George A. Romero

George Andrew Romero (born 4 February , 1940 ) is an American director, writer, editor and actor. He is best known for his Dead Series , a tetrology of Horror Movies with a Zombie apocalypse theme and which are known for providing a commentary on contemporary society.

He was born and raised in '' ( 1968 ). The movie, directed by Romero and co-written with John A. Russo , became a Cult Classic in the 1970s . Romero updated his original screenplay and was executive producer of the remake of '' Night Of The Living Dead '' directed by Tom Savini for Columbia/Tristar in 1990 .

Romero's next films were less popular: '' There's Always Vanilla '' ( 1971 ), '' Jack's Wife/Season Of The Witch '' ( 1972 ) and '' The Crazies '' ( 1973 ). Though not as acclaimed as ''Night of the Living Dead'' or some of his later work, these films had his signature social commentary while dealing with issues (usually horror-related) at the microscopic level. ''The Crazies'', about a biospill that creates madness, and the critically acclaimed and arthouse success '' Martin '' ( 1976 ), a film that strikingly deconstructs the Vampire myth, were the two standout efforts during this period. Like almost all of his films, they were shot in or around Romero's favorite city of Pittsburgh .

In 1978 , Romero returned to the Zombie genre with '' Dawn Of The Dead '' ( 1978 ). Shot on a budget of just $1.5 million, the film earned over $55 million worldwide and was named one of the top Cult Film s by '' Entertainment Weekly '' in 2003. Romero made a third entry in his "Dead Series" with '' Day Of The Dead '' ('' 1985 ''), although this was less popular at the box office.

During this time, Romero also made '' Knightriders '' ( 1981 ), another festival favorite about a group of modern-day jousters who re-enact tournaments on motorcycles, and the successful '' Creepshow '' ( 1982 ), written by Stephen King , an anthology of tongue-in-cheek tales that were modeled after 1950s horror comics.

Throughout the latter half of the 1980s and 90s, Romero made various films, including '' Monkey Shines '' ( 1988 ) about a killer monkey; '' Two Evil Eyes '' ( 1990 ), an Edgar Allan Poe adaptation in collaboration with Dario Argento ; the Stephen King adaptation '' The Dark Half '' ( 1992 ); and '' Bruiser '' ( 2000 ), about a man's face that becomes a blank mask.

Romero had a cameo appearance in Jonathan Demme's Academy Award-winning '' The Silence Of The Lambs '' in 1991 as one of Hannibal Lecter's jailers.

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