Editing George A. Romero

{{short description|American filmmaker (1940–2017)}}
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| image              = George Romero, 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra).jpg
| caption            = Romero at the [[2009 Venice Film Festival]]
| birth_name         = George Andrew Romero Jr.
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1940|2|4}}
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| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2017|7|16|1940|2|4}}
| death_place        = [[Toronto, Ontario]], Canada
| burial_place       = [[Toronto Necropolis]]
| citizenship        = {{hlist|United States|Canada}}
| years_active       = 1960–2017
| othername          = {{hlist|Godfather of the Dead|Father of the [[List of zombie films|Zombie Film]]}}
| education          = [[Carnegie Mellon University]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
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| known_for          = Films based on an imagined [[zombie apocalypse]]
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| {{Marriage|[[Christine Forrest]]|1980|2010|end=div}}
| {{Marriage|Suzanne Desrocher|2011}}}}
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'''George Andrew Romero Jr.''' ({{IPAc-en|r|ə|ˈ|m|ɛər|oʊ}}; February 4, 1940&nbsp;– July 16, 2017) was an American-Canadian film director, writer, editor and actor. His [[Night of the Living Dead (film series)|''Night of the Living Dead'' series]] of films about a [[zombie apocalypse]] began with the original ''[[Night 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 include ''[[Dawn of the Dead (1978 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' (1978) and ''[[Day of the Dead (1985 film)|Day of the Dead]]'' (1985).<ref name="PM">{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/159439-legacy-of-the-living-dead/|title=The Zombification Family Tree: Legacy of the Living Dead|date=June 15, 2012|author=J.C. Maçek III|work=PopMatters}}</ref>

Romero later revived his attachment to the sub-genre with ''[[Land of the Dead]]'' (2005), ''[[Diary of the Dead]]'' (2007), and ''[[Survival of the Dead]]'' (2009), his final film. Aside from this series, his works include ''[[The Crazies (1973 film)|The Crazies]]'' (1973), ''[[Martin (1978 film)|Martin]]'' (1977), ''[[Knightriders]]'' (1981), ''[[Creepshow]]'' (1982), ''[[Monkey Shines (film)|Monkey Shines]]'' (1988), ''[[The Dark Half (film)|The Dark Half]]'' (1993), and ''[[Bruiser (2000 film)|Bruiser]]'' (2000). He also created and executive-produced the television series ''[[Tales from the Darkside]]'' from 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".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/george-a-romero-dead-night-living-dead-director-was-77-945346|title=George A. Romero, Father of the Zombie Film, Dies at 77 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=July 16, 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/zombie-movie-icon-george-romero-dies-at-77 |title=George Romero, zombie movie icon, dies at 77 |last=Davis |first=Clint |date=July 16, 2017 |work=WFTS |access-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref>

==Early life==
Romero was born on February 4, 1940, in the New York City borough of [[the Bronx]], the son of Anne Romero (Dvorsky) and George M. Romero, a [[commercial art]]ist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/70/George-A-Romero.html |title=George A. Romero Biography (1940–) |publisher=Filmreference.com |date=February 4, 1940 |access-date=January 23, 2016}}</ref> His mother was [[Lithuania]]n, and his father was from [[Spain]] but had emigrated to [[Cuba]] as a child.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.genreonline.net/GENRE_ONLINE_Interview_George_Romero.html |title=The GENRE ONLINE.NET Interview – Writer and Director George A. Romero |publisher=Genreonline.net |access-date=January 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bem_DQAAQBAJ&q=%22Romero%22+%22Ann+Dvorsky%22&pg=PT6 |title=Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology |first1=Jonathan |last1=Maberry |first2=George A. |last2=Romero |date=July 11, 2017 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=9781250112255 |via=Google Books}}</ref> His father has been reported as being born in [[A Coruña]], with his family coming from the [[Galicia (Spain)|Galician]] town of [[Neda, Galicia|Neda]],<ref>[http://www.centrallibrera.com/FERROL/GeorgeARomero.htm George A Romero: un director de cine casi nedense] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213755/http://www.centrallibrera.com/FERROL/GeorgeARomero.htm |date=October 4, 2013}}, article by historian Manuel Pérez Grueiro in ''Revista de Neda. Anuario Cultural do Concello de Neda'', nº 11, pp 21-24, 2008, re-published on Central Librera [[Ferrol, Galicia|Ferrol]] bookshop's website.</ref><ref>[http://praza.gal/cultura/5560/os-zombis-tenen-orixe-galega/ Os zombis teñen orixe galega], ''Praza Pública'', October 1, 2013.</ref> although Romero once described his father as of [[Castilian people|Castilian]] descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogamole.tr3s.com/2010/05/25/george-a-romero-on-his-latino-heritage-i-was-the-shark-not-the-jet|title=George A. Romero On His Latino Heritage: 'I Was The Shark, Not The Jet'|access-date=September 11, 2010|archive-date=July 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717082902/http://blogamole.tr3s.com/2010/05/25/george-a-romero-on-his-latino-heritage-i-was-the-shark-not-the-jet|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Raised in the [[Parkchester]] section of [[the Bronx]], he would frequently ride the subway into [[Manhattan]] to rent [[film reel]]s to view at his house.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/movies/10onst.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times|title=Horror Auteur Is Unfinished With the Undead|date=February 10, 2008|author=Onstad, Katrina|access-date=November 22, 2015}}</ref> He was one of only two people who repeatedly rented the opera-based film ''[[The Tales of Hoffmann (film)|The Tales of Hoffmann]]'', the other was future director [[Martin Scorsese]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2015-07-08-george-a-romero-talks-zombies-religion-and-genocide-in-karlovy-vary-feature-story-by-richard-mowe |title=Romero – master of the macabre |publisher=Eye for Film |access-date=July 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723173645/http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2015-07-08-george-a-romero-talks-zombies-religion-and-genocide-in-karlovy-vary-feature-story-by-richard-mowe |archive-date=July 23, 2015}}</ref> Romero attended [[Carnegie Mellon University]] in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref name="NYTimesObit">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/16/movies/george-romero-dead.html | title=George Romero, Father of the Zombie Movie, Dies at 77 | date=July 16, 2017 | access-date=July 24, 2017 | author=Salam, Maya | work=New York Times}}</ref>

