John Vulich

John Vulich (1961 – October 12, 2016) was an American make-up effects artist and co-founder of Optic Nerve Studios.

John Vulich
Born	1961 (1961)
Died	October 12, 2016(2016-10-12) (aged 54–55)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Make-up effects artist

Early life

Vulich was born in Fresno, California. During high school he experimented with special effects and began corresponding with Tom Savini. Savini brought Vulich in as a personal assistant for the Friday the 13th series.^[1]

Special effects career

Vulich continued working on 80's monster movies, including Ghoulies, Day of the Dead,^[2] and The Lost Boys.^[3] In 1989 Vulich decided to open his own company, Optic Nerve Studios, with Everett Burrell.^[1]

From there Vulich and the rest of Optic Nerve Studio would go on to work on well known science fiction and horror shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, The X-Files, and Babylon 5.

Vulich sold Optic Nerve Studio to Glenn Hetrick and went on to work in production at Disney Studios before dying of a heart attack on October 12, 2016.^[4]

Awards

Year	Award	Title	Results	Ref
1991	Saturn Award for Best Make-Up	Night of the Living Dead	Nominated
1993		The Dark Half	Nominated
1994	Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series	Babylon 5	Won	[5]
1995			Nominated	[5]
1997	Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Makeup for a Series		Nominated	[5]
		Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Nominated	[6]
1998		Babylon 5: In the Beginning	Nominated
		Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Won	[6]
1999			Nominated	[6]
1999		The X-Files	Won	[7]
2002	Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Prosthetic)	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Nominated	[6]