# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-a-russo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:29:58.675Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-a-russo"
name: "John A. Russo"
slug: "john-a-russo"
description: "John A. Russo, sometimes credited as Jack Russo or John Russo, is an American screenwriter and film director most commonly associated with the 1968 horror classic film Night of the Living Dead, which he co-wrote with director George A. Romero. As a screenwriter, his credits include Night of the Living Dead, The Majorettes, Midnight, and Santa Claws. The latter two, he also directed. He has performed small roles as an actor, most notably the first ghoul who is stabbed in the head in Night of the Living Dead, as well as cameos in There's Always Vanilla and House of Frankenstein (1997). He was the publisher and managing editor of the magazine Scream Queens Illustrated, which featured popular stars of horror films and other genres."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_A._Russo_(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1939-02-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.46
  momentum:             0.7803163444639718
  historical:           14.77707866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751652/"
    handle:    "nm0751652"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جۆن ئەی ڕوسۆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John A. Russo"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Russo"
    title: "John A. Russo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John A. Russo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جان ای. روسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Russo"
    title: "John A. Russo"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Russo"
    title: "John A. Russo"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John A. Russo"
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  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Russo"
    title: "John A. Russo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Руссо, Джон (кинематографист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2460466"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "John A. Russo"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump