“Pittsburgh, for a while, became a production centre. There was one $400 million year. Hollywood was bringing productions in there. Films like 'The Silence of the Lambs' and 'Innocent Blood.' So my guys, the guys I worked with, were able to have careers and live at home. But then it dried up, and a lot of my friends left.”

American and Canadian filmmaker, writer, editor, and actor

George A. Romero was an American and Canadian filmmaker, writer, editor, and actor. He was widely regarded as a major figure in horror cinema, especially for his work on zombie films. He was often described as an icon of the genre and as the father of the zombie film. His reputation rests on reshaping horror film language through a body of work that made zombies central to modern popular culture.