George A. Romero

George A. Romero

George Andrew Romero ( /rəˈmɛroʊ/; born February 4, 1940) is an American film director, screenwriter 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). He is nicknamed the "Godfather of Zombies".

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