John A. Russo John A. Russo , sometimes credited as Jack Russo or John Russo , is an American screenwriter and film director most commonly associated with the 1968 horror classic film Night of the Living Dead . As a screenwriter, his credits include Night of the Living Dead , The Majorettes , Midnight , and Santa Claws . The latter two, he also directed. He has performed small roles as an actor, most notably the first ghoul who is stabbed in the head in Night of the Living Dead , as well as cameos in There's Always Vanilla and House of Frankenstein 1997 .Career Russo attended West Virginia University while his friend Rudy Ricci attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh . Ricci met George A. Romero at Carnegie Mellon and introduced Russo to Romero on Russo's Christmas vacation. After college, Russo was drafted into the army and served a two-year stint. Meanwhile, Romero with Russell Streiner formed The Latent Image to produce commercial films with the aim of eventually making a full-length feature film . When Russo got out of the army, he joined his friends in The Latent Image and soon plans were made for a feature film. Russo crafted a rough idea about a young man stumbling upon a host of ghouls feeding off human corpses. Romero loved the idea and a few days later he presented Russo with forty pages of a story based on the idea. The film ultimately became Night of the Living Dead which led to Romero's Dead series and the Living Dead series, with the latter based on a story by Russo. Russo went on to author many novels and, like his friend Romero, began making films of his own. The Booby Hatch was a sex comedy released in 1976. Midnight was an adaptation of Russo's novel of the same name and released in 1982. His novel The Majorettes was adapted by Russo himself and directed by Bill Hinzman who played the Cemetery Zombie in Night of the Living Dead . Russo's next film was Heartstopper which featured "name" actors Michael J. Pollard and Moon Unit Zappa . Russo considers it his favorite of the films he has directed. Russo is also the founder and one of the co-mentors of the John Russo Movie Making Program at DuBois Business College in DuBois, Pennsylvania . Russo grew up in Clarion, Pennsylvania and lives in Glassport, Pennsylvania .Filmography As screenwriter and director My Uncle John is a Zombie Saloonatics Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition Santa Claws *a.k.a. 'Tis the Season Scream Queens' Naked Christmas *a.k.a. Naked Christmas Heartstopper *a.k.a. Dark Craving Midnight 2 *a.k.a. Midnight 2: Sex, Death and Videotape Midnight *a.k.a. Backwoods Massacre The Booby Hatch *a.k.a. Dirty Book Store *a.k.a. The Liberation of Cherry JanowskiAs screenwriter only Voodoo Dawn *a.k.a. Strange Turf The Majorettes *a.k.a. One by One Night of the Living Dead *a.k.a. Night of Anubis *a.k.a. Night of the Flesh Eaters As director only Scream Queens Swimsuit Sensations As an actor My Uncle John is a Zombie .... Uncle JohnHouse of Frankenstein 1997 .... Honor GuardSanta Claws .... Detective*a.k.a. 'Tis the Season The Inheritor .... Unknown roleThe Majorettes .... Dr. Gibson the Coroner*a.k.a. One by One There's Always Vanilla .... Music producer*a.k.a. The Affair Night of the Living Dead .... Washington military reporter/Ghoul in house As producer Children of the Living Dead Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition Santa Claws *a.k.a. 'Tis the Season Night of the Living Dead The Majorettes *a.k.a. One by One There's Always Vanilla *a.k.a. The Affair Documentary appearances One for the Fire: The Legacy of Night of the Living Dead ...Himself UnConventional .... HimselfThe Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic .... HimselfA-Z of Horror TV Series.... Himself*a.k.a. Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror Night of the Living Dead: 25th Anniversary Documentary .... Himself Horror F/X .... Himself Drive-In Madness! .... Himself*a.k.a. Screen Scaries Comics With Avatar Press he is writing a number of comic books:Escape of the Living Dead George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead Plague of the Living Dead
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