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George A. Romero
| Full Name: |
George
Andrew
Romero |
| Born: |
February 4, 1940
New York City, New York, USA |
| Died: |
July 16, 2017
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation: |
Director, Writer, Editor, Actor |
| Nationality: |
American-Canadian |
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Biography
George Andrew Romero Jr was an American-Canadian film director, writer, editor and actor. His Night of the Living Dead series of films about a zombie apocalypse began with the original Night of the Living Dead and is considered a major contributor to the image of the zombie in modern culture.
Romero was born in New York City borough of The Bronx, to a Cuban-born father of Spanish parentage and a Lithuanian American mother. After graduating in 1960, he began his career shooting short films and commercials. One of his early commercial films, a segment for Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in which Mr Rogers underwent a tonsillectomy, inspired Romero to go into the horror film business. He, along with nine friends, formed Image Ten Productions in the late 1960s, and produced Night of the Living Dead (1968). The movie, directed by Romero and co-written with John A. Russo, became a cult classic and a defining moment for modern horror cinema.
In 2009 he became a Canadian citizen, and resided with his second wife, Suzanne, in Toronto until his death in 2017 from cancer.
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