George A. Romero

George Andrew Romero was an American-Canadian filmmaker best known for his series of horror films. Romero is also credited as being the creator of the modern zombie after directing his first feature film, Night of the Living Dead.

History
In his young years, Romero would frequently ride the subway to Manhattan to rent film reels and view them at home. Romero is also one of the only two people to repeatedly rent the film The Tales of Hoffmann, the other being Martin Scorsese.

After graduating from college in 1960, Romero began his career shooting short films and TV commercials. Eventually, Romero, along with a group of friends, formed Image Ten Productions. It would be this company which would produce Night of the Living Dead in 1968, Romero being the director of the film.

After Night of the Living Dead became a cult classic due to the introduction of zombies being undead people eating human flesh, Romero would go on to create a series of zombie films. These films include Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead and Survival of the Dead.

There was a planned movie called Road of the Dead, but due to Romero's death in 2017, the film's status is left unknown. Another movie, Rise of the Living Dead, a prequel story, is currently in production and is to be written and directed by G. Cameron Romero, Romero's son.

Romero was not only involved with zombie films, but many other horror films, such as Creepshow, which would be his first adaptation of a story by Stephen King. In 1990, Romero's seminal first feature would be remade and directed by famous makeup artist Tom Savini. in 2004, Dawn of the Dead was remade, although Romero was not involved.

Romero eventually died in 2017 following a struggle with lung cancer. The Walking Dead, a TV show which was inspired by Romero's work, had it's season 8 premiere episode dedicated to Romero.