Tom Savini

Person · Open Library

Born

1946-11-03

Works

4

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Film & TV

Costume & Make-Up · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Thomas Vincent "Tom" Savini (born November 3, 1946) is an American actor, stuntman, director, 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 Creepshow, The Burning, Friday the 13th, The Prowler, and Maniac. He directed the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead. Though officially retired from special…

Known for

• Black Zombie — Self2026
• Queens of the Dead — Mayor2025
• Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies — Self - (archive footage)2025
• Terrifier 3 — Bystander2024
• Taste the Blood of Martin — Himself2023
• Spooktacular! — Self2023
• That's a Wrap — Manager2023
• Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento — self2022
• In Search of Darkness: Part III — Self2022
• The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time — Self2022

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

227

Total plays

466

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

   · 2020 · cited 34,522x

2. Particle mesh Ewald: An <i>N</i>⋅log(<i>N</i>) method for Ewald sums in large systems

   · 1993 · cited 29,197x

3. A Global Measure of Perceived Stress

   · 1983 · cited 25,225x

4. The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)

   · 2016 · cited 22,840x

5. A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate

   · 2009 · cited 22,266x

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Quotes

• “I make sure that they photograph everything they do. And they have to have a portfolio to graduate. You know, there’s no formula for success out there, but what works is: learn how [to photograph], photograph everything you do and you put those photographs in front of people that can help hire you. That works.”
• “Love stories—yeah, there’s something about them. I cry when somebody does something good for somebody, not something horrible. I avoid all the horrible stuff. But to me, when a human being is sincerely generous, or kind or overly helpful to another human being, that’s when I tear up. I just love the idea of love.”
• “I love CGI when it’s done well. It may sound strange coming from me, because if you watch my stuff in movies it’s happening right in front of you, but I wish we had CGI back then to solve some problems. Getting rid of an edge or enhancing stuff, which is what they have today. I love it when it’s done well.”
• “Tom Savini Explains The Enduring Appeal of Zombies, In Film and On TV (March 14, 2014)”

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Key dates

Born

3 November 1946

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Tom

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Pittsburgh

Occupation

actor

Educated at

Carnegie Mellon University

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

horror film

Official website

www.savini.com