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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. Widely regarded as an influential pioneer of the horror film genre and in particular zombie films , he has been called an "icon" and the "Father of the Zombie Film".
Romero died Sunday in his sleep after a battle with lung cancer according to a statement from Romero's producing partner Peter Grunwald to the L.A. Times. George A. Romero, father of the zombie ...
George A. Romero in 2007. 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 ...
Diary of the Dead (promoted as George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead) is a 2007 found footage horror film written and directed by George A. Romero. [2] Although independently produced, it was distributed theatrically by The Weinstein Company and was released in cinemas on February 15, 2008 [3] and on DVD by Dimension Extreme and Genius Products on May 20, 2008.
It’s only fitting that George A. Romero, who created the zombie movie as we know it, would release a film from beyond the grave. Nearly 50 years after it was completed, shelved and thought to be ...
Producer Suzanne Desrocher-Romero is in the process of completing her late husband George A. Romero’s first attempt at filmmaking, which tells the story of an African American father and his son.
Ben, played by Duane Jones. The low-budget film included no well-known actors, [10] but propelled the careers of some cast members. [11] Two independent film companies from Pittsburgh—Hardman Associates and director George A. Romero's The Latent Image—combined to form Image Ten, a production company chartered only to create Night of the Living Dead. [12]
In 1998, Capcom hired Romero to direct a live-action commercial for the survival horror game Resident Evil 2 that only aired in Japan, where the game was known as Biohazard 2. [46] The commercial impressed executives at Sony Pictures who contacted Romero to direct a live action film adaptation of Resident Evil. [46]