George A. Romero filmography
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George A. Romero (1940–2017) was an American film director, writer, editor and cinematographer. He contributed to many projects as either the writer, director, editor, cinematographer or a combination of the four.
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.
Films
Year | Film | Director | Writer | Editor | Actor | Role | Critical Reception[III] |
Average Review[IIII] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1968 | Night of the Living Dead[II] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Washington reporter | 96% | 8.6 |
1971 | There's Always Vanilla[II] | Yes | Yes | n/a | n/a | |||
1973 | Season of the Witch[II] | Yes | Yes | Yes | 57% | 5.9 | ||
1973 | The Crazies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Mayor | 53% | 5.3 |
1978 | Martin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Father Howard | 96% | 7.6 |
1978 | Dawn of the Dead | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | TV Director | 95% | 8.5 |
1981 | Knightriders | Yes | Yes | Yes | 82% | 6.4 | ||
1982 | Creepshow | Yes | Yes | 69% | 6.2 | |||
1985 | Day of the Dead | Yes | Yes | Yes | Zombie with scarf | 82% | 6.9 | |
Document of the Dead | Yes | Himself | n/a | n/a | ||||
1987 | Creepshow 2 | Yes | 30% | 3.9 | ||||
Drive-In Madness | Yes | Himself | n/a | n/a | ||||
1988 | Monkey Shines | Yes | Yes | 50% | 5.4 | |||
1990 | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | Yes | 31% | 4.6 | ||||
Two Evil Eyes | Yes | Yes | 50% | 5.2 | ||||
Night of the Living Dead[IIIII] | Yes | 68% | 8.4 | |||||
1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Yes | FBI Agent in Memphis | 94% | 6.3 | |||
1993 | The Dark Half[I] | Yes | Yes | 61% | 5.8 | |||
2000 | Bruiser | Yes | Yes | 67% | 6.0 | |||
The American Nightmare | Yes | Himself | 67% | 6.6 | ||||
2004 | Dawn of the Dead[IIIII] | Yes | 75% | 6.7 | ||||
2005 | Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream | Yes | Himself | 89% | 6.9 | |||
Land of the Dead | Yes | Yes | Yes | Puppeteer | 74% | 6.6 | ||
2006 | Night of the Living Dead 3D[IIIII] | Yes | 18% | 2.6 | ||||
2007 | Diary of the Dead[I] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Police Chief Arthur Katz | 62% | 6.1 | |
2008 | Day of the Dead[IIIII] | Yes | 14% | 2.7 | ||||
Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero | Yes | Himself | n/a | n/a | ||||
2009 | Deadtime Stories[I] | Yes | Himself | n/a | n/a | |||
Survival of the Dead | Yes | Yes | 30% | 4.9 | ||||
2010 | The Crazies[IIIII] | Yes | 71% | 6.4 | ||||
2011 | Deadtime Stories 2[I] | Yes | Himself | n/a | n/a |
^ I Credited as a producer
^ II Credited as a cinematographer
^ III % of critics who recommend the film
^ IIII Out of 10
^ IIIII Received a "based on" writing credit for the remakes of his films
Video Games
Romero was featured and voiced alongside Robert Englund, Sarah Michelle Gellar, 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
- General
- "George A. Romero - Filmography". Allmovie. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
- "George A. Romero on Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- Specific