Romero previously wrote novelizations of his movies Dawn Of The Dead and Martin and spent years working on an epic zombie novel called The Living Dead.
Romero’s son Cameron is also working a prequel to the original film dubbed Rise Of The Living Dead.
Over the course of 4 decades, he would make a further 5 sequels, with Dawn Of The Dead and Day Of The Dead also being considered masterpieces.
He’s best known for inventing the entire zombie subgenre with 1968’s Night Of The Living Dead, a low-budget black and white film that was infused with dark social commentary.