Read more about Romero’s legacy; the background of Romero Lives!; and Adam Lowenstein, Pitt professor of English and film and media studies and member of the Romero Lives! steering committee in Pittwire.
A series of programming presented by the University of Pittsburgh Humanities Center, the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Andy Warhol Museum will celebrate George A. Romero’s legacy and his impact on the horror genre in Romero Lives!
On Friday, Oct. 5, the Montreal Monstrum Society will provide an interactive overview of Romero’s career in “An Empire of the Dead: A History of George A. Romero” at the Carnegie Museum of Art Theater. The presentation will be followed by a screening of Romero’s “Season of the Witch” at the Warhol.
On Saturday, Oct. 6, a Symposium on the Cinema of George A. Romero will examine Romero’s achievements in a series of panel discussion featuring distinguished filmmakers and scholars in conversation with each other.
Later this month on Friday, Oct. 19, a Carnegie Lecture Hall panel discussion will feature Romero’s wife, Suzanne Desrocher-Romero, “Day of the Dead” actress Lori Cardille, “Night of the Living Dead” producer Gary Streiner and others. The panelists will discuss their memories of Romero and his legacies for cinema, horror and the city of Pittsburgh.
Best known for the seminal “Night of the Living Dead,” as well as its sequels “Dawn of the Dead” and “Day of the Dead,” Romero also directed cult classics including “Knightriders” and “The Crazies.” In addition, Romero directed Stephen King’s screenwriting debut “Creepshow,” wrote its sequel and adapted and directed King’s “The Dark Half” for the big screen.