==Career==
===1960s===
[[File:Night of the Living Dead (1968).webm|thumb|thumbtime=44|upright=1.2|''Night of the Living Dead'' (full film)]]
After graduating from college in 1960,<ref>{{cite web |author=Pennsylvania Center for the Book |url=http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/LitMap/bios/Romero__George.html |title=George Romero |publisher=Pabook.libraries.psu.edu |access-date=January 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102224243/http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/LitMap/bios/Romero__George.html |archive-date=November 2, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Coyle |first=Jake |date=July 16, 2017 |title=Pittsburgh's George A. Romero, 'Night of the Living Dead' creator, dies at 77 |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2017/07/16/George-A-Romero-Night-of-the-Living-Dead-creator-dies-at-77-Pittsburgh/stories/201707160196 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=May 2, 2018}}</ref> Romero began his career shooting short films and TV commercials.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Block |first=Alex Ben |title=George Romero Discusses 'Night of the Living Dead' in Previously Unavailable 1972 Interview |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/george-romero-discusses-night-of-the-living-dead-in-previously-unavailable-1972-interview-1202598349/ |date=October 25, 2017 |access-date=June 20, 2018 |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Business Media, LLC.]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Let's learn from the past: George A. Romero |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/life/my-generation/2016/08/25/Let-s-learn-from-the-past-director-George-A-Romero/stories/201608250049 |date=August 25, 2016 |access-date=June 20, 2018 |newspaper=[[Post Gazette]] |last=Ball |first=Lauren |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828200704/http://www.post-gazette.com/life/my-generation/2016/08/25/Let-s-learn-from-the-past-director-George-A-Romero/stories/201608250049 |archive-date=August 28, 2016 |publisher=PG Publishing Co., Inc. |url-status=live}}</ref> One of his early commercial films was a segment for ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' in which [[Fred Rogers]] underwent a [[tonsillectomy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diamonddead.com/diary/view.php?s=YToyOntzOjM6ImFpZCI7czoxOiIzIjtzOjI6ImlkIjtzOjI6IjI4Ijt9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216005517/http://www.diamonddead.com/diary/view.php?s=YToyOntzOjM6ImFpZCI7czoxOiIzIjtzOjI6ImlkIjtzOjI6IjI4Ijt9 |archive-date=February 16, 2007 |title=Mr. Rogers Gets a Tonsillectomy |access-date=February 16, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> With nine friends, including screenwriter [[John A. Russo]], Romero formed ''Image Ten Productions'' in the late 1960s.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pegg |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Pegg |title=Nerd Do Well |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PUTTYG-FRXgC&pg=PA231 |publisher=[[Random House]] |date=October 14, 2010 |page=231 |isbn=9781409023937}}</ref> This is the production company that produced ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' (1968). Directed by Romero and co-written with John A. Russo,<ref>{{cite book |last=M. Rowan |first=Terry |title=The Book of the Undead A Zombie Film Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8tvGBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA139 |publisher=[[Lulu.com]] |year=2012 |page=139 |isbn=9781257129454}}{{self-published source|date=February 2020}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=February 2020}} the movie became a [[cult classic]] and a defining moment for modern horror cinema.<ref>{{cite book |last=M. Rowan |first=Terry |title=Hollywood Monsters & Creepy Things |date=October 14, 2016 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bSdNDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA126 |publisher=[[Lulu.com]] |page=126 |isbn=9781365462108}}{{self-published source|date=February 2020}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=February 2020}}

Among the inspiration for Romero's filmmaking, as told to [[Robert K. Elder]] in an interview for ''[[The Film That Changed My Life]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1556528256/ref=nosim/wwwrobelderco-20|title=The Film That Changed My Life: 30 Directors on Their Epiphanies in the Dark: Robert K. Elder: 9781556528255: Amazon.com: Books|website=Amazon|access-date=May 25, 2012}}</ref> was the British film, [[The Tales of Hoffmann (film)|''The Tales of Hoffmann'']] (1951), from the [[Powell and Pressburger]] team.

