FrightFest, in partnership with Variety Magazine, are set to present
the inaugural Variety Award at FrightFest to renowned special effects and
make-up artist Greg Nicotero.
Nicotero will be presented with the award on Saturday August 25,
following an on-stage interview at this year’s FrightFest The
13th.
"FrightFest is very proud to be associated with Variety Magazine,”
said FrightFest co-director Ian Rattray. “We feel Greg Nicotero is a perfect
choice to receive this historic award - the first to be given out at a
FrightFest event.”
An acknowledged master of his field Nicotero is an idol of horror
fans with a 30-year career that has seen him work on virtually every major
horror franchise.
"Film4 FrightFest is delighted to welcome back Greg Nicotero,” added
co-director Alan Jones. “Every time we see him his career seems to have taken
another quantum leap and we are thrilled Variety has recognised his contribution
to the genre in both fan and business terms. We love his company as much as his
professionalism and are looking forward to hosting him on this auspicious
occasion.”
One of the founders of KNB Effects Group in 1988, with Howard Berger
and Robert Kurtzman, Nicotero has worked with the great modern filmmakers on
both the big and small screen.
His enduring relationships with directors including Quentin
Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Wes Craven, Frank Darabont, George A. Romero and
Sam Raimi demonstrates the value top filmmakers place on his
skill.
From “The Pacific,” “Deadwood,” and “The Walking Dead” on television
to features including “Kill Bill,” “Misery,” “The Chronicles Of Narnia: The
Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe,” “Mulholland Drive,” “Sin City” and “The Green
Mile” Nicotero and his studio have consistently supplied some of the most
spectacular and imaginative effects and prosthetics seen on screen over the past
three decades.
Film4
FrightFest The 13th is on from Thurs 23 August to Monday 27
at
the Empire
Cinema in London’s Leicester Square. It will present 48 films in three screens.
Empire 1 will house the main event while the Discovery and the newly-created
Re-Discovery strand will play in Empires 4 & 5. There are eleven countries represented,
with a record-beating fifteen world premieres and twenty-three UK or European
premieres.
Tickets
for Individual films are on sale from 28th July.
Bookings:
08 714 714
714 or www.empirecinemas.co.uk