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
1968
The Return of the Living Dead
1985
Night of the Living Dead
2026
Night of the Living Dead
1990
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
1989
Midnight
1982
Night of the Animated Dead
2021
The Night They Came Home
2024
Night of the Living Dead 3D
2006
Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini
2015
The History of Metal and Horror
2021
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
2011

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
27
Directing
15
Writing
27
Producing
10
Crew
1
2025
View from the Edge
2024
My Life with the Living Dead
as Himself
2023
Crackcoon
as Lewis Smith
2023
Slice 2! Children of the Course
as John A. Russo
2023
Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors
as Self
2022
Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
as Self
2021
The History of Metal and Horror
as Self
2020
Midnight
as Father Stephen
2017
My Uncle John Is a Zombie!
as Uncle John
2017
Killer Campout
as Burt
2015
Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini
as Self
2015
Chronicles of the Living Dead
as Self
2014
Dead Meat Walking: A Zombie Walk Documentary
as Self
2011
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
as Himself
2009
Autopsy of the Dead
as Self (archival footage)
2004
UnConventional
as Self
1999
The Dead Walk: Remaking a Classic
as Self
1999
The Devil Ant
as Self
1996
Santa Claws
as Detective
1993
Zombie Jamboree ‘93
as Himself / Narrator
1990
The Inheritor
as Minister
1989
Horror Effects: Hosted by Tom Savini
as Himself
1989
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
as Self
1987
Drive-In Madness!
as Himself
1986
The Majorettes
as Coroner
1976
The Booby Hatch
as Doctor / Various Characters (uncredited)
1968
Night of the Living Dead
as Washington Military Reporter