Thomas Vincent Savini (born November 3, 1946) is an American actor, stunt man, director and award-winning special effects and makeup artist. He is known for his work on the "Living Dead" films directed by George A. Romero, as well as Evil Dead, "Friday the 13th", "Creepshow", "The Burning" and "Maniac". He directed the 1990 remake of "Night of the Living Dead". Wikipedia
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Inspired by the film "Man of a Thousand Faces", a young Tom Savini became fascinated with the magic and illusion of film. He spent his youth in his room creating characters by tirelessly practicing make-up. In "The American Nightmare" (a Documentary fro lycos.cs.cmu.edu/info/tom-savini--vietnam-war.html
When Tom Savini began his adventure into the movie business, his philosophy was 'The more you do, the more you get to do'. He was able to parlay his hobby of make-up, and his army training as a combat photographer (Vietnam 1969-70) into a job as special www.fridaythe13thfilms.com/saga/part1/tomsavini.html
Tom Savini runs the Special Effects Make-Up Program at the Douglas Education Center in Monessen, Pennsylvania. Savini is an associate of Dick Smith , who incorporates an advanced professional make-up seminar into the last semester of the program. Smith www.lycos.com/info/tom-savini--effects.html