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George A. Romero
Romero at the2009 Venice Film Festival
Born
George Andrew Romero Jr.

(1940-02-04)February 4, 1940
New York City,U.S.
DiedJuly 16, 2017(2017-07-16)(aged 77)
Toronto, Ontario,Canada
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  • Canada
EducationCarnegie Mellon University(BFA)
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Years active1960–2017
Known forFilms based on an imaginedzombie apocalypse
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George Andrew Romero Jr.(/rəˈmɛəroʊ/;February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017) was an American-Canadian film director, writer, editor and actor. HisNight of the Living Deadseriesof films about azombie apocalypsebegan with the originalNight of the Living Dead(1968) and is considered a major contributor to the image of the zombie in modern culture. Other films in the series includeDawn of the Dead(1978) andDay of the Dead(1985).[1]

Romero later revived his attachment to the sub-genre withLand of the Dead(2005),Diary of the Dead(2007), andSurvival of the Dead(2009), his final film. Aside from this series, his works includeThe Crazies(1973),Martin(1977),Knightriders(1981),Creepshow(1982),Monkey Shines(1988),The Dark Half(1993), andBruiser(2000). He also created and executive-produced the television seriesTales from the Darksidefrom 1983 to 1988. Romero is often described as an influential pioneer of the horror film genre and has been called the "Father of the Zombie Film" and an "icon".[2][3]

Early life[edit]

Romero was born on February 4, 1940, in the New York City borough ofthe Bronx,the son of Anne Romero (Dvorsky) and George M. Romero, acommercial artist.[4]His mother wasLithuanian,and his father was fromSpainbut had immigrated toCubaas a child.[5][6]His father has been reported as being born inA Coruña,with his family coming from theGaliciantown ofNeda,[7][8]although Romero once described his father as ofCastiliandescent.[9]

Raised in theParkchestersection ofthe Bronx,he would frequently ride the subway intoManhattanto rentfilm reelsto view at his house.[10]He was one of only two people who repeatedly rented the opera-based filmThe Tales of Hoffmann,the other was future directorMartin Scorsese.[11]Romero attendedCarnegie Mellon UniversityinPittsburgh.[12]

Career[edit]

1960s[edit]

Night of the Living Dead(full film)

After graduating from college in 1960,[13][14]Romero began his career shooting short films and TV commercials.[15][16]One of his early commercial films was a segment forMister Rogers' Neighborhoodin whichFred Rogersunderwent atonsillectomy.[17]With nine friends, including screenwriterJohn A. Russo,Romero formedImage Ten Productionsin the late 1960s.[18]This is the production company that producedNight of the Living Dead(1968). Directed by Romero and co-written with John A. Russo,[19][self-published source?]the movie became acult classicand a defining moment for modern horror cinema.[20][self-published source?]

Among the inspiration for Romero's filmmaking, as told toRobert K. Elderin an interview forThe Film That Changed My Life,[21]was the British film,The Tales of Hoffmann(1951), from thePowell and Pressburgerteam.

It was the filmmaking, the fantasy, the fact that it was a fantasy and it had a few frightening, sort of bizarre things in it. It was everything. It was really a movie for me, and it gave me an early appreciation for the power of visual media—the fact that you could experiment with it. He was doing all his tricks in-camera, and they were sort of obvious. That made me feel that, gee, maybe I could figure this medium out. It was transparent, but it worked.[22]

1970s and 1980s[edit]

Romero (center) on the set ofKnightriders,1980

The three films that Romero created that followedNight of the Living Dead:There's Always Vanilla(1971),Jack's Wife / Season of the Witch(1972) andThe Crazies(1973) were not as well received asNight of the Living Deador some of his later work.[23]The Crazies,dealing with a bio spill that induces an epidemic of homicidal madness, and the critically acclaimedarthousesuccessMartin(1978), a film that deals with thevampiremyth, were the two well-known films from this period.[24][25]

Romero returned to thezombiegenre in 1978 withDawn of the Dead.Shot on a budget of $1.5 million, the film earned over $55 million internationally and was later named one of the topcult filmsbyEntertainment Weeklyin 2003.[26]He made the third entry in his "Dead Series" withDay of the Deadin 1985.

