George A. Romero

While I'm on the topic of directors that inspire me, I might as well mention George Romero, "The Godfather of Zombies". George Romero shouldn't have to have an introduction (at least I hope not). As most people already know, his earliest (and most popular) film was the 1968 "Night of the Living Dead". This movie put zombies on the map, and was the basis for what makes a zombie a zombie as we know them today. George Romero made several more zombie movies and he has been the inspiration for many directors making zombie and zombie type movies today, as well as a great inspiration in modern day horror. "Night of the Living Dead" was "ground-breaking" movie for its time. This movie was very gory for that time (very well made too on such a low budget I might add) when movies were relatively clean. George Romero set the stage for horror as it would unfold in the next several decades, and continues to unfold. I would like to create movies like Romero has made. Although he has used CGI in his films, he focuses more on prosthetics and "monster makeup" and I really respect this and would like to take this same approach in my future films (assuming that I hopefully make some one day.