TOM SAVINI - Makeup Artist - Interviews

Tom Savini as a cop. Oh yeah.

Thomas Vincent Savini (born November 3, 1946) is an American actor, stunt man, director and award-winning special effects and makeup artist.[1] He is known for his work on the Living Dead films directed by George A. Romero, as well as Friday the 13th, Creepshow, The Burning, The Prowler, and Maniac. He directed the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead. Though officially retired from special effects, he has continued to direct, produce and star in several movies. Savini has been known to refer movie make-up effects projects to graduates of his school.

Savini runs the Special Effects Make-Up Program at the Douglas Education Center in Monessen, Pennsylvania and is the author of several books on special effects including Grande Illusions I and II (1983, 1994) and Bizarro! (1984), detailing the production and mechanical workings of many of his famous film effects. He is also associated with other books in the horror genre including Book of the Dead for which he wrote the foreword. Savini is an associate of Dick Smith, who incorporates an advanced professional make-up seminar into the last semester of the program. Among other projects, Smith is known for his groundbreaking work in The Exorcist. Every Halloween season, Savini hosts TerrorMania in the Pittsburgh area, a haunted house that showcases his effects talents.

Savini is a huge fan of Lon Chaney, Sr.. He named his son Lon, and Lon's daughter is named Chaney.





Horror Effects with Tom Savini


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