Iconic Horror Directors

George A. Romero

George Andrew Romero was born in New York City on February 4th, 1940. Romero is regarded as one of the most famous zombie film directors of all time and is a very successful director, screenwriter and editor. He attended the Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and after graduation, formed "Image Ten Productions" with a group of friends in the late 60's where they created the first instalment of the to be greatest zombie pentalogy ever, Night of the Living Dead.

It was created on just a budget of 100,000 dollars and made a huge profit. It then became a cult classic in the 70's and the pentalogy continued with Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead and Survival of the Dead. He has been married 3 times and has 2 children and is currently the age of 74. His other works are The Crazies and Season of the Witch and most of his movies are filmed in his favourite city, Pittsburgh.

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

John Carpenter

 

John Howard Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York on January the 6th, 1948. He is an American director, producer, editor, composer and screenwriter and has been active since 1962. His most commonly associated work is his sci-fi films in the 70's and 80's and his most notable work is the 1978 cult classic, Halloween. Carpenter was interested in filming from a young age and began to film short movies on an 8mm film before he even went to high school. He studied at Western Kentucky University and then later on at University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts but he dropped out to begin his future. Halloween, The Thing, Escape from New York and They Live are a few of his most famous films. He has had two wife's and now lives in Los Angeles at the age of 66.

 

 

Halloween (1978)