{"id":9068,"date":"2016-11-16T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=9068"},"modified":"2016-11-13T21:21:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T02:21:26","slug":"interview-greg-nicotero-classic-horror-walking-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/interview-greg-nicotero-classic-horror-walking-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Greg Nicotero on Classic Horror and &#8216;The Walking Dead&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8771\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/interview-victoria-price\/cd-gen-interviews\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CD-Gen-Interviews.jpg?fit=830%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"830,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cemetery Dance Interviews\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CD-Gen-Interviews.jpg?fit=830%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8771\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CD-Gen-Interviews.jpg?resize=830%2C120&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cemetery Dance Interviews\" width=\"830\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CD-Gen-Interviews.jpg?w=830&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CD-Gen-Interviews.jpg?resize=350%2C51&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CD-Gen-Interviews.jpg?resize=768%2C111&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9072\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9072\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9072\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/interview-greg-nicotero-classic-horror-walking-dead\/nicotero-and-cushing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicotero-and-Cushing.jpg?fit=6000%2C4000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1433002816&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nicotero-and-cushing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Greg Nicotero chats with Nicole Cushing at the 2015 WonderFest Hobby Expo.&lt;br \/&gt;\n(Photo Copyright Robert Cushing)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicotero-and-Cushing.jpg?fit=853%2C569&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9072\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicotero-and-Cushing.jpg?resize=350%2C233&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Greg Nicotero chats with Nicole Cushing at the 2015 WonderFest Hobby Expo. (Photo Copyright Robert Cushing)\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicotero-and-Cushing.jpg?resize=350%2C233&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicotero-and-Cushing.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicotero-and-Cushing.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicotero-and-Cushing.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicotero-and-Cushing.jpg?w=1706&amp;ssl=1 1706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nicotero-and-Cushing.jpg?w=2559&amp;ssl=1 2559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 85vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greg Nicotero chats with Nicole Cushing at the 2015 WonderFest Hobby Expo.<br \/>(Photo Copyright Robert Cushing)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gnicotero\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Nicotero<\/a> is perhaps best known as executive producer, occasional director, and special effects makeup artist for AMC\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Walking Dead<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But this is just the most recent accomplishment in a career that is now in its fourth decade. Nicotero cut his professional teeth in 1985 as an assistant to Tom Savini on George Romero\u2019s classic <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Day of the Dead<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and went on to work on a number of late \u201880s horror franchises that have come to define the era. Since that auspicious beginning, he\u2019s gone on to become a legend in the field of special effects makeup (both in the horror genre and in more mainstream fare). Yes, he\u2019s worked with George Romero, Clive Barker, John Carpenter, Don Coscarelli, and Sam Raimi. But (as he discusses in this interview) he\u2019s also worked with Quentin Tarantino and Steven Spielberg. On top of all that, he also co-founded the prestigious <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knbefx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">KNB EFX Group<\/a> in 1988, and has won four Emmy awards.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This interview was recorded at the 2015 WonderFest Hobby Expo in Louisville, Kentucky. Among other topics, we discussed the issues of censorship and self-censorship as they relate to the grisly makeup effects for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Walking Dead<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the enduring influence of classic horror films on Nicotero\u2019s work, and the evolution of practical effects over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Interview conducted by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicolecushing\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole Cushing<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>CEMETERY DANCE: One of the things I\u2019m interested in is the issue of censorship (and self-censorship) in television, films, and books. I\u2019m interested in the line demarcating what you can show and what you can\u2019t. Obviously in <i>The Walking Dead<\/i> you\u2019re able to show a lot of graphic violence and decomposition&#8212;more than what previous generations of television effects artists were able to show. But at the same time we\u2019re not at the point where you would see <i>The Last House on the Left<\/i> as Wes Craven originally did it on AMC on Sunday night. So where, exactly, does TV draw the line these days?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GREG NICOTERO: On the show a lot of the violence is directed toward zombies. We have to be very cautious in terms of violence directed at <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">humans<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For example, when we were slitting people\u2019s throats at Terminus (in seasons 4 and 5) there was a limit to how much blood we could actually see spurting out of the necks, whereas with a zombie you could get away with a lot more. <strong>(EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: This interview was conducted well before this season&#8217;s premiere of <em>The Walking Dead, <\/em>which certainly pushed the envelope in terms of violence against the living human characters).