{{Cquote|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.<ref>Romero, George A. Interview by Robert K. Elder. The Film That Changed My Life. By Robert K. Elder. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2011. N. p261. Print.</ref>}}

===1970s and 1980s===
[[File:George Romero Directing.jpg|thumb|Romero (center) on the set of ''[[Knightriders]]'', 1980]]
The three films that Romero created that followed ''Night of the Living Dead'': ''[[There's Always Vanilla]]'' (1971), ''[[Season of the Witch (1972 film)|Jack's Wife / Season of the Witch]]'' (1972) and ''[[The Crazies (1973 film)|The Crazies]]'' (1973) were not as well received as ''Night of the Living Dead'' or some of his later work.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/george_a_romero/|title=George A. Romero|website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> ''The Crazies'', dealing with a bio spill that induces an epidemic of homicidal madness, and the critically acclaimed [[arthouse]] success ''[[Martin (1978 film)|Martin]]'' (1978), a film that deals with the [[vampire]] myth, were the two well-known films from this period.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/movies/5-george-romero-films-to-remember.html|title=5 George Romero Films to Remember|author=Erik Piepenburg|date=July 17, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2017/07/17/George-Romero-Martin-John-Amplas/stories/201707180020|title='Martin' star recalls George Romero|author=Maria Sciullo|date=July 17, 2017|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|access-date=July 20, 2017}}</ref>

Romero returned to the [[zombie]] genre in 1978 with ''[[Dawn of the Dead (1978 film)|Dawn 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 top [[cult film]]s by ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Dawn-of-the-Dead-(1979)#tab=summary |title=Dawn of the Dead (1979) – Financial Information |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services}}</ref> He made the third entry in his "Dead Series" with ''[[Day of the Dead (1985 film)|Day of the Dead]]'' in 1985.

Between these two films, Romero shot ''[[Knightriders]]'' (1981), another festival favorite about a group of modern-day jousters who reenact tournaments on motorcycles,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/07/george-romero-dead-knightriders-set-ed-harris-tom-savini-1201855977/ |title=How George Romero's Semi-Autobiographical Labor of Love 'Knightriders' Gave Him the Independence He Wanted So Badly |author=Anne Thompson |date=July 16, 2017 |website=[[IndieWire]] |access-date=July 20, 2017}}</ref> and ''[[Creepshow]]'' (1982), written by [[Stephen King]], an anthology of tongue-in-cheek tales modeled after 1950s horror comics.<ref>{{cite book |author=Marcello Gagliani Caputo |date=January 14, 2017 |title=Guide to the Cinema of Stephen King |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6t2pDQAAQBAJ&q=creepshow+ec+comics&pg=PT52 |location=[[Google Books]] |publisher=Babelcube Inc. |isbn=9781507163788}}</ref> The cult-classic success of ''Creepshow'' led to the creation of Romero's ''[[Tales from the Darkside]]'', a horror anthology television series that aired from 1983 to 1988.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/11/12/tales-from-the-darkside-cw/|title='Tales from the Darkside' reboot at the CW|author=James Hibberd |date=November 12, 2013 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=July 20, 2017}}</ref> As the decade drew to a close, Romero directed ''[[Monkey Shines (film)|Monkey Shines]]'' (1988), about a [[service animal]].

===1990s===
Romero updated his original screenplay and executive-produced the 1990 remake of ''[[Night of the Living Dead (1990 film)|Night of the Living Dead]]'' directed by [[Tom Savini]] for [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]/[[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]]. Savini is also responsible for the makeup and special effects in many of Romero's films including ''Dawn of the Dead'', ''Day of the Dead'', ''Creepshow'', and ''Monkey Shines''.

The early nineties also featured directorial efforts ''[[Two Evil Eyes]]'' (a.k.a. "Due occhi Diabolici", 1990), an [[Edgar Allan Poe]] adaptation in collaboration with [[Dario Argento]] and ''[[The Dark Half (film)|The Dark Half]]'' (1993) from a novel written by [[Stephen King]]. In 1991, he made a [[cameo appearance]] in [[Jonathan Demme]]'s Academy Award-winning ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'' (1991) as one of [[Hannibal Lecter]]'s jailers.<ref name="Variety" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Kennedy|first=Michael|title=Silence Of The Lambs: George Romero's Cameo Role Explained|url=https://screenrant.com/silence-lambs-movie-george-romero-cameo-role-explained/|work=[[Screen Rant]]|date= February 4, 2021|access-date=June 24, 2021}}</ref>

In 1994, Romero shot a short film, ''[[Jacaranda Joe]]'', about people running into a community of [[Bigfoot]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Squires|first=John|title=Unseen George Romero Short 'Jacaranda Joe' Being Preserved by the University of Pittsburgh|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3666168/unseen-george-romero-short-jacaranda-joe-preserved-university-pittsburgh/|work=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|date=May 20, 2021|access-date=June 6, 2021}}</ref> Filmed at [[Valencia College]] in Florida, it was the first film that Romero shot entirely outside of Pittsburgh.<ref>{{cite web|last=Whitacre|first=Andrew|title=Video: Adam Charles Hart, "Beyond the Living Dead: Treasures from the George A. Romero Archive"|url=https://cms.mit.edu/video-adam-charles-hart-living-dead-george-romero-archive/|work=[[MIT School of Architecture and Planning|MIT Comparative Media Studies (CMS)]]|date=November 13, 2020|access-date=June 6, 2021}}</ref>

