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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) |
Trivia
Education: Carnegie-Mellon Institute (art, theatre, design).
Prior to Night of the Living Dead, he was better known as an industrial film-maker, who created TV commercials, promotional featurettes and industrial training films. One of his assignments was to shoot short films that were used in the TV show "MisteRogers' Neighborhood" .
Was originally slated to write and direct Resident Evil.
Was slated to direct a theatrical version of Stephen King's novel "The Stand", adapted for the screen by Rospo Pallenberg. The film never materialised. Instead, the novel was adapted into a TV mini-series, The Stand.
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.
In 1968, he reinvented the horror genre with his Night of the Living Dead, a cult classic that made its way onto the prestigious National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
The 2002 Sight & Sound Greatest Films Poll (2002) listed his Top Ten films as The Brothers Karamazov, Casablanca, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, High Noon, King Solomon's Mines, North by Northwest, The Quiet Man, Repulsion, Touch of Evil and The Tales of Hoffmann.
Originally set to direct Pet Sematary, but when filming was delayed, he dropped out and Tom Savini was given the opportunity to direct the film but passed. Finally Mary Lambert stepped in.
Began making movies at the age of 14 with an 8mm camera.
Is good friends with stuntman / special-effects artist / actor / director Tom Savini. The two have worked together on many films.
Dawn of the Dead, the remake of his movie Dawn of the Dead, was released before the fourth part of his Zombie-series, Land of the Dead was even filmed.
He has two children, a son and a daughter (who will be attending Tisch, NYU in the Fall 2006 to study film-making).
He resides in Toronto, Canada.
Was originally set to direct two Stephen King stories that would later turn into TV-features: Salem's Lot & The Stand.
Father of Tina Romero.
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