Between these two films, Romero shotKnightriders(1981), another festival favorite about a group of modern-day jousters who reenact tournaments on motorcycles,[27]andCreepshow(1982), written byStephen King,an anthology of tongue-in-cheek tales modeled after 1950s horror comics.[28]The cult-classic success ofCreepshowled to the creation of Romero'sTales from the Darkside,a horror anthology television series that aired from 1983 to 1988.[29]As the decade drew to a close, Romero directedMonkey Shines(1988), about aservice animal.

1990s[edit]

Romero updated his original screenplay and executive-produced the 1990 remake ofNight of the Living Deaddirected byTom SaviniforColumbia/TriStar.Savini is also responsible for the makeup and special effects in many of Romero's films includingDawn of the Dead,Day of the Dead,Creepshow,andMonkey Shines.

The early nineties also featured directorial effortsTwo Evil Eyes(a.k.a. "Due occhi Diabolici", 1990), anEdgar Allan Poeadaptation in collaboration withDario ArgentoandThe Dark Half(1993) from a novel written byStephen King.In 1991, he made acameo appearanceinJonathan Demme's Academy Award-winningThe Silence of the Lambs(1991) as one ofHannibal Lecter's jailers[30][31]

In 1994, Romero shot a short film,Jacaranda Joe,about people running into a community ofBigfoot.[32]Filmed atValencia Collegein Florida, it was the first film that Romero shot entirely outside of Pittsburgh.[33]

In 1998, Romero produced and directed an unaired pilot aboutProfessional wrestlingentitledIron City Asskickers.[34]It was eventually released on DVD and VHS in 2021.[35]

In 1998, he directed alive-actioncommercial promoting the video gameResident Evil 2in Los Angeles. The 30-second advertisement featured the game's two main characters,Leon S. Kennedy(portrayed by actorBrad Renfro) andClaire Redfield(Adrienne Frantz), fighting a horde of zombies while inRaccoon City's police station.[36]The project was obvious territory for Romero, theResident Evilseries has been heavily influenced by the "Dead Series." The commercial was popular and was shown in the weeks before the game's actual release, although a contract dispute prevented it from being shown outside Japan.Capcomwas so impressed with Romero's work, it was strongly indicated that Romero would direct the firstResident Evilfilm. He declined at first — "I don't wanna make another film with zombies in it, and I couldn't make a movie based on something that ain't mine"[37]— although in later years, he reconsidered and wrote a script for the first movie. It was eventually rejected in favor ofPaul W. S. Anderson's version.[36]

In the mid 1990s, he wrote a script for a film adaptation of the firstoriginalGoosebumpsbookWelcome to Dead House.It was eventually rejected altogether, although Romero's screenplay is kept archived byThe University of Pittsburgh.[38]

2000s[edit]

Romero attending ahorror convention,2005

2000 saw the release ofBruiser,about a man whose face becomes a blank mask.[30]Universal Studiosproduced and released a 2004 remake ofDawn of the Dead,with which Romero was not involved. Later that year, Romero kicked off theDC ComicstitleToe Tagswith a six-issue miniseries titledThe Death of Death.Based on an unused script that Romero had written for his "Dead Series", the comic miniseries concerns Damien, an intelligent zombie who remembers his former life, struggling to find his identity as he battles armies of both the living and the dead. Typical of a Romero zombie tale, the miniseries includes ample supply of bothgoreandsocial commentary(dealing particularly here withcorporate greedand terrorism — ideas he would also explore in his next film in the series,Land of the Dead). Romero has stated that the miniseries is set in the same kind of world as hisDeadfilms, but featured other locales besides Pittsburgh, where the majority of his films take place.[39]

In 2000, Romero directed aMisfitsmusic video, the only one he's ever directed, for the songScream!The Misfits also appeared in Bruiser, performing the songs "Bruiser" and "Fiend Without a Face."

Romero, who lived inToronto,directed a fourthDeadmovie in that city,Land of the Dead,released in 2005. The movie's working title was "Dead Reckoning." ActorsSimon Baker,Dennis Hopper,Asia Argento,andJohn Leguizamostarred and the film was released byUniversal Pictures(who released theDawn of the Deadremake the year before). The film received generally positive reviews.[40]

Romero collaborated with the game company Hip Interactive to create a game calledCity of the Dead,but the project was canceled midway due to the company's financial problems.[41][42]

In June 2006, Romero began his next project, calledZombisodes.Broadcast on the Internet, it is a combination of a series of "Making of" shorts and story expansion detailing the work behind the 2007 filmGeorge A. Romero's Diary of the Dead.Shooting began in Toronto in July 2006.[citation needed]

