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Portrait of film director George A. Romero smiling outdoors at the 66th Venice Film Festival, with greenery blurred in the background. Black and white lobby card for Night of the Living Dead (1968) shows a group of zombie-like figures in nightgowns, with bold text above reading They Won't Stay Dead and film credits below. scene from Land of the Dead
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George A. Romero

American director, writer, and producer
Also known as: George Andrew Romero
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George A. Romero (born February 4, 1940, Bronx, New York, U.S.—died July 16, 2017, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was an 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.) After graduating in 1960 from the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh, Romero filmed short segments for Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, a popular children’s television series produced...

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