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Tom Savini

Born: 3-Nov-1946
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, PA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Film Director

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Special effects master

Tom Savini is the makeup and special effects master known for his work on gory horror films. He was a combat photographer in the Vietnam War. Films he has worked on include Friday the 13th, Creepshow, Day of the Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Savini directed the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead.

Daughter: Lia Savini

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    The Theatre Bizarre (16-Jul-2011)
    Night of the Living Dead (19-Oct-1990)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Doc of the Dead (10-Mar-2014) · Himself
    Machete Kills (19-Sep-2013)
    Django Unchained (25-Dec-2012)
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower (8-Sep-2012)
    Inhuman Resources (6-Sep-2012) · Peter Bava
    Nightmare Factory (27-Oct-2011) · Himself
    The Theatre Bizarre (16-Jul-2011)
    Machete (1-Sep-2010) · Osiris Amanpour
    Popatopolis (6-Oct-2009) · Himself
    Zack and Miri Make a Porno (7-Sep-2008)
    Lost Boys: The Tribe (29-Jul-2008) · David Van Etten
    Planet Terror (21-Jun-2007)
    Grindhouse (6-Apr-2007)
    Beyond the Wall of Sleep (6-Jun-2006)
    Land of the Dead (18-Jun-2005) · Machete Zombie
    Forest of the Damned (13-May-2005)
    Death 4 Told (13-May-2004)
    Dawn of the Dead (10-Mar-2004)
    Vicious (30-Dec-2003)
    Bundy (26-Jul-2002)
    Children of the Living Dead (11-Jun-2001) · Deputy Hughes
    The American Nightmare (11-Sep-2000) · Himself
    Mr. Stitch (17-Aug-1996)
    From Dusk Till Dawn (19-Jan-1996) · Sex Machine
    The Demolitionist (10-Mar-1995) · Roland
    Innocent Blood (25-Sep-1992)
    Creepshow 2 (1-May-1987)
    Creepshow (12-Nov-1982) · Garbage Man #2
    Knightriders (10-Apr-1981)
    Maniac (May-1980) · Disco Boy
    Dawn of the Dead (2-Sep-1978)
    Martin (7-Jul-1978)

Author of books:
Bizarro: The Art and Technique of Special Makeup Effects (1983, nonfiction)



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