In August 2006,The Hollywood Reporterannounced that Romero signed on to write and directGeorge A. Romero's Diary of the Dead,which follows a group of college students filming a horror movie who proceed to film the events that follow when the dead rise.[43][44]

After a limited theatrical release,Diary of the Deadwas released onDVDby Dimension Extreme on May 20, 2008, and later toBlu-rayon October 21, 2008.[45] Shooting began in Toronto in September 2008 on Romero'sSurvival of the Dead(2009). The film was initially reported to be a direct sequel toDiary of the Dead,but the film features onlyAlan van Sprang,who appeared briefly as a rogue National Guard officer, reprising his role from the previous film, and did not retain the first-person camerawork ofDiary of the Dead.[46]The film centers on two feuding families taking very different approaches in dealing with the living dead on a small coastal island. The film premiered at the 2009Toronto International Film Festival.Prior to the May 28, 2010, theatrical release in the United States,Survival of the Deadwas made available tovideo on demandand was aired as a special one-night showing on May 26, 2010, onHDNet.[47]

Some critics have seen social commentary in much of Romero's work. They viewNight of the Living Deadas a film made in reaction to the turbulent 1960s,Dawn of the Deadas asatireonconsumerism,Day of the Deadas a study of the conflict between science and the military,Land of the Deadas an examination ofclass conflict,Diary of the Deadas a film made in reaction to the "emerging media"andSurvival of the Deadas a study onwarandconflict.[48]

2010s[edit]

Romero in 2016

In 2010, Romero stated that he had plans for two more "Dead" movies which would be connected toDiary of the Deadand they would be made depending on how successfulSurvival of the Deadwas. Romero, however, said that his next project would not involve zombies and he was going for the scare factor, but offered no further details.[49]

Romero made an appearance in the second downloadable map pack called "Escalation" for the video gameCall of Duty: Black Ops.He appears as himself in the zombies map "Call of the Dead" as a non-playable enemy character.[50]Romero is featured alongside actorsSarah Michelle Gellar,Danny Trejo,Michael Rooker,andRobert Englund,all of the four being playable characters. He is portrayed as a powerful "Boss" zombie armed with a movie studio light.

In 2012, Romero returned to video games recording his voice for "Zombie Squash" as the lead villain, Dr. B. E. Vil. "Zombie Squash HD Free" game was released by ACW Games for theiPadin November 2012.[51]

In 2014,Marvel Comicsbegan releasingEmpire of the Dead,a 15-issue miniseries written by Romero. The series is broken up into three acts, five issues each, and features not only zombies but alsovampires.[52]

A prequel comic book series based on Romero's unproduced zombie film ideaRoad of the Deadwas announced byIDWin July 2018.[53][54]The 3-part mini-series was released in December 2018.[54]

In April 2021, it was announced that Romero's unproduced film treatment for "Twilight of the Dead" was put back into development under the supervision of Suzanne Romero, with co-writer Paolo Zelati finishing the script. Suzanne told The Hollywood Reporter, "This is the film he wanted to make. And while someone else will carry the torch as the director, it is very much a George A. Romero film."[55]In August 2023, the film was announced to start production in fall 2023 once the currentSAG-AFTRAstrike comes to an end.[56]A month later, it was announced that the film would be directed byBrad Anderson.[57]

Personal life[edit]

Romero was married three times. He married his first wife, Nancy, in 1971. They divorced in 1978. They had one child together, Cameron, who later became a filmmaker.[58]

Romero met his second wife, actressChristine Forrest,on the set ofSeason of the Witch(1973), and they married in 1981.[59]She hadbit partsin most of his films. They had two children together, Andrew and Tina Romero. The couple divorced in 2010 after three decades of marriage.[citation needed]

Romero met Suzanne Desrocher while filmingLand of the Dead(2005), and they married in September 2011 atMartha's Vineyardand lived inToronto.[60]He acquired Canadian citizenship in 2009, becoming a dual Canada-U.S. citizen.[61]

Death[edit]

On July 16, 2017, Romero died following a "brief but aggressive battle withlung cancer",according to a statement by his longtime producing partner, Peter Grunwald. Romero died while listening to the score of one of his favorite films,The Quiet Man(1952), with his wife, Suzanne Desrocher Romero, and daughter from his second marriage, Tina Romero, at his side.[62]

Influences[edit]

