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George Andrew Romero Jr. (/ r ə ˈ m ɛər oʊ /; February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017) was an American-Canadian film director, writer, editor and actor.His Night of the Living Dead series of films about a zombie apocalypse began with the original Night of the Living Dead (1968) and is considered a major contributor to the image of the zombie in modern culture.
- 1960–2017
- Films based on an imagined zombie apocalypse
George A. Romero. Writer: Land of the Dead. George A. Romero never set out to become a Hollywood figure; by all indications, though, he was very successful. The director of the groundbreaking "Living Dead" films was born February 4, 1940 ,in New York City to Ann (Dvorsky) and Jorge Romero.
- Producer, Writer, Director
- February 4, 1940
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- July 16, 2017
Jul 17, 2017 · George Andrew Romero was born in the Bronx in New York City on Feb. 4, 1940. He attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, graduating in 1961 from the university’s College of Fine Arts. ...
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May 3, 2024 · George A. Romero (born February 4, 1940, Bronx, New York, U.S.—died July 16, 2017, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) American film director, writer, and producer who was best known for his contributions to the horror movie genre. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) lobby card for Night of the Living Dead.
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George made the third entry in his “Living Dead Series” with Day of the Dead in 1985. Between the latter two "Dead" films, Romero shot Knightriders (1981), another festival favorite about a group of modern-day jousters who re-enact tournaments on motorcycles; and Creepshow (1982), written by Stephen King, an anthology of tongue-in-cheek tales modeled after 1950s horror comics.
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George A. Romero (1940–2017) was an American - Canadian film director, writer, editor and cinematographer. He contributed to many projects as either the writer, director, editor, cinematographer or a combination of the four. Romero's first project was the 1968 horror film Night of the Living Dead, which he produced independently.
George A. Romero. Writer: Land of the Dead. George A. Romero never set out to become a Hollywood figure; by all indications, though, he was very successful. The director of the groundbreaking "Living Dead" films was born February 4, 1940 ,in New York City to Ann (Dvorsky) and Jorge Romero. His father was born in Spain and raised in Cuba, and his mother was Lithuanian. He grew up in New...
