George A. Romero: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	George Andrew Romero
Born	February 4, 1940 • New York City • New York
Died	July 16, 2017 (aged 77) • Toronto • Canada
Notable Works	“Creepshow” • “Dawn of the Dead” • “Diary of the Dead” • “Knightriders” • “Monkey Shines” • “Night of the Living Dead” • “Survival of the Dead” • “The Dark Half”

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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.

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Roger Corman smiling and wearing glasses, a blue shirt, and a dark jacket at the Los Angeles premiere of Flags of Our Fathers.

Roger Corman

American writer and director

Sam Raimi wearing a black suit, white shirt, and black tie, smiling at the Los Angeles premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Sam Raimi

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Guillermo del Toro smiles on the red carpet in a black suit, black shirt, and black tie at the Venice International Film Festival.

Guillermo del Toro

Mexican director

Steven Spielberg wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at the camera on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.

Steven Spielberg

American film director and producer

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

American actor, director, and writer

Martin Scorsese smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette at the Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background.

Martin Scorsese

American filmmaker

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

John Huston

American director, writer, and actor

Billy Wilder poses in a suit and hat, leaning against a streetlamp with a sign reading Sunset Blvd. in a promotional photo for the film Sunset Boulevard.

Billy Wilder

Austrian-born American director and producer

Francis Ford Coppola, with a beard, sits on a camera dolly surrounded by crew and actors on the set of The Godfather: Part II, with storefronts in the background.

Francis Ford Coppola

American director and screenwriter

American director Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

American director

Elia Kazan stands on a docked ship set with arms outstretched, directing a scene for Panic in the Streets in New Orleans, with crew members and rigging visible behind him.

Elia Kazan

American director and author

Mankiewicz, Joseph L.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

American filmmaker

Mel Brooks in a tuxedo smiles widely and points at his Emmy Award trophy while posing in front of a blue Emmy Awards backdrop.

Mel Brooks

American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor

Leo McCarey, seated sideways in a director's chair, looks toward the camera in a black-and-white portrait from around 1930.

Leo McCarey

American director

Brian De Palma in 2006, wearing a dark collared jacket and shirt, looking at the camera with a slight smile.

Brian De Palma

American director and screenwriter

George Lucas wearing a black suit and tie with a white shirt, standing in front of a dark backdrop at the 2017 LACMA Art Film Gala in Los Angeles.

George Lucas

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Ben Affleck wearing a dark suit, blue shirt, and navy tie, posing for a photo at the premiere of the film AIR with a blurred event backdrop behind him.

Ben Affleck

American actor, writer, and director

Ryan Murphy in a patterned green tuxedo holds an Emmy Award trophy while standing in front of a black backdrop with the word Emmy visible.

Ryan Murphy

American producer, director, and writer

Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich

American director, critic, and actor

Tod Browning

American director