In 1998, Romero produced and directed an unaired pilot about [[professional wrestling]] entitled ''[[Iron City Asskickers]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Owen|first=Rob|title=TV Talk: George A. Romero wrestling TV pilot will get DVD release|url=https://triblive.com/aande/movies-tv/tv-talk-george-a-romero-wrestling-tv-pilot-will-get-dvd-release/|work=[[TribLive]]|date=March 3, 2021|access-date=June 8, 2021}}</ref> It was eventually released on DVD and VHS in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last=Millican|first=Josh|title=Trailer: "Lost" IRON CITY ASSKICKERS by George A. Romero Will Be Released in April + "Reunion Party" This Wednesday 3/3|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/378593/trailer-lost-iron-city-asskickers-by-george-a-romero-will-be-released-in-april-reunion-party-this-wednesday-3-3/|work=[[Dread Central]]|date=March 1, 2021|access-date=June 8, 2021}}</ref>

In 1998, he directed a [[live-action]] commercial promoting the video game ''[[Resident Evil 2]]'' in Los Angeles. The 30-second advertisement featured the game's two main characters, [[Leon S. Kennedy]] (portrayed by actor [[Brad Renfro]]) and [[Claire Redfield]] ([[Adrienne Frantz]]), fighting a horde of zombies while in [[Resident Evil|Raccoon City]]'s police station.<ref name="variety2">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/spotlight/resident-evil-george-romero-failed-1201942677/|title=Why George Romero's 'Resident Evil' Film Failed to Launch|first=Matthew|last=Chernov|date=December 16, 2016|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> The project was obvious territory for Romero, the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' series 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. [[Capcom]] was so impressed with Romero's work, it was strongly indicated that Romero would direct the first ''[[Resident Evil (film)|Resident Evil]]'' film. 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"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/7/17/15983438/george-a-romero-resident-evil-commercial|title=Watch George A. Romero discuss his Resident Evil 2 commercial|first=Samit|last=Sarkar|date=July 17, 2017|website=Polygon}}</ref> — although in later years, he reconsidered and wrote a script for the first movie. It was eventually rejected in favor of [[Paul W. S. Anderson]]'s version.<ref name="variety2" />

In the mid 1990s, he wrote a script for a film adaptation of the first [[Goosebumps (original series)|original ''Goosebumps'']] book ''[[Welcome to Dead House]]''. It was eventually rejected altogether, although Romero's screenplay is kept archived by [[The University of Pittsburgh]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hart |first1=Adam Charles |title=George Romero's Goosebumps |url=https://horrorstudies.library.pitt.edu/content/george-romeros-goosebumps |website=horrorstudies.library.pitt.edu |publisher=University of Pittsburgh |access-date=February 26, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3732916/george-a-romeros-goosebumps-unearthing-the-kid-friendly-horror-movie-romero-almost-made-exclusive/ |title='George A. Romero's Goosebumps' – Unearthing the Kid-Friendly Horror Movie Romero Almost Made [Exclusive] |last=Jenkins |first=Jason |website=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |date=September 21, 2022 |access-date=September 21, 2022}}</ref>

===2000s===
[[File:George A. Romero - 2005 horror convention.jpg|thumb|left|Romero attending a [[horror convention]], 2005|272x272px]]
2000 saw the release of ''[[Bruiser (2000 film)|Bruiser]]'', about a man whose face becomes a blank mask.<ref name="Variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/george-romero-dead-dies-night-of-the-living-dead-director-1202497068/|title=George A. Romero, 'Night of the Living Dead' Director, Dies at 77|first=Pat|last=Saperstein|date=July 16, 2017|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]] produced and released a 2004 remake of ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'', with which Romero was not involved. Later that year, Romero kicked off the [[DC Comics]] title ''Toe Tags'' with a six-issue miniseries titled ''The 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 both [[Graphic violence|gore]] and [[social commentary]] (dealing particularly here with [[corporate greed]] and 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 his ''Dead'' films, but featured other locales besides Pittsburgh, where the majority of his films take place.<ref name="dccomics.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.dccomics.com/comics/toe-tags-featuring-george-romero-2004/toe-tags-featuring-george-romero-1|title=TOE TAGS FEATURING GEORGE ROMERO #1|date=March 4, 2012|publisher=DC Comics}}</ref>

In 2000, Romero directed a [[Misfits (band)|Misfits]] music video, the only one he's ever directed, for the song [[Scream! (Misfits song)|Scream!]] The Misfits also appeared in Bruiser, performing the songs "Bruiser" and "Fiend Without a Face."