Romero ranked his top ten films of all time for the 2002Sight & SoundGreatest Films Poll. They areThe Brothers Karamazov,Casablanca,Dr. Strangelove,High Noon,King Solomon's Mines,North by Northwest(a film on which a teenaged Romero worked as agofer),The Quiet Man,Repulsion,Touch of EvilandThe Tales of Hoffmann.Romero listed the films in Alpha betical order, with special placement given toMichael Powell'sThe Tales of Hoffmann,which he cites as "my favorite film of all time, the movie that made me want to make movies."[63]

Awards and nominations[edit]

On October 27, 2009, Romero was honored with the Mastermind Award at Spike TV'sScream 2009.The tribute was presented by longtime Romero fanQuentin Tarantino,who stated in his speech that the "A" in George A. Romero stood for "A Fucking Genius."[64]

Legacy[edit]

Regarded as the "Godfather of the Dead",[65]as well as the "Father of the Modern Movie Zombie",[66]criticOwen Gleibermansaid of Romero that he was "a maestro of zombie terror who created the ultimate horror-movie metaphor" and remarked that "the real metaphor isn't only about Vietnam, or capitalism, or even disease, or anything else that you can stuff into a fortune cookie. It's about something more basic but ethereal, something that you can sense without putting it into words: the hidden aggression we all feel deep down, as the price of too much civilization."[67]

In 2010, writer and actorMark Gatissinterviewed Romero for his BBC documentary seriesA History of Horror,in which he appears in the third episode.[68]Los Angeles Times.Romero's influence, and that ofNight of the Living Dead,is widely seen among numerous filmmakers and artists, in particular those who have worked in the zombie subgenre,[69]including comics writerRobert Kirkman,[66]novelistSeth Grahame-Smith,[70]and filmmakersJohn Carpenter,[71][72][73]Edgar Wright[74]andJack Thomas Smith.[75]

Theseason eightpremiere episode "Mercy"of the zombie-based showThe Walking Dead,the first to air after Romero's death, dedicated the episode to Romero; showrunnerScott M. Gimplesaid that the show "owes a great debt" to Romero for his impact on popular culture.[76]

In October 2017, the video gameDying Lightincluded a mural of George A. Romero near one of the many in-game safehouses.

In May 2019, theUniversity of Pittsburghannounced it had acquired George Romero's archives and that a multimedia exhibit be created and open to the public in the university'sHillman Library.[77][78]

In September 2019, theCall of Duty: Black Ops 4Zombies map "Tag der Toten" pays homage to Romero by including his pair of glasses that the player can interact with, each character giving remorse for his passing. The map is a re-imagining of theCall of Duty: Black Opsmap "Call of the Dead", which Romero made an appearance on. The name of the map is German for Day of the Dead, which is a reference to Romero's movie of the same name.

The George A. Romero Non-Profit Foundation[edit]

The George A. Romero Foundation is anonprofit organizationdedicated to preserving and promoting Romero's legacy. Founded in 2018 by Romero's wife Suzanne Desrocher-Romero, the Foundation's mission is to advance the causes for which George Romero was a champion – creativity within the horror genre and independent filmmaking in general – as well as preserving and documenting the history of the genre in all forms and contributing to its future by encouraging new generations of filmmakers, artists, and creators.

Bibliography[edit]

  1. Dawn of the Dead(with Susan Sparrow; movie tie-in), 1979.[79]
  2. Martin(with Susan Sparrow; movie tie-in), 1984.[80]
  3. Toe Tags#1-6 ( "The Death of Death";DC Comics), 2004–2005.[39]
  4. Empire of the Dead(Marvel Comics), 2014–2015.[81]
  5. Nights of the Living Deadco-edited byJonathan Maberryand George Romero (St. Martin's Griffin), 2017.[82]
  6. The Living Dead(withDaniel Kraus), 2020.[83]
  7. Pay the Piper(with Daniel Kraus), 2024.[84]

Forewords written by Romero[edit]

  1. Bizarro!byTom Savini(foreword), 1984.ISBN0517553198
  2. Book of the Deadedited byJohn Skippand Craig Spector (foreword), 1989.[85]
  3. ZOMBIES! An Illustrated History of the UndeadForeword by George A. Romero.[86]
  4. The Extraordinary Adventures of Dog Mendonça and Pizzaboy II – ApocalipsebyFilipe MeloandJuan Cavia(foreword), 2011.[87]

Filmography[edit]

Main article:George A. Romero filmography

See also[edit]

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