John A. Russo

Biography

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.

Known For

Night of the Living Dead

The Incredibly Strange Film Show

The History of Metal and Horror

More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead

Crackcoon

Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini

Killer Campout

My Uncle John Is a Zombie!

All Movies (25)

• My Life with the Living Dead2024 · as Himself
• Crackcoon2023 · as Lewis Smith
• Slice 2! Children of the Course2023 · as John A. Russo
• Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors2023 · as Self
• Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film2022 · as Self
• The History of Metal and Horror2021 · as Self
• Midnight2020 · as Father Stephen
• My Uncle John Is a Zombie!2017 · as Uncle John
• Killer Campout2017 · as Burt
• Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini2015 · as Self
• Chronicles of the Living Dead2015 · as Self
• Dead Meat Walking: A Zombie Walk Documentary2014 · as Self
• More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead2011 · as Himself
• Autopsy of the Dead2009 · as Self (archival footage)
• UnConventional2004 · as Self
• The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic1999 · as Self
• The Devil Ant1999 · as Self
• Santa Claws1996 · as Detective
• Zombie Jamboree1993 · as Himself / Narrator
• The Inheritor1990 · as Minister
• Horror Effects: Hosted by Tom Savini1989 · as Himself
• Drive-In Madness!1987 · as Himself
• The Majorettes1986 · as Coroner
• The Booby Hatch1976 · as Doctor / Various Characters (uncredited)
• Night of the Living Dead1968 · as Washington Military Reporter

All TV Shows (1)

• The Incredibly Strange Film Show1988 · as Self