Romero, who lived in [[Toronto]], directed a fourth ''Dead'' movie in that city, ''[[Land of the Dead]]'', released in 2005. The movie's working title was "Dead Reckoning." Actors [[Simon Baker]], [[Dennis Hopper]], [[Asia Argento]], and [[John Leguizamo]] starred and the film was released by [[Universal Pictures]] (who released the ''Dawn of the Dead'' remake the year before). The film received generally positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/land_of_the_dead|title=Land of the Dead|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=June 24, 2005|publisher=Fandango}}</ref>

Romero collaborated with the game company Hip Interactive to create a game called ''[[City of the Dead (video game)|City of the Dead]]'', but the project was canceled midway due to the company's financial problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/games/city-of-the-dead/ps2-723002|title=City of the Dead – PlayStation 2|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=July 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/city-of-the-dead-hunts-for-publisher/1100-6130500/|title=City of the Dead hunts for publisher|date=August 8, 2005|author=Benjamin Golze|website=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=July 20, 2017}}</ref>

In June 2006, Romero began his next project, called ''Zombisodes''. Broadcast on the Internet, it is a combination of a series of "Making of" shorts and story expansion detailing the work behind the 2007 film ''[[Diary of the Dead|George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead]]''. Shooting began in Toronto in July 2006.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

In August 2006, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' announced that Romero signed on to write and direct ''George 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.<ref>[http://cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Movies&action=page&type_id=&cat_id=270338&obj_id=52080 Cinescape] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129190737/http://cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Movies&action=page&type_id=&cat_id=270338&obj_id=52080 |date=November 29, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=24404 |title=Aintitcool.com |publisher=Aintitcool.com |access-date=January 23, 2016}}</ref>

After a limited theatrical release, ''Diary of the Dead'' was released on [[DVD]] by Dimension Extreme on May 20, 2008, and later to [[Blu-ray]] on October 21, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/diary_of_the_dead2007|title=Diary of the Dead (2007)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=February 15, 2008 |access-date=July 20, 2017}}</ref>
Shooting began in Toronto in September 2008 on Romero's ''[[Survival of the Dead]]'' (2009). The film was initially reported to be a direct sequel to ''Diary of the Dead'', but the film features only [[Alan 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 of ''Diary of the Dead''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/movies/28survival.html?ref=movies&_r=0|title=Maybe These Zombies Need to Focus on Their Veggies|author=Jeannette Catsoulis|date=May 27, 2010|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 20, 2017}}</ref> 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 2009 [[Toronto International Film Festival]]. Prior to the May 28, 2010, theatrical release in the United States, ''Survival of the Dead'' was made available to [[video on demand]] and was aired as a special one-night showing on May 26, 2010, on [[AXS TV|HDNet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/18837|title='Survival of the Dead' Release Plans Locked, Loaded and Firing!|author=Brad Miska|date=January 26, 2010|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|access-date=July 20, 2017}}</ref>

Some critics have seen social commentary in much of Romero's work. They view ''Night of the Living Dead'' as a film made in reaction to the turbulent 1960s, ''Dawn of the Dead'' as a [[satire]] on [[consumerism]], ''Day of the Dead'' as a study of the conflict between science and the military, ''Land of the Dead'' as an examination of [[class conflict]], ''Diary of the Dead'' as a film made in reaction to the "[[New media|emerging media]]" and ''Survival of the Dead'' as a study on [[war]] and [[Conflict (process)|conflict]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/07/18/george_romero_s_movies_were_about_more_than_zombies.html|title=The Defining Feature of George Romero's Movies Wasn't Their Zombies. It Was Their Brains.|author=Caetlin Benson-Allott|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=July 18, 2017|access-date=July 20, 2017}}</ref>

===2010s===
[[File:George A. Romero by Gage Skidmore.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Romero in 2016]]
In 2010, Romero stated that he had plans for two more "Dead" movies which would be connected to ''Diary of the Dead'' and they would be made depending on how successful ''Survival of the Dead'' was. Romero, however, said that his next project would not involve zombies and he was going for the scare factor, but offered no further details.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/19115/george-a-romero-offers-more-living-dead-updates-comments-on-deep-red-remake|title=George A. Romero Offers More Living Dead Updates, Comments on Deep Red Remake|last=Barton|first=Steven|publisher=[[DreadCentral]]|date=August 23, 2010|access-date=May 29, 2011}}</ref>

Romero made an appearance in the second downloadable map pack called "Escalation" for the video game ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''. He appears as himself in the zombies map "Call of the Dead" as a non-playable enemy character.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/5798024/george-romero-explains-the-story-behind-call-of-the-dead-then-gets-zombified|title=George Romero Explains The Story Behind Call of The Dead... Then Gets Zombified|author=Brian Crecente|website=[[Kotaku]]|date=May 3, 2011|access-date=July 20, 2017}}</ref> Romero is featured alongside actors [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]], [[Danny Trejo]], [[Michael Rooker]], and [[Robert 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 the [[iPad]] in November 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=George Romero's Zombie Squash Game is Now Available for the iPad|url=https://dailydead.com/george-romeros-zombie-squash-game-is-now-available-for-the-ipad/|website=DailyDead.com|date=November 22, 2012}}</ref>

In 2014, [[Marvel Comics]] began releasing ''[[Empire 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 also [[vampire]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsarama.com/19346-romero-zombies-don-t-run-in-marvel-s-empire-of-the-dead.html|title=Romero: Zombies Don't Run in Marvel's Empire of the Dead|publisher=[[Newsarama]]|date=October 22, 2013|first=Zack|last=Smith|access-date=June 18, 2014}}</ref>

A prequel comic book series based on Romero's unproduced zombie film idea ''Road of the Dead'' was announced by [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] in July 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/07/21/george-a-romero-road-of-the-dead-comic-idw/|title = George A. Romero's Road of the Dead to be Published as a Comic by IDW|date = July 21, 2018}}</ref><ref name="comicbook1">{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/horror/2018/11/06/road-of-the-dead-george-romero-night-of-the-living-dead-comic/|title=George Romero's 'Road of the Dead' Getting Comic Book Series From IDW|website=Horror|date=November 6, 2018 }}</ref> The 3-part mini-series was released in December 2018.<ref name="comicbook1" />

