Happy Birthday: George A. Romero

George A. Romero

Born: February 4, 1940 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

If I fail, they [the film industry] write me off as another statistic. If I succeed, they pay me a million bucks to fly out to Hollywood and fart.

[on his fourth installment of the “Living Dead” series, Land of the Dead (2005)]: The idea of living with terrorism – I’ve tried to make it more applicable to the concerns Americans are going through now.

If one horror film hits, everyone says, “Let’s go make a horror film!” It’s the genre that never dies.

CREEPSHOW 1982 dir. by George A. Romero Stars: Hal Holbrook Leslie Nielsen

Diary of the Dead 2007 dir. Romero Starring Michelle Morgan Joshua Close

Day of the Dead 1985 dir. Romero Starring Lori Cardille Terry Alexander THE DARK HALF 1993 dir. by George A. Romero Stars: Timothy Hutton Amy Madigan Land of the Dead 2005 dir. Romero starring Simon Baker Dennis Hooper

Night of the Living Dead 1968 dir. Romero Starring Duane Jones Judith O’Dea

Survival of the Dead dir. George A. Romero Stars Alan Van Sprang Kenneth Welsh

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