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George Andrew Romero was an American filmmaker, writer, and editor. He is best known for his series of gruesome and satirical horror films about an imagined zombie apocalypse, beginning with Night of the Living Dead . This film is often considered a progenitor of the fictional zombie of modern culture. Other films in the series include Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead . Aside from this series, his works include The Crazies , Martin , Creepshow , Monkey Shines , The Dark Half and Bruiser . He also created and executive-produced the 1983–88 television series Tales from the Darkside.

Romero is often noted as an influential pioneer of the horror film genre and has been called an "icon" and the "Father of the Zombie Film." Wikipedia  

✵ 4. February 1940 – 16. July 2017
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Famous George A. Romero Quotes

“When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.”

George A. Romero

Source: Dawn of the Dead

“I don't like the new trends in horror. All this torture stuff seems really mean-spirited. People have forgotten how to laugh, and I don't see anybody who's using it as allegory. The guy I love right now is Guillermo del Toro. I'd love to make a film like Pan's Labyrinth.”

George A. Romero

As quoted in "10 Questions for George Romero", TIME, (June 07, 2010) http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1992390,00.html

“To me, the zombies have always just been zombies. They’ve always been a cigar. When I first made Night of the Living Dead, it got analyzed and overanalyzed way out of proportion. The zombies were written about as if they represented Nixon’s Silent Majority or whatever. But I never thought about it that way. My stories are about humans and how they react, or fail to react, or react stupidly. I’m pointing the finger at us, not at the zombies. I try to respect and sympathize with the zombies as much as possible.”

George A. Romero

As quoted in George A. Romero: "Who Says Zombies Eat Brains?", Vanity Fair (27 May 2010) http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2010/05/george-romero

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