Romero, creator of zombie cult film, dies age 7. George Andrew Romero, the legendary creator of the Night Of The Living Dead zombie film franchise, has died from complications from lung cancer. He was 7. 7. Romero passed away in his sleep at his Toronto home on Sunday, listening to his favorite film score from 1. The Quiet Man, surrounded by his wife Suzanne and daughter Tina, his family confirmed to the Los Angeles Times. His death came following a 'brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer, his family said. Scroll down for video George Andrew Romero, the legendary creator of the Night Of The Living Dead zombie film franchise, died on Sunday in his Toronto home at age 7.
Romero passed away in his sleep, listening to his favorite film score from 1. The Quiet Man. Romero (center) is seen on the set of his 1. Creepshow, with writer Stephen King (right) and producer Richard P. Rubenstein (left)Romero wrote and directed the 1. Night Of The Living Dead, a cult classic credited with launching the modern zombie genre. Shown is the original theatrical release poster. Romero wrote and directed the 1.
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Night Of The Living Dead, a cult classic credited with launching the modern zombie genre. Romero went on to make a slew of sequels, including 1. Dawn of the Dead, 1.
Day of the Dead, 1. Land of the Dead, 2. Diary of the Dead and 2. Survival of the Dead. Born in The Bronx on February 4, 1.
Cuban father and Lithuanian mother, Romero graduated from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University and began his career as a filmmaker shooting commercials and short films. One of his earliest jobs was a short segment for the popular children's show Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. The zombies in Night Of The Living Dead (seen above) helped solidify the modern concept of a zombie: slow- moving, mute creatures resurrected from the dead and hungry for live flesh. Despite the movie's low budget and simple effects, audiences - many of them young teens - were terrified when the movie ran nationwide in October of 1. Saturday matinee Despite critical backlash over violence considered grotesque and grisly for its day, the film went on to gross over $1. Romero is seen on the set of one of his 2.
Dead' sequels. Night Of The Living Dead was Romero's first attempt at a feature film, produced on a shoe- string budget of $1. Despite the movie's low budget and simple effects, audiences - many of them young teens - were terrified when the movie ran in October of 1.
Saturday matinee, then the traditional slot for horror films. Despite critical backlash over violence considered grotesque and grisly for its day, the film went on to gross over $1. Halloween favorite ever since.
Romero also wrote and directed Dawn Of The Dead, one of a slew of sequels in the franchise. Romero was born in The Bronx on February 4, 1.
Cuban father and Lithuanian mother. In later years, many came to see in Night Of The Living Dead critiques of everything from the Vietnam War to Cold War politics and race relations in America, noting Romero's choice to cast a black man in the lead role. As the zombie fiction genre has exploded in recent decades, Romero was sometimes critical of it's direction, noting that he'd declined an offer to direct several episodes of the AMC series The Walking Dead.'I always used the zombie as a character for satire or a political criticism, and I find that missing in what’s happening now,' he told The Big Issue in 2. The Walking Dead, Romero said, is 'just a soap opera with a zombie occasionally.'Romero is survived by his son Andrew and daughter Tina, and wife Suzanne Desrocher Romero, whom he met on set while filming Land Of The Dead.
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