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He was born and grew up in New York City, and attended Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University. After graduation, he began shooting mostly short films and commercials. He and friends formed Image Ten Productions in the late 1960s and they all chipped in roughly $10,000 apiece to produce what became one of the most celebrated horror films of all time, which he had written together with John A. Russo : Night of the Living Dead ( 1968). The movie became a cult classic in the 1970s.
Romero's next films were less popular: There's Always Vanilla ( 1971), The Crazies ( 1973), Season of the Witch ( 1973) and Martin ( 1978). Though not as acclaimed as Night of the Living Dead or some of his later work, these films had his signature social commentary while dealing with issues (usually horror-related) at the microscopic level. And like almost all of his films, they were shot in or around Romero's favorite city of Pittsburgh.
In 1978, Romero returned to the zombie genre with Dawn of the DeadGeneral Information As the tagline suggests, "When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth. Dawn of the Dead is a zombie horror film, the second in George A. Romero's Living Dead series of films (following Night of the Living Dead (1968 ( 1978). Shot on a budget of just $1.5 million, the film earned over $40 million worldwide and was named one of the top cult films by Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly is a magazine published by Time Warner in the United States which is dedicated to the world of celebrity and popular culture. The first edition was published during 1990, and the magazine's weekly circulation averaged 1. 7m copies per in 2003. Romero completed his "Dead Trilogy" in 19851985 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January events January 1 Creation of the Internet's Domain Name System. January 17 British Telecom annouces they are going to abolish the famous red telephone boxes. January 23 A debate in the House of Lor with the less-heralded Day of the DeadThis article is about the Mexican holiday. See also: Day of the Dead (movie The Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos in Spanish, is a Mexican and Mexican-American celebration of dead ancestors, which occurs on November 1 and November 2, the Roman Cath.
Universal Studios produced and released a remake of Dawn of the Dead in 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, which was moderately successful, though critics and fans generally prefer the original 1978 film. Romero was not involved in this production.
Romero, who still lives in Pittsburgh, is currently filming a fourth "Dead" movie, Land of the Dead, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with a $16 million production budget (the highest in Romero's career). Actors Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento and John Leguizamo will star in the film.