In April 2021, it was announced that Romero's unproduced film treatment for ''[[Twilight of the Dead (film)|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."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/twilight-of-the-dead-george-a-romeros-final-zombie-movie-in-the-works-4175965/ | title='Twilight of the Dead,' George A. Romero's Final Zombie Movie, in the Works (Exclusive) | website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=April 30, 2021}}</ref> In August 2023, the film was announced to start production in fall 2023 once the current [[2023 SAG-AFTRA strike|SAG-AFTRA]] strike comes to an end.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3771831/twilight-of-the-dead-george-a-romeros-planned-zombie-movie-finally-coming-to-life/ | title='Twilight of the Dead' – George A. Romero's Planned Zombie Movie Finally Coming to Life | date=August 2, 2023}}</ref> A month later, it was announced that the film would be directed by [[Brad Anderson (director)|Brad Anderson]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3778380/twilight-of-the-dead-brad-anderson-directing-zombie-movie-that-began-as-a-george-a-romero-treatment/ | title='Twilight of the Dead' – Brad Anderson Directing Zombie Movie That Began as a George A. Romero Treatment | date=September 8, 2023}}</ref>

==Personal life==
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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Han|first=Angie|date=October 16, 2014|title=George Romero's Son Cameron Crowdfunding 'Night of the Living Dead' Prequel 'Origins'|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/night-of-the-living-dead-prequel-origins/|access-date=January 26, 2015}}</ref>

Romero met his second wife, actress [[Christine Forrest]], on the set of ''[[Season of the Witch (1972 film)|Season of the Witch]]'' (1972), and they married in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|title=George A. Romero|url=https://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/Romero__George|work=Pennsylvania Center for the Book|access-date=August 18, 2021}}</ref> She had [[bit part]]s in 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|date=May 2022}}

Romero met Suzanne Desrocher while filming ''[[Land of the Dead]]'' (2005), and they married in September 2011 at [[Martha's Vineyard]] and lived in [[Toronto]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifimoviepage.com/art_landof.html |title=Scifimoviepage.com |publisher=Scifimoviepage.com |date=October 21, 2005 |access-date=January 23, 2016}}</ref> He acquired Canadian citizenship in 2009, becoming a dual Canada-U.S. citizen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/movies/story.cfm?content=176352|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208194811/https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/q-and-a-george-a-romero-2010-08-19/|archivedate=February 8, 2016|title=Q&A: George A. Romero|author=Norman Wilner}}</ref>

==Death==
[[File:Grave of George A. Romero (1940–2017) at Toronto Necropolis 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Romero's grave at Toronto Necropolis, decorated with skeletal hands and a "Beware" sign]]

On July 16, 2017, Romero died following a "brief but aggressive battle with [[lung 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Tre'vell |title=George A. Romero, 'Night of the Living Dead' creator, dies at 77 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-me-george-romero-20170716-story.html |access-date=December 1, 2020 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=July 16, 2017}}</ref> He was buried at [[Toronto Necropolis]].

==Influences==
Romero ranked his top ten films of all time for the 2002 ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' Greatest Films Poll. They are ''[[The Brothers Karamazov (1958 film)|The Brothers Karamazov]]'', ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'', ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'', ''[[High Noon]]'', ''[[King Solomon's Mines (1950 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]'', ''[[North by Northwest]]'' (a film on which a teenaged Romero worked as a [[gofer]]), ''[[The Quiet Man]]'', ''[[Repulsion (film)|Repulsion]]'', ''[[Touch of Evil]]'' and ''[[The Tales of Hoffmann (1951 film)|The Tales of Hoffmann]]''. Romero listed the films in alphabetical order, with special placement given to [[Michael Powell]]'s ''The Tales of Hoffmann'', which he cites as "my favorite film of all time, the movie that made me want to make movies."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20021026160507/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/voter.php?forename=George+A.&surname=Romero BFI – Sight & Sound Top Ten Poll 2002] December 21, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2015.</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
On October 27, 2009, Romero was honored with the Mastermind Award at Spike TV's [[Scream Awards|Scream 2009]]. The tribute was presented by longtime Romero fan [[Quentin Tarantino]], who stated in his speech that the "A" in George A. Romero stood for "A Fucking Genius."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/george-a-romero-pioneering-horror-director-dead-at-77-198502/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913223250/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/george-a-romero-pioneering-horror-director-dead-at-77-198502/|title=George A. Romero, Pioneering Horror Director, Dead at 77|quote=[...] when the Pulp Fiction director presented Romero with the Mastermind Award at the 2009 Scream Awards, Tarantino noted that the 'A' in 'George A. Romero' stands for 'A Fucking Genius.'|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=July 16, 2017|archive-date=September 13, 2018|access-date=July 18, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2016, he was honored with the Ted M. Larson Award at the [[Fargo Film Festival]] for his contribution to cinema.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ted M. Larson Award {{!}} Fargo Film Festival |url=https://fargofilmfestival.org/awards/special-awards/ted-m-larson-award/ |access-date=2024-08-29 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Regarded as the "Godfather of the Dead",<ref>Flaherty, Joseph (June 15, 2010). [https://www.wired.com/2010/06/george-a-romero-zombies/ "'Godfather of the Dead' George A. Romero Talks Zombies"]. ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''.</ref> as well as the "Father of the Modern Movie Zombie",<ref name=LATimes>Day, Patric Kevin (November 1, 2013). [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-george-romero-walking-dead-soap-opera-20131101-story.html "George Romero dismisses 'The Walking Dead' as 'soap opera'"]. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> critic [[Owen Gleiberman]] said 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."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2017/film/columns/george-a-romero-was-a-maestro-of-fear-1202497182/ | title=George A. Romero: A Maestro of Zombie Terror Who Created the Ultimate Horror-Movie Metaphor | date=July 17, 2017}}</ref>