\u00a0<\/strong>Ironically, while there\u2019s no nudity in the show and you can\u2019t say \u201cfuck,\u201d in terms of actual makeup effects we\u2019re getting away with stuff they couldn\u2019t do in the original <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dawn of the Dead<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That movie had an X rating. They couldn\u2019t even show previews for it on TV. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>And even the original <i>Phantasm<\/i> had issues with ratings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah. So we\u2019ve definitely come a long way from when movies would get released unrated, because we\u2019re able to get away with a lot more on TV now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>We\u2019re here at a classic horror convention. I\u2019m wondering how classic horror still impacts your creative vision, if at all.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m an old school guy. I was inspired by the level of artistry involved in creating <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frankenstein<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wolf Man<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dracula<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. One of the intriguing things about filmmaking nowadays is that with so much computer technology you sometimes feel like you\u2019re missing a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">little bit<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of that ingenuity. (The \u201cHow did they do that?\u201d moments). A good example of that kind of ingenuity is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aliens<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That movie is, in my opinion, almost technically flawless. They used guys-in-suits, that had miniatures, they had forced perspective, they had rear screen. They used every trick in the book to tell that story, and nowadays if that movie was made it would all be digital. So there\u2019s something really exciting about trying to figure out <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how to do it<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the artistry and the technique that it takes to figure out how to make these things practically. It\u2019s easier now because with CGI you don\u2019t have to put that much thought into it, it\u2019s just done in the computer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>If Boris Karloff or Vincent Price were alive today, how would they be cast in <i>The Walking Dead<\/i>? What kind of roles would they be playing? Would they be cast as any particular character in the series?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, that\u2019s a great question because those guys were both such consummate actors. I think Karloff would probably be Hershel. I could see Karloff having the ability to morally ground the rest of the group. I think Vincent Price would probably play somebody who you <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">thought <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you could trust, but really couldn\u2019t. I would say Shane, but I don\u2019t know if that would be the right role. But some character that you would gravitate towards and then realize they\u2019re not as trustworthy as you think. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve had a lengthy career in film. What are some of the things that have evolved over time and what has stayed constant throughout your work? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One thing <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Walking Dead<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> really gives us is the opportunity to revisit the zombie genre and continue to refine the makeup techniques. I don\u2019t know any artist who wouldn\u2019t want an opportunity to get a second crack at something and refine it and change it. Every season on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Walking Dead<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we\u2019re able to take the makeups a little bit further based on what we\u2019ve found works successfully and what we\u2019ve found doesn\u2019t work as successfully in the show. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What moment of your career are you proudest of?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a lot of different moments. One is working with Spielberg the first time and sitting on set and talking about <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaws<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amistad<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We had built a couple gags for that and I went to the set and sat with him for about an hour while we were shooting, talking about <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaws<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I drove home and called my parents at eleven o\u2019clock at night and said \u201cOh my God, I just got to work with Steven Spielberg!\u201d That was one of those moments. Watching <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reservoir Dogs <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for the first time was another. And I think the success of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Walking Dead<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a proud moment, too&#8212;having people stop me in the street and thank me for being involved in a show like that. Those moments make me very proud that I\u2019ve been able to have an impact on the industry. I\u2019m proud to come to a show like this (WonderFest) and meet young kids who are inspired by what I do, much like I was inspired by (legendary makeup artists) Rick Baker and Stan Winston and Jack Pierce and (director) John Carpenter. It\u2019s like I\u2019m paying it forward. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>One last question: what advice would you have for those young kids who want to follow in your footsteps?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s so much more information available now for aspiring special effects makeup artists than there was when I was a kid in 1972. The one thing that I can say is: document everything that you do. If people really follow their passion and document everything they do so that they can refine their work, they can continue to get better and better. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg Nicotero is perhaps best known as executive producer, occasional director, and special effects makeup artist for AMC\u2019s The Walking Dead. But this is just the most recent accomplishment in a career that is now in its fourth decade. 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