The story of how one Pittsburgh boyÔÇÖs fascination with monsters drove him to the very top of the Hollywood food chain. In 1989, Greg Nicotero, much to his parentsÔÇÖ chagrin, quit medical school and headed for Hollywood to pursue a dream of making monsters. Together with gore masters Howard Berger and Robert Kurtzman, Nicotero went on to create KNB EFX Group, one of the most prolific makeup effects studios in the world. After twenty years as the ÔÇ£go to guyÔÇØ for the worldÔÇÖs most successful horror/sci-fi films, Greg Nicotero is the first one directors like Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez call.