{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/64831/john-a-russo",
  "name": "John A. Russo",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/64831/john-a-russo",
  "knownForDepartment": "Writing",
  "description": "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.",
  "birthDate": "1939-02-02",
  "alternateName": [
    "John Russo"
  ],
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751652"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "4 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 10331,
      "title": "Night of the Living Dead",
      "year": "1968",
      "role": "Screenplay",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.613,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/rb2NWyb008u1EcKCOyXs2Nmj0ra.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/10331/night-of-the-living-dead-1968"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 133103,
      "title": "The Incredibly Strange Film Show",
      "year": "1988",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 9,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/1hQbyb8Sqcno6SzQYYPGfghtnzj.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/133103/the-incredibly-strange-film-show-1988"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 10925,
      "title": "The Return of the Living Dead",
      "year": "1985",
      "role": "Story",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.192,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/oNsV9BychAe4Sk6xFKp558Rlpyz.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/10925/the-return-of-the-living-dead-1985"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 19185,
      "title": "Night of the Living Dead",
      "year": "1990",
      "role": "Producer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.858,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/7WkSCClUvcAq8JNEp4pM4A9hiDU.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/19185/night-of-the-living-dead-1990"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 858064,
      "title": "Night of the Animated Dead",
      "year": "2021",
      "role": "Original Film Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/mluarGbxZjgvhe5bteR7P24HHAw.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/858064/night-of-the-animated-dead-2021"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1216299,
      "title": "The Night They Came Home",
      "year": "2024",
      "role": "Producer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5.7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3ot1GDhZMGTeOcI23BI7A2IlFCO.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1216299/the-night-they-came-home-2024"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 24927,
      "title": "Night of the Living Dead 3D",
      "year": "2006",
      "role": "Original Film Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 3.912,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/6XZKdnSmbJtKCcBOHVBKr56sJSg.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/24927/night-of-the-living-dead-3d-2006"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 298043,
      "title": "Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini",
      "year": "2015",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/bBEkVXtJb1DbP3YhctgiBYrjT9J.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/298043/smoke-and-mirrors-the-story-of-tom-savini-2015"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 591262,
      "title": "The History of Metal and Horror",
      "year": "2021",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 4.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/xpGo52T2ks9dISWnFackLhkjtx.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/591262/the-history-of-metal-and-horror-2021"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 96140,
      "title": "UnConventional",
      "year": "2004",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 5.333,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uDk4CHKNoomnGRozRV0pIhmMJTb.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/96140/unconventional-2004"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 87734,
      "title": "There's Always Vanilla",
      "year": "1971",
      "role": "Producer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 4.538,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/scO0p5Na3Hywc2LidDWhKOvJRST.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/87734/there-s-always-vanilla-1971"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 29945,
      "title": "Zombie Jamboree",
      "year": "1993",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 10,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/29945/zombie-jamboree-1993"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 104729,
      "title": "Midnight",
      "year": "1982",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5.375,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/v4Nmsv4fwlOUO2GMtE0N2MUpW3H.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/104729/midnight-1982"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 77171,
      "title": "More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead",
      "year": "2011",
      "role": "as Himself",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.4,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/86RnCFzHPTLw7vqCDlnWgsdzesJ.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/77171/more-brains-a-return-to-the-living-dead-2011"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1021921,
      "title": "The Red Tide Massacre",
      "year": "2022",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 4.1,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/xEvnnNpGw1iUvsUtmKs8gOdcbNt.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1021921/the-red-tide-massacre-2022"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1533562,
      "title": "Spawn of the Living Dead",
      "year": null,
      "role": "Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2dgyfhoDquhMs5geJ227jTlCcHD.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1533562/spawn-of-the-living-dead"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 170383,
      "title": "Drive-In Madness!",
      "year": "1987",
      "role": "as Himself",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.333,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/cNrUMGdZK7ldji0rsc6UnHGz0oj.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/170383/drive-in-madness-1987"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 34004,
      "title": "Children of the Living Dead",
      "year": "2001",
      "role": "Executive Producer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 3.654,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/6TFP297jwagAf7Qa6CIkO2bVxrN.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/34004/children-of-the-living-dead-2001"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1118608,
      "title": "Crackcoon",
      "year": "2023",
      "role": "as Lewis Smith",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 3.6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3m75UguqByhZYXJ5pbuXRBV40PO.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1118608/crackcoon-2023"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 27766,
      "title": "Santa Claws",
      "year": "1996",
      "role": "Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 3.25,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/m9ktBVhFfFznsMqU1EsRNKRbRWj.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/27766/santa-claws-1996"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 593317,
      "title": "Killer Campout",
      "year": "2017",
      "role": "as Burt",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 3.8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/iwkKm02e43rPKV51WUN7RaIt4ft.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/593317/killer-campout-2017"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1243805,
      "title": "The Devil Ant",
      "year": "1999",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/efs0hc4Dc703ZB1lK4v1Amopj1T.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1243805/the-devil-ant-1999"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 761092,
      "title": "Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors",
      "year": "2023",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/oCx4YHxM6BJsFp4dKtO838yQajX.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/761092/stale-popcorn-sticky-floors-2023"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 267414,
      "title": "Heartstopper",
      "year": "1989",
      "role": "Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5.667,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/25wE4o71UD7P2VVheDA4WW72unv.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/267414/heartstopper-1989"
    }
  ]
}