Tom Savini

Developing an interest in magic and illusion as a child, when he was inspired by the 1957 "Lon Chaney" biopic "Man of a Thousand Faces", Savini spent most of his youth in his room, inventing characters and experimenting with make-up techniques. After studying acting and directing at Carnegie Mellon University, he went to Vietnam as a combat photographer for the Army; ironically, he would later gain fame for simulating on the screen the same kind of carnage he witnessed first-hand during the war.

Savini first began working as a make-up and special effects man on horror movies during the early 1970s. Some of his... Full Biography