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George A. Romero
Who is he?
George Andrew Romero was born on 4 February 1940 is an American-
Canadian filmmaker and editor, best known for his series of gruesome
and satirical horror films about a hypothetical zombie apocalypse,
beginning with Night of the Living Dead (1968). 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 was a segment for Mister Rogers'
Neighborhood.
What films did he direct?
One of his most famous films was Dawn of the dead as the empire magazine has said it is one of
the top 500 films ever created and the movie got its own remake because of how popular it was
and the movie was called the same as Dawn of the Dead. The film was regarded by many as one
of the best films of 1978 and is holding a 95% approval ratings on rotten tomatoes based on 36
reviews.
Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 American independent zombie horror film, directed by George
A. Romero, the movie was premiered on October 1, 1968 with only a budget of $114,000 they
grossed $10 million domestically and 18$ million internationally. It eventually garnered critical
acclaim and has been selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film
Registry, as a film deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
The living dead, the fourth instalment of the six living dead movies. It was released in 2005,
with a budget of $15–19 million, the highest in the series, and became a success, grossing
over $46 million.

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Director case study research

  • 2. Who is he? George Andrew Romero was born on 4 February 1940 is an American- Canadian filmmaker and editor, best known for his series of gruesome and satirical horror films about a hypothetical zombie apocalypse, beginning with Night of the Living Dead (1968). 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 was a segment for Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
  • 3. What films did he direct? One of his most famous films was Dawn of the dead as the empire magazine has said it is one of the top 500 films ever created and the movie got its own remake because of how popular it was and the movie was called the same as Dawn of the Dead. The film was regarded by many as one of the best films of 1978 and is holding a 95% approval ratings on rotten tomatoes based on 36 reviews. Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 American independent zombie horror film, directed by George A. Romero, the movie was premiered on October 1, 1968 with only a budget of $114,000 they grossed $10 million domestically and 18$ million internationally. It eventually garnered critical acclaim and has been selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry, as a film deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The living dead, the fourth instalment of the six living dead movies. It was released in 2005, with a budget of $15–19 million, the highest in the series, and became a success, grossing over $46 million.