Desrocher-Romero would die of natural causes on June 24, 2026.
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George A. Romero
George Andrew Romero was an American and Canadian filmmaker, writer, editor, and actor. Regarded as an influential pioneer of the horror film genre, particularly zombie films, he has been described as an "icon" and the "father of the zombie film".
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Born 4 February 1940 · Died 16 July 2017 · Q51511
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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.
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2026· 1 entry
2018· 1 entry
By Romero's wife Suzanne Desrocher-Romero, the Foundation's mission is to advance the causes for which George Romero was a champion – creativity within the horror genre and independent filmmaking in general – as well as
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2017· 3 entries
Romero died from a "brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer", according to a statement by his longtime producing partner, Peter Grunwald
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Died 2017-07-16.
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“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.”
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2015· 1 entry
Awarded Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement (2015).
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2014· 1 entry
Marvel Comics began releasing Empire of the Dead, a 15-issue miniseries written by Romero
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2013· 1 entry
Released album “Dawn of the Dead”.
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2012· 1 entry
Romero returned to video games recording his voice for Zombie Squash as the lead villain, Dr
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2010· 2 entries
Writer and actor Mark Gatiss interviewed Romero for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror, in which he appears in the third episode
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Romero stated that he had plans for two more Dead films which would be connected to Diary of the Dead and they would be made depending on how successful Survival of the Dead was
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2009· 1 entry
Romero was honored with the Mastermind Award at Spike TV's Scream 2009
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2008· 1 entry
And later on Blu-ray on October 21, 2008
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded Sitges Grand Honorary Award (2007).
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2004· 1 entry
Universal Studios produced and released a remake of Dawn of the Dead, with which Romero was not involved
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1998· 2 entries
Directed a live-action commercial promoting the video game Resident Evil 2 in Los Angeles
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Romero produced and directed an unaired pilot about professional wrestling entitled Iron City Asskickers
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1994· 1 entry
Romero shot a short film, Jacaranda Joe, about people running into a community of Bigfoot
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1991· 1 entry
Made a cameo appearance in Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs (1991) as one of Hannibal Lecter's jailers
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award for Monkey Shines (1988).
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Awarded Sitges Film Festival Best Director award for Monkey Shines (1988).
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1968· 1 entry
“Mr. Rogers Gets a Tonsillectomy”
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1960· 1 entry
After graduating from college in Pittsburgh, Romero, with a $20,000 loan from his uncle, and Rudy Ricci and Russ Streiner, they incorporated The Latent Image, to produce commercials
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1940· 2 entries
In the New York City borough of the Bronx, the son of Anne Romero (Dvorsky) and George M
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Born 1940-02-04.
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