In 2010, writer and actor [[Mark Gatiss]] interviewed Romero for his BBC documentary series ''[[A History of Horror]]'', in which he appears in the third episode.<ref name=horrorqa>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vcwm7|title=A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss – Q&A with Mark Gatiss|access-date=November 12, 2010|work=BBC News}}</ref> ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. Romero's influence, and that of ''Night of the Living Dead'', is widely seen among numerous filmmakers and artists, in particular those who have worked in the zombie subgenre,<ref>{{cite book|author=White, Michele|date=March 14, 2015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qQTrBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT72|title=Producing Women: The Internet, Traditional Femininity, Queerness, and Creativity|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=9781317680239|access-date=March 13, 2016}}</ref> including comics writer [[Robert Kirkman]],<ref name=LATimes /> novelist [[Seth Grahame-Smith]],<ref>Franklin-Wallis, Oliver (February 16, 2016). [https://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2016/03/play/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies "Would you survive a zombie apocalypse?"]. ''Wired''.</ref> and filmmakers [[John Carpenter]],<ref>[[John Carpenter|Carpenter, John]] (writer/director). (2003). ''Audio Commentary on Assault on Precinct 13 by John Carpenter''. [DVD]. Image Entertainment.</ref><ref>Q & A session with [[John Carpenter]] and [[Austin Stoker]] at [[American Cinematheque]]'s 2002 John Carpenter retrospective, in the 2003 special edition Region 1 DVD of ''Assault on Precinct 13''.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/john-carpenter-george-romero-tribute-1202499095/ | title=John Carpenter Remembers the 'Profound Impact' of George Romero | work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=July 19, 2017 | access-date=August 1, 2017 | author=Saperstein, Pat}}</ref> [[Edgar Wright]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ifc.com/2012/05/hcff-george-romero-honored-by-edgar-wright-robert-kirkman-zack-snyder-and-simon-pegg | title=HCFF: George Romero honored by Edgar Wright, Robert Kirkman, Zack Snyder and Simon Pegg | publisher=[[IFC (U.S. TV network)|IFC]] | date=May 21, 2012 | access-date=June 20, 2017 | author=Schwartz, Terri}}</ref> and [[Jack Thomas Smith]].<ref name="NJStage">Wien, Gary (October 19, 2014). [http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=4077 "Infliction: An Interview With Jack Thomas Smith"]. ''[[New Jersey Stage]]''.</ref>

The [[The Walking Dead season 8|season eight]] premiere episode "[[Mercy (The Walking Dead)|Mercy]]" of the zombie-based show ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'', the first to air after Romero's death, dedicated the episode to Romero; showrunner [[Scott M. Gimple]] said that the show "owes a great debt" to Romero for his impact on popular culture.<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://ew.com/tv/2017/10/22/walking-dead-season-premiere-mercy-showrunner-scott-gimple/ | title = The Walking Dead showrunner answers season 8 premiere burning questions | first = Dalton | last = Ross | date = October 22, 2017 | access-date = October 23, 2017 | magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref>

In October 2017, the video game ''[[Dying Light]]'' included a mural of George A. Romero near one of the many in-game safehouses.

In May 2019, the [[University of Pittsburgh]] announced it had acquired George Romero's archives and that a multimedia exhibit be created and open to the public in the university's [[Hillman Library]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2019/05/16/George-Romero-s-archives-purchased-by-University-of-Pittsburgh/stories/201905150139|title=George Romero's archives acquired by University of Pittsburgh|first=Marylynne|last=Pitz|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=May 16, 2019|access-date=May 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3561444/university-pittsburgh-library-system-acquired-archives-george-romero/|title=University of Pittsburgh Library System Has Acquired the Archives of George A. Romero|first=John|last=Squires|website=Bloody Disgusting|date=May 16, 2019|access-date=May 16, 2019}}</ref>

