Greg Nicotero

Greg Nicotero is a legend behind the scenes of The Walking Dead, serving as its special makeup effects supervisor, executive producer and primary director, helming 37 episodes from 2010 to 2022 and making uncredited cameos as walkers.

Born March 15, 1963, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Greg learned prosthetic makeup from George A. Romero and Tom Savini on Day of the Dead (1985). In 1988 he co-founded KNB EFX Group, and has supervised effects on more than 400 film and television projects, including The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (which won him an Academy Award in 2006), Kill Bill, From Dusk Till Dawn, Scream, Hostel and Transformers. He also won an Emmy Award in 2001 for Frank Herbert’s Dune.