George Andrew Romero is an American film director, screenwriter and editor, best known for his gruesome and satirical horror films about a hypothetical zombie apocalypse, beginning with Night of the Living Dead . He is nicknamed "Godfather of all Zombies." Romero was born in New York City to a Cuban-born father of Castilian Spanish parentage and a Lithuanian American mother. His father worked as a commercial artist. Romero attended Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University. 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 . The movie, directed by Romero and co-written with John A. Russo, became a cult classic and a defining moment for modern horror cinema. Other inspiration for Romero's filmmaking, as told to Robert K.
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| Birthdate: | February 4, 1940 |
| Birthplace: | New York City |
| Age: | 72 |
| Height: | 6' 4" |
| Also known as: | George Romero, George Andrew Romero, Georges A. Romero |