title: Children of the Pyre
Roy Frumkes
Killer Wave
Day of the Dead (1985 film)
Land of the Dead
George A. Romero
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium
Father's Day (2011 film)
John Amplas
Dawn of the Dead (1978 film)
sentences: Children of the Pyre ("Ta paidia tis pyras") is a 2008 film documentary directed and produced by Rajesh S. Jala.
 The film documents the stories of seven children who cremate dead bodies and steal cremation shrouds at India's largest crematorium, Manikarnika, on the banks of the Ganges.
 Jala, also the cinematographer, shot over 100 hours of footage at the crematorium and surrounding sites, including candid interviews with the seven children described in the film, who discuss their difficult life cremating dead bodies and stealing shrouds from the bodies brought to the crematorium and reselling them to merchants for a nominal fee.
 In 2009, the filmmaker launched a project to improve the lives of the 300 children working at the crematorium.
Roy Frumkes is an American independent filmmaker.
 Frumkes directed the 1985 documentary "Document of the Dead", a film detailing the production of "Dawn of the Dead".
Killer Wave is a 2007 joint American-Canadian action-thriller TV mini-series, directed by Canadian filmmaker Bruce McDonald and written by Tedi Sarafian, George Malko, William Gray.
Day of the Dead is a 1985 American horror film written and directed by George A. Romero and the third film in Romero's "Dead" series, being preceded by "Night of the Living Dead" (1968) and "Dawn of the Dead" (1978).
Land of the Dead (also known as George A. Romero's Land of the Dead) is a 2005 post-apocalyptic horror film written and directed by George A. Romero; the fourth of Romero's six "Living Dead" movies, it is preceded by "Night of the Living Dead", "Dawn of the Dead" and "Day of the Dead", and succeeded by "Diary of the Dead" and "Survival of the Dead".
 It was released in 2005, with a budget of $15–19 million, the highest in the series, and became a success, grossing over $46 million.
George Andrew Romero ( ; February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017) was an American-Canadian filmmaker, writer and editor, best known for his series of gruesome and satirical horror films about an imagined zombie apocalypse, beginning with "Night of the Living Dead" (1968), which is often considered a progenitor of the fictional zombie of modern culture.
 Other films in the series include "Dawn of the Dead" (1978) and "Day of the Dead" (1985).
 Aside from the "Dead" series, his works include "The Crazies" (1973), "Martin" (1978), "Creepshow" (1982), "Monkey Shines" (1988), "The Dark Half" (1993) and "Bruiser" (2000).
 He also created and executive-produced the television series "Tales from the Darkside" (1983–1988).
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium is a 2005 horror film written by Ana Clavell and directed by Clavell and James Dudelson, starring Justin Ipock, Laurie Maria Baranyay and John F. Henry III.
 It is an unofficial sequel to "1985's Day of the Dead".
 The film was released direct-to-video on  18, 2005 (2005--) in the United States.
Father's Day is a 2011 American-Canadian action-horror comedy film directed by Adam Brooks, Jeremy Gillespie, Matthew Kennedy, Steven Kostanski, and Conor Sweeney.
 The film stars Adam Brooks as Ahab, a man determined to exact revenge on Chris Fuchman, the Father's Day Killer, a rapist and serial killer who murdered his father years ago.
John Amplas (born June 23, 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actor known primarily for his work with director George A. Romero.
 His first work with Romero was the cult film "Martin" (1978), in which he played the title role.
 Thereafter, he has appeared in a number of other films directed by Romero, including "Dawn of the Dead" (1978), "Knightriders" (1981), "Creepshow" (1982), and "Day of the Dead" (1985), as well as "Toxic Zombies" (1980), a former video nasty, and "Midnight" (1982), directed by John Russo.
 He has recently acted in a horror concept teaser entitled "The Three" (2011) directed by filmmaker Scott Goldberg which also features co-lead from "Day of the Dead" Lori Cardille.
 He starred also in the feature film adaption of the Rob Steigert short film "Ombis".
