Savini later said that his experiences during the war influenced his style of makeup gore.Īfter his tour of duty, he attended Carnegie-Mellon University as the first undergraduate to be given a full fellowship in the acting and directing program. He continued to practice his special effects makeup in Vietnam, scaring peasants who said he could turn into a monster at will. He says that he thought of it all as special effects makeup as a way to cope with the horrors he saw. He told a local newspaper from his hometown that it was his job to take photographs of damaged machines and injured people. Savini served in Vietnam as a combat photographer during the war. He acted in stage productions during college and after his return from his tour of duty in Vietnam! After high school, he attended Point Park University for three years and then enlisted in the United States Army. He used to combine his makeup applications and acting skills to scare his friends. During this experimentation, he discovered his passion for acting. He experimented with whatever mediums he could lay his hands on, first practicing on himself, and then later, his friends. He attributes his first desire to create makeup special effcts to Chaney's film Man of a Thousand Faces. As a boy, he was inspired by actor Lon Chaney Sr. He was raised as a Catholic and graduated from Central Catholic High School. Tom Savini was born of Italian descent in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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