In September 2019, the ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops 4]]'' Zombies 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 the ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]'' Zombies map "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 Foundation===
The George A. Romero Foundation is a [[nonprofit organization]] dedicated 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==
# ''Dawn of the Dead'' (with Susanna Sparrow; movie tie-in), 1979.<ref>''Dawn of the Dead'', George A Romero and Susan Sparrow, St. Martins Press, 1978, 9780312183936</ref>
# ''Martin'' (with Susanna Sparrow; movie tie-in), 1984.<ref>''Martin'', George A Romero and Susan Sparrow, Stein & Day, 1984, 978-0812870206</ref>
# ''Toe Tags'' #1-6 ("The Death of Death"; [[DC Comics]]), 2004–2005.<ref name="dccomics.com" />
# ''[[Empire of the Dead]]'' ([[Marvel Comics]]), 2014–2015.<ref>[http://marvel.com/comics/series/17943/george_romeros_empire_of_the_dead_act_one_2014_-_present George Romero's Empire of the Dead: Act One (2014 – Present)] marvel.com</ref>
# ''Nights of the Living Dead'' co-edited by  [[Jonathan Maberry]] and George Romero ([[St. Martin's Griffin]]), 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250112248|title=Nights of the Living Dead – Jonathan Maberry – Macmillan|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]]}}</ref>
# ''[[The Living Dead (novel)|The Living Dead]]'' (with [[Daniel Kraus (author)|Daniel Kraus]]), 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/george-a-romero-unfinished-zombie-novel-living-dead|title=Exclusive: George A. Romero Left 'A Lot of Material' for Unfinished Zombie Novel, Co-author Says|date=February 21, 2019}}</ref>
# ''Pay the Piper'' (with Daniel Kraus), 2024.<ref>{{cite web|last=Navarro|first=Meagan|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/books/3802035/pay-the-piper-george-romero-daniel-kraus-novel/|title='Pay the Piper' – Daniel Kraus' New Horror Novel Completes an Unfinished George A. Romero Manuscript|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|date=March 4, 2024|access-date=May 5, 2024}}</ref>

===Forewords written by Romero===
# ''Bizarro!'' by [[Tom Savini]] (foreword), 1984. {{ISBN|0517553198}}
# ''[[Book of the Dead (anthology)|Book of the Dead]]'' edited by [[John Skipp]] and Craig Spector (foreword), 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/looking-back-at-the-book-of-the-dead/|title=Looking back at the BOOK OF THE DEAD|last=Parker|first=Trevor|website=[[Fangoria]]|access-date=July 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025191200/http://www.fangoria.com/new/looking-back-at-the-book-of-the-dead/|archive-date=October 25, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
# ''ZOMBIES! An Illustrated History of the Undead'' Foreword by George A. Romero.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312656508|title=Zombies! - Jovanka Vuckovic – Macmillan|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]]}}</ref>
# ''The Extraordinary Adventures of Dog Mendonça and Pizzaboy II – Apocalipse'' by [[Filipe Melo (writer)|Filipe Melo]] and [[Juan Cavia]] (foreword), 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dog-pizzaboy.com/vol-2|title=The Extraordinary Adventures of Dog Mendonça and Pizzaboy II – Apocalipse|website=dog-pizzaboy.com|access-date=July 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025204442/http://www.dog-pizzaboy.com/vol-2|archive-date=October 25, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{{Main|George A. Romero filmography}}

==See also==
* [[George A. Romero's unrealized projects]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Ork, William Terry and Abagnalo, George, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=JrSP2CEwGV4C&dq=%22george+abagnalo%22+and+romero&pg=PA3 Night of the Living Dead--Interview with George A. Romero]," ''Interview Magazine'' 1(4) (1969), 21-22.
* Dupuis, Joachim Daniel (2014), George A. Romero and the zombies, Autopsy of a living-dead. Paris: L'Harmattan (in French).
* {{cite book |last=Gagne |first=Paul R. |title=The Zombies That Ate Pittsburgh: the Films of George A. Romero |url=https://archive.org/details/zombiesthatatepi00gagn |url-access=registration |location=New York |publisher=Dodd, Mead |year=1987 |isbn=9780396085201}}
* {{cite book |author-link=Kim Newman |last=Newman |first=Kim |title=Nightmare Movies: A Critical History of the Horror Film 1968–1988 |year=1988}}
* {{cite book |last=Williams |first=Tony |title=Knight of the Living Dead: The Cinema of George A. Romero |location=London |publisher=Wallflower Press |year=2003}}
* {{cite journal |first=Christopher M. |last=Moreman |title=A modern meditation on death: identifying buddhist teachings in George A. Romero's ''Night of the Living Dead'' |journal=Contemporary Buddhism |volume=9 |issue=2 |year=2008 |pages=151–165 |doi=10.1080/14639940802556461|s2cid=144098346}}

==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.officialgeorgeromero.com/}}
* [https://romero.library.pitt.edu/ George A. Romero Archival Collection]
* {{IMDb name|1681}}
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=108784&mod=bio ''New York Times'' short bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107014138/http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=108784&mod=bio |date=November 7, 2015}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090126202124/http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/07/romero.html Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database]
* [http://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/George_A._Romero George Romero @ THE DEUCE: Grindhouse Cinema Database]
* {{Gutenberg author|id=25643|name=George A. Romero}}
* {{Internet Archive author|sname=George Andrew Romero}}

'''Interviews'''
* {{YouTube|CF9DMBrkSEA|Short interview with George A. Romero about ''Diary of the Dead'' in Sitges Festival}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071103005340/http://www.timeout.com/film/news/631/ Simon Pegg interviews George A. Romero]
* [http://www.homepageofthedead.com/baps/romero_interview.html "Speaking of the Dead" – An interview with George A Romero (July 2009)]

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