George A. Romero

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q51511: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Night of the Living Dead (1968); zombie movies.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974): 1 line

lineage (inspiration) · through Night of the Living Dead (1968), which they directed: Night of the Living Dead ⇒ The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (the host's read). Hooper saw the line down the block for Night of the Living Dead and decided to make a horror film with his own ideas about Vietnam-era America.
“Toby Hooper, who directed Chainsaw Massacre, went and saw Night of the Living Dead.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:03:15 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (2) everyone in directing

director, zombie movies (The Big Picture, ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips!)
director, Night of the Living Dead (Blank Check — Patreon, The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

career (career): Tom Savini → George A. Romero. Savini, the makeup and special effects artist, is placed as someone who worked with Romero.
“like he worked with Romero.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:37:15 · unidentified host (Rewatchables panel) (0.30 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

lineage (influence): Resident Evil → George A. Romero. The skyscraper stage recalls later Romero films where a whole city is overrun.
“the more elevated later Romero movies where it feels like an entire city has been taken over.”
The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 0:54:00 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.