Gregory Nicotero is an American special effects creator, actor, and director. His first major job in special effects makeup was on the George A. Romero film Day of the Dead, under the tutelage of Romero and Tom Savini. In 1988, along with Robert Kurtzman and Howard Berger, he formed KNB Efx Group, a special 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 co-executive producer, special effects makeup artist, director and also actor on AMC's The Walking Dead. 

March 15th, 1963 in Pittsburgh (Age 61)