Greg Nicotero, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Greg Nicotero

American actor

Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1963

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: screenwriter, actor, engineer, theatrical makeup, make-up artist, film director, film producer, television actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Gregory Nicotero (born March 15, 1963) is an American special make-up effects creator, 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. In 1988, along with Robert Kurtzman and Howard Berger, he formed KNB EFX Group, a special make-up 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 2000 Sci Fi Channel miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune and an Academy Award in 2006 for achievement in makeup for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.He is currently working as an executive producer, special make-up effects supervisor, and primary director on the AMC TV series The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead.
Nicotero has directed 28 episodes of The Walking Dead and is the creator of the webseries The Walking Dead: Webisodes.