar
2011 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Nightmare Factory
2011 · Self

Mini espías 4: Los ladrones del tiempo
2011 · Special Effects Makeup Artist, Makeup Effects

Noche de miedo
2011 · Makeup Effects Designer

Priest - El vengador
2011 · Makeup Effects, Makeup Designer

Agua para elefantes
2011 · Key Makeup Artist

Soy el número cuatro
2011 · Makeup Designer

Paul
2011 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Bob Burns' Hollywood Halloween
2011 · Self, Executive Producer

Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
2010 · Self
The Splat Pack
2010 · Self

La Mansión Wolfberg
2010 · Makeup Effects Designer

Scooby-Doo! La maldición del monstruo del lago
2010 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

The United Monster Talent Agency
2010 · Director, Writer, Producer

Pirañas 3D
2010 · Boat Captain

The Making of The Walking Dead
2010 · Self

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

Al filo de la oscuridad
2010 · Makeup Effects

El libro de los secretos
2010 · Makeup Effects

Creating the Deadites
2009 · Self

Destino Final 4
2009 · Makeup Effects

Bastardos sin gloria
2009 · Gestapo Major (uncredited), Makeup Effects

Arrástrame al infierno
2009 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

The Shark Is Still Working
2009 · Self

Monsterland
2009 · Self

La venganza de la casa del Lago
2009 · Makeup Effects Designer

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008 · Self, Executive Producer

Espejos siniestros
2008 · Guy Playing Pool (uncredited), Special Effects Makeup Artist

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

Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust
2008 · Makeup Effects Guy #3
The Horror of It All: The Visual F/X of The Mist
2008 · Self

When Darkness Came: The Making of The Mist
2008 · Self (archive footage)

Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of The Mist
2008 · Self
The Mist: Taming the Beast — The Making of Scene 35
2008 · Himself

Zombiemania
2008 · Himself - Makeup Artist

El Gran Debate
2007 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

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

Sobre-Natural
2007 · Special Effects Makeup Artist, Second Unit Director

Bloodsucking Cinema
2007 · Self
Wretched
2007 · Special Effects

The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It
2007 · Special Effects Makeup Artist, Second Unit Director, Special Effects

El diario de los muertos
2007 · Zombie Surgeon

A prueba de muerte
2007 · Special Effects, Makeup Effects Designer

Planeta Terror
2007 · Special Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist

Prueba de fe
2007 · Special Effects Supervisor

Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
2007 · Self

Carretera al infierno
2007 · Makeup Designer

We All Scream for Ice Cream
2007 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Valerie on the Stairs
2006 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Déja vu: Cambiando el pasado
2006 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Chocolate
2006 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

The V Word
2006 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Family
2006 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

The Damned Thing
2006 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Deer Woman
2006 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

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

La Masacre de Texas: El inicio
2006 · Makeup Effects, Makeup Supervisor

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
2006 · Self

Cemetery Gates
2006 · Stoner Dude Michael

Desesperación
2006 · Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist

Working with a Master: John Carpenter
2006 · Self

El despertar del diablo
2006 · Cyst, Special Effects Makeup Artist

Pick Me Up
2006 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Jenifer
2005 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Dance of the Dead
2005 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Dreams in the Witch House
2005 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Becoming a Werewolf
2005 · Greg Nicotero

Tierra de los muertos
2005 · Bridgekeeper Zombie
Dream of the Dead
2005 · Self

Las aventuras de Sharkboy y Lavagirl
2005 · Makeup Effects

Reservoir Dogs Revisited
2005 · Self

Dominion: La precuela del exorcista
2005 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

La marca de la bestia
2005 · Man Pushing Dracula's Coffin (uncredited), Makeup Effects Designer

Riding the Bullet
2004 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Nightmares in Foam Rubber
2004

Feroz III: El Comienzo
2004 · Special Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist

John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004 · Self

Feroz II
2004 · Special Effects

Comic Book: The Movie
2004 · Greg Nicotero

Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003 · Special Effects Makeup Artist, Makeup Effects

The Many Days of Day of the Dead
2003 · Self

The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface'
2003 · Self

The Rules of Attraction
2002 · Makeup Artist

Pulp Fiction: The Facts
2002 · Self - KNB Effects

Bubba Ho-tep
2002 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Vanilla Sky
2001 · Makeup Supervisor

