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George A. Romero
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| Nickname: | George A. Romero / George Romero / |
| Known for: | Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Land of the Dead |
| Birth name: | George Andrew Romero |
| Birthday: | 4 February 1940, New York, New York, USA |
| Height: | 6' 5" (1.96 m) |
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Trivia
Education: Carnegie-Mellon Institute (art, theatre, design).
Was originally slated to write and direct Resident Evil (2002).
Frequently casts African-Americans as the heroes of his films, although the parts aren't usually written specifically for any particular race, going against the stereotype of the Black character dying early in horror films.
The 2002 Sight & Sound Greatest Films Poll (2002) listed his Top Ten films as The Brothers Karamazov (1958), Casablanca (1942), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), High Noon (1952), King Solomon's Mines (1950), North by Northwest (1959), The Quiet Man (1952), Repulsion (1965), Touch of Evil (1958), and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951).
Began making movies at the age of 14 with an 8mm camera.
Dawn of the Dead (2004), the remake of his movie Dawn of the Dead (1978), was released before the fourth part of his Zombie-series, Land of the Dead (2005), was even filmed.
He resides in Toronto, Canada.
Father of Tina Romero and G. Cameron Romero.
Was originally attached to write and direct Resident Evil (2002), but left the project in 1999 due to creative differences over the script.
A big fan of The Archers' (aka the British team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger) movie The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), based on Jacques Offenbach's operetta. He is interviewed at length about his love for the film and especially its artistic direction, use of color, and use of fantasy/horror themes in a special feature included on the Criterion Collection's 2005 DVD release of the film. Before video tape and DVD versions of the film were available, Romero would frequently rent a 16-millimeter film copy--as would Martin Scorsese, he subsequently learned, from the very same New York City rental company. Alas, Romero reported that the two fans have not yet become aware of each other.
