George A. Romero filmography

George A. Romero in 2007

George A. Romero is an American film director, writer, editor and cinematographer. He has contributed to many projects as either the writer, director, editor, cinematographer or a combination of the four.

Romero's first film was the 1968 horror film Night of the Living Dead, which he produced independently. Romero received a "based on" credit from the 2004 Dawn of the Dead and 2008 Day of the Dead remake films.

Films

Year Film Director Writer Editor Actor Role Critical
Reception[III]
Average
Review[IIII]
1968 Night of the Living Dead[II] Yes Yes Yes Yes Washington reporter 96% 8.6
1971 There's Always Vanilla Yes Yes Yes n/a n/a
1973 The Crazies[II] Yes Yes Yes Yes Mayor 53% 5.3
Season of the Witch[II] Yes Yes Yes n/a n/a
1978 Martin Yes Yes Yes Yes Father Howard 96% 7.6
Dawn of the Dead Yes Yes Yes Yes TV Director 95% 8.5
1981 Knightriders Yes Yes Yes 80% 6.4
1982 Creepshow Yes Yes 69% 6.2
1985 Day of the Dead Yes Yes Yes Zombie with scarf 82% 6.9
Document of the Dead Yes Himself n/a n/a
1987 Creepshow 2 Yes 30% 3.9
Drive-In Madness Yes Himself n/a n/a
1988 Monkey Shines Yes Yes 50% 5.4
1990 Tales from the Darkside: The Movie Yes 31% 4.6
Two Evil Eyes Yes Yes 50% 5.2
Night of the Living Dead[I] Yes 68% 6.3
1993 The Dark Half[I] Yes Yes 61% 5.8
2000 Bruiser Yes Yes 67% 6.0
The American Nightmare Yes Himself 67% 6.6
2005 Land of the Dead Yes Yes Yes Puppeteer 74% 6.6
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream Yes Himself 89% 6.9
2008 Diary of the Dead Yes Yes Yes Police Chief Arthur Katz 62% 6.1
Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero Yes Himself n/a n/a
2009 Deadtime Stories[I] Yes Himself n/a n/a
Survival of the Dead Yes Yes 30% 4.9
2010 The Crazies Yes 72% n/a

^ I Credited as a producer
^ II Credited as a cinematographer
^ III % of critics who recommend the film
^ IIII Out of 10

Television

Romero made a brief appearance on episode 3 BBC's A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss, where he and Gatiss discussed his independently made film Night of the Living Dead.

Romero is given credit at the end of the zombie themed episode four of the Japanese animated series Space Dandy as having written and directed it, though this is a joke.

Romero made a cameo appearance on the 2014 Phineas and Ferb Halloween special, "Night of the Living Pharmacists", where he voiced a news reporter named "Don Adaded", in reference to his film Dawn of the Dead. The character design was also modeled after Romero.

Video Games

Romero was featured and voiced alongside Robert Englund, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Danny Trejo and Michael Rooker in a downloadable content pack in Call of Duty: Black Ops as a zombie boss in "Call of the Dead", the zombie map included in the content pack named "Escalation".

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