13 fantasmas
2001 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Fantasmas de Marte
2001 · Makeup Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist

Mini Espías
2001 · Makeup Effects

Behind the Scenes with Day of the Dead
2001

El protegido
2000 · Makeup Effects

The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier
2000 · Self, Camera Operator

Cocodrilo
2000 · Creature Technical Director

Del crepúsculo al amanecer 3: La hija del verdugo
2000 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

The Men Behind the Army
1999 · Self

House on Haunted Hill
1999 · Rollercoaster Technician (uncredited)

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
1999 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Black Cat Run
1998 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Full Tilt Boogie
1998 · Self

Boogie Nights
1997 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Wishmaster
1997 · Makeup Effects Designer

The Night Flier
1997 · Makeup Effects

From Dusk Till Dawn
1996 · Sex Machine's Buddy, Stunts

Never Talk to Strangers
1995 · Prosthetics

Lord of Illusions
1995 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Darkman II: The Return of Durant
1995 · Makeup Effects

Galaxis
1995 · Makeup Supervisor

Tales from the Hood
1995 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

The Demolitionist
1995 · Elevator Punk

Citizen X
1995 · Makeup Effects

Cyborg 2
1993 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Ticks
1993 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Skinner
1993 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Body Bags
1993 · Man with Dog, Makeup Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist

Doppelganger
1993 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
1992 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Dr. Giggles
1992 · Makeup Effects

The Nutt House
1992 · Second Unit Director

The People Under the Stairs
1991 · Makeup Supervisor

Children of the Night
1991 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

From Dusk Til Dawn
1991 · Makeup Effects Designer, Special Effects

Misery
1990 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990 · Makeup Effects

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
1990 · Makeup Supervisor

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989 · Guy In Gas Station, Makeup Effects Designer, Special Effects Supervisor, Special Effects Makeup Artist

Gorgon Video Magazine
1989 · Self

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
1989 · Visual Effects Supervisor

The Horror Show
1989 · Special Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist

Intruder
1989 · Townie in Car, Special Effects Makeup Artist

DeepStar Six
1989 · Creature Effects Technical Director

Monkey Shines
1988 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Creepshow 2
1987 · Makeup Effects

Evil Dead II
1987 · The Hand / Evil Ed's Hand / Henrietta's Long Neck Pee-Wee Head (uncredited), Makeup Effects

From Beyond
1986 · Special Effects

Night of the Creeps
1986 · Extra (uncredited)

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

Invasion U.S.A.
1985 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Day of the Dead
1985 · Johnson

La Noche de Romero
· Himself
Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn
· Self

Lullaby
· Makeup Effects Designer

The Slashin' of the Christ
· Producer

Green Bank
· Makeup Effects Designer
TV shows (23)

Cape Fear
2026 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

Guts & Glory
2025 · Self - Host, Creator

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024 · Special Effects Makeup Artist, Executive Producer

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
2023 · Special Effects Makeup Artist, Executive Producer, Director

The Walking Dead: Dead City
2023 · Consulting Producer

The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
2022 · Self

Tales of the Walking Dead
2022 · Casting Producer

The Last Drive-in: The Walking Dead
2021 · Self

Mare of Easttown
2021 · Special Effects Supervisor

The Walking Dead: World Beyond
2020 · Consulting Producer

Dead Talk Live
2020 · Self - Guest

Creepshow
2019 · Executive Producer, Director, Story, Writer, Teleplay, Creator

Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018 · Self

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018 · Self

Geeking Out
2016 · Self

Ride with Norman Reedus
2016 · Self

Fear the Walking Dead
2015 · Executive Producer

Talking Dead
2011 · Self, Executive Producer

The Walking Dead: Webisodes
2011 · Director, Writer

The Walking Dead
2010 · Walker (uncredited), Agatha’s Walker (uncredited), Dream Whisperer (uncredited), Director, Makeup Effects, Executive Producer, Consulting Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Special Effects Makeup Artist

30 Even Scarier Movie Moments
2007 · Self

The Osbournes
2002 · Self
Bannerman
· Executive Producer
