Gregory Nicotero (born March 15, 1964) is an American special effects creator and actor. In 1988, along with Robert Kurtzman and Howard Berger, he formed K.N.B. EFX Group, a special effects studio which has gone on to work on over 400 film and television projects. K.N.B. 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 they were awarded an Academy Award in 2006 for achievement in makeup for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Gifted SFX and make-up wizard, who learned his trade under the watchful eye of SFX splatter guru Tom Savini. Nicotero and buddies, Howard Berger and Robert Kurtzman started KNB Efx Group in 1988 and the group has provided eye-popping & jaw dropping special effects for major Hollywood releases including Green Mile, The (1999), Vanilla Sky (2001), Sin City (2005) and Land of the Dead (2005).
