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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. 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''〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Lion's Gate Films )〕 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 co-executive producer, special make-up effects supervisor, and occasional director on the AMC TV series ''The Walking Dead'' and ''Fear the Walking Dead''. Nicotero directed 11 episodes of ''The Walking Dead'' and is the creator of the webseries ''The Walking Dead: Webisodes''. ==Life and career== Nicotero claims he began taking an interest in special effects after viewing the film ''Jaws''. He explains: "I kept thinking 'How the hell did they do that?! How'd they build a big giant shark that could eat people?!' So, between that movie, ''The Exorcist'', ''Planet of the Apes'', and of course all of the Universal horror movies () I think ''Jaws'' and then later ''Dawn of the Dead'' were pretty much the two movies that did it for me."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher= iconsoffright.com )〕 Nicotero began his career working in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, learning the trade of special make-up effects, also known as prosthetic makeup, from Tom Savini, an award-winning special effects and makeup artist,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher= imdb.com )〕 and helping on films by director George A. Romero. While working on the 1985 Romero film ''Day of the Dead'', he met Howard Berger, who would become one of his partners at KNB EFX Group. Nicotero relocated to Hollywood〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher= theofficialjohncarpenter.com )〕 and moved in with Berger and Robert Kurtzman.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=More on The Walking Dead: First Production Photo and Zombie School Video )〕 He later worked as FX artist on the 2010 film ''Predators'' and created a classic predator figure for the film.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Classic Predator to Return in Predators? Hell Yes! )〕 Nicotero worked as special make-up effects supervisor, co-executive producer and occasional director for the TV series ''The Walking Dead'', as well as acting in a few uncredited cameos.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Greg Nicotero Talks The Walking Dead )〕 He was at the San Diego Comic-Con International for the show.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SD Comic-Con '10: Get Zombified and Catch a Sneak Peek of The Walking Dead )〕 He was a guest on ''Talking Dead'' on March 24, 2013,〔(Season 3, Episode 15 Talking Dead )〕 October 12, 2014, and February 8, 2015. He is also set to produce the Special effects of Fear the Walking Dead.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fear the Walking Dead )〕 He was a guest on the ''MythBusters'' Zombie Special on October 17, 2013.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3275188/combined〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gregory Nicotero」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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