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, which he co-wrote with director George Romero.
2026Rebirth of the Living DeadMovieProducer2026Night of the Living DeadMovieOriginal Film Writer
2026Midnight 3MovieExecutive Producer
2025View from the EdgeMovie
2024CrackcoonMovieas Lewis Smith
2024My Life with the Living DeadMovieas Himself · Writer2024The Night They Came HomeMovieScreenplay · Producer
2023Slice 2! Children of the CourseMovieas John A. Russo
2023Stale Popcorn & Sticky FloorsMovieas Self2022The Red Tide MassacreMovieDirector
2022Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie FilmMovieas Self2021Night of the Animated DeadMovieOriginal Film Writer
2021The History of Metal and HorrorMovieas Self
2020MidnightMovieas Father Stephen · Writer · Executive Producer
2020Night of the Living Dead LiveMovieOriginal Film Writer
20171-900 VampireMovieDirector2017My Uncle John Is a Zombie!Movieas Uncle John · Director · Screenplay
2017Killer CampoutMovieas Burt
2015Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom SaviniMovieas Self
2015Chronicles of the Living DeadMovieas Self
2014Dead Meat Walking: A Zombie Walk DocumentaryMovieas Self
2011More Brains! A Return to the Living DeadMovieas Himself
2011Another Night of the Living DeadMovieWriter
2009Autopsy of the DeadMovieas Self (archival footage)2006Night of the Living Dead 3DMovieOriginal Film Writer
2004UnConventionalMovieas Self
2002The Mob Boss & the Soul SingerMovieDirector · Screenplay2001Children of the Living DeadMovieExecutive Producer
1999Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition 1999MovieDirector · Writer
1999The Dead Walk: Remaking a ClassicMovieas Self
1999The Devil AntMovieas Self1996Santa ClawsMovieas Detective · Director · Producer · Writer1996Scream Queens Naked ChristmasMovieDirector · Screenplay1993Midnight 2MovieDirector · Writer1992Scream Queens Swimsuit SensationsMovieDirector1990Night of the Living DeadMovieProducer
1990The InheritorMovieas Minister
1989Monster Make-UpMovieDirector1989HeartstopperMovieDirector · Writer1989Horror Effects: Hosted by Tom SaviniMovieas Himself · Producer
1988The Incredibly Strange Film ShowTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1987Drive-In Madness!Movieas Himself1986The MajorettesMovieas Coroner · Screenplay · Novel · Producer1985The Return of the Living DeadMovieStory1982MidnightMovieDirector · Novel · Screenplay · Special Effects
1976The Devil and Sam SilversteinMovieOther1976The Booby HatchMovieas Doctor / Various Characters (uncredited) · Director · Writer · Producer1971There's Always VanillaMovieProducer1968Night of the Living DeadMovieas Washington Military Reporter · Screenplay
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—Spawn of the Living DeadMovieWriter