Tom Savini

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actor film director human special effects makeup artist

Tom Savini is an American special effects makeup artist, actor, and director renowned for his groundbreaking gore effects in horror films such as "Dawn of the Dead" and "Friday the 13th."

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Label Occurrences
Tom Savini canonical 15
Rick Baker 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
special effects makeup artist ⓘ
actedIn Dawn of the Dead ⓘ
From Dusk Till Dawn ⓘ
Grindhouse ⓘ
Knight Riders ⓘ
Machete ⓘ
Planet Terror ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn Vietnam War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1946-11-03 ⓘ
directed Night of the Living Dead (1990 film) ⓘ
educatedAt CMU ⓘ
surface form: Carnegie Mellon University
familyName Savini ⓘ
fieldOfWork horror cinema ⓘ
special effects ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.tomsavini.com/ ⓘ
hasWritten Grande Illusions ⓘ
Grande Illusions ⓘ
surface form: Grande Illusions: Book II
influenced Greg Nicotero ⓘ
Howard Berger ⓘ
influencedBy Lon Chaney ⓘ
knownFor gore effects in horror films ⓘ
pioneering practical special effects in horror cinema ⓘ
realistic prosthetic makeup ⓘ
name Tom Savini self-link ⓘ
notableWork Creepshow ⓘ
Dawn of the Dead ⓘ
Día de Muertos ⓘ
surface form: Day of the Dead

Friday the 13th ⓘ
From Dusk Till Dawn ⓘ
Maniac ⓘ
Martin ⓘ
The Burning ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
make-up artist ⓘ
special effects makeup artist ⓘ
stunt performer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
residence Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
servedIn United States Army ⓘ
workedOn Creepshow ⓘ
Dawn of the Dead ⓘ
Día de Muertos ⓘ
surface form: Day of the Dead

Friday the 13th ⓘ
Friday the 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter ⓘ
From Dusk Till Dawn ⓘ
Maniac ⓘ
The Burning ⓘ
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 ⓘ

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From Dusk Till Dawn → starring → Tom Savini ⓘ
King Kong (1976 film) → portrayedBy → Tom Savini ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rick Baker
Tom Savini → name → Tom Savini self-link ⓘ
Savini → hasNotableBearer → Tom Savini ⓘ
Dawn of the Dead → specialEffectsBy → Tom Savini ⓘ
Martin → starring → Tom Savini ⓘ
Martin → makeupEffectsArtist → Tom Savini ⓘ
Knight Riders → hasCastMember → Tom Savini ⓘ
Night of the Living Dead (1990 film) → director → Tom Savini ⓘ
Night of the Living Dead (1990 film) → hasMakeupEffectsBy → Tom Savini ⓘ
Grande Illusions → author → Tom Savini ⓘ
Grande Illusions → describesWorkOf → Tom Savini ⓘ
Thomas → alsoKnownAs → Tom Savini ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Vincent Savini
The Burning → makeupEffectsBy → Tom Savini ⓘ
The Demolitionist → mainCastMember → Tom Savini ⓘ
Dick Smith → influenced → Tom Savini ⓘ