# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-a-romero
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:32:36.924Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-a-romero"
name: "George A. Romero"
slug: "george-a-romero"
description: "George Andrew Romero was an American-Canadian filmmaker, writer, editor, and actor. Regarded as an influential pioneer of the horror film genre, particularly zombie films, he has been described as an \"icon\" and the \"father of the zombie film\"."
tagline: "Canadian-American filmmaker (1940–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Romero%2C_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_(Mostra).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1940-02-04"
deathDate: "2017-07-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 250
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump