Tom Savini's Special Make-Up Effects Program

Tom Savini's Special Make-Up Effects Program is a two-year academic program at the Douglas Education Center in Monessen, Pennsylvania, outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

[3] The program curriculum was designed by Tom Savini, a horror special effects and makeup artist known for his work in Friday the 13th, Dawn of the Dead, and Day of the Dead.

[3] Students study Make-up Application, Mold Making and Casting, Animation Fabrication, and Exhibit and Display Design.

[2][4] In addition to learning the skills with special effects and make-up for films, students learn skills that can be applied in creating scenes for museums, molding prosthetic limbs, or creating toys.

[4] Program alumni have gone on to work at McFarlane Toys, Smithsonian Institution, Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights, KNB EFX Group, Jordu Schell, and Saturday Night Live.