George A. Romero filmography

George A. Romero (1940–2017) was an American-Canadian film director, writer, editor and cinematographer. He contributed to many projects as either the writer, director, editor, cinematographer or a combination of the four.

George A. Romero in 2007

Romero's first project was the 1968 horror film Night of the Living Dead, which he produced independently. Romero was also a contributing producer for the anthology television series Tales from the Darkside, which aired from 1983 to 1988.

Filmography
Year Film Director Writer Executive producer Editor Notes
1968 Night of the Living Dead Yes Yes No Yes Also cinematographer
1971 There's Always Vanilla Yes No No Yes
1973 Season of the Witch Yes Yes No Yes
The Crazies Yes Yes No Yes
1975 The Amusement Park Yes No No Yes Mid-length film. Produced in 1973. Premiered at the American Film Festival in New York in June 1975 and was a finalist in the competition,[1][2] but went otherwise unreleased. It was believed lost until a print was discovered in 2017, shortly before Romero's death. It was subsequently given a 4K restoration by IndieCollect, which premiered in 2019.
1977 Martin Yes Yes No Yes
1978 Dawn of the Dead Yes Yes No Yes
1981 Knightriders Yes Yes No Yes
1982 Creepshow Yes No No Yes
1985 Day of the Dead Yes Yes No No
1987 Creepshow 2 No Yes No No
1988 Monkey Shines Yes Yes No No
1990 Tales from the Darkside: The Movie No Yes No No Segment "Cat from Hell"
Two Evil Eyes Yes Yes No No Segment "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"
Night of the Living Dead No Yes Yes No
1993 The Dark Half Yes Yes Yes No Based on the novel "The Dark Half" by Stephen King
1994 Jacaranda Joe Yes Yes No No Short film. First film Romero made outside of Pittsburgh.[3]
2000 Bruiser Yes Yes No No
2005 Land of the Dead Yes Yes No No
2007 Diary of the Dead Yes Yes No No
2009 Survival of the Dead Yes Yes Yes No
2010 The Crazies No No Yes No
2021 Iron City Asskickers Yes No Yes Yes Short film. Produced as a spec TV pilot in 1998 but never aired.

Television
Year Film Director Writer Executive producer Editor Notes
1973–1974 The Winners Yes No Yes Yes Also cinematographer
1974 O. J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose Yes No No Yes Television documentary
1983–1988 Tales from the Darkside No Yes Yes No Creator; wrote 4 episodes

Acting roles
Year Film Role
1968 Night of the Living Dead Washington Reporter
1973 The Crazies Mayor
1973 The Amusement Park ageist "road rage" bumper car driver[4]
1978 Martin Father Howard
Dawn of the Dead TV Director
1985 Day of the Dead Zombie with scarf
Document of the Dead Himself
1987 Drive-In Madness
1991 The Silence of the Lambs FBI Agent in Memphis
1998 Iron City Asskickers Bar Patron
2000 The American Nightmare Himself
2005 Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Land of the Dead Puppeteer
2007 Diary of the Dead Police Chief Arthur Katz
2008 Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero Himself
2009 Deadtime Stories
2011 Deadtime Stories 2

Video games

Romero was featured alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar, Robert Englund, Danny Trejo and Michael Rooker in a downloadable content pack in Call of Duty: Black Ops as a zombie boss in "Call of the Dead", the zombie map included in the content pack named "Escalation".

References
  1. "Boxoffice-July.14.1975".
  2. "GOING OUT Guide". The New York Times. 2 June 1975.
  3. Whitacre, Andrew (November 13, 2020). "Video: Adam Charles Hart, "Beyond the Living Dead: Treasures from the George A. Romero Archive"". MIT Comparative Media Studies (CMS). Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  4. Anderson, Kyle (June 1, 2021). "Romero's THE AMUSEMENT PARK Is Horrific Because It's Real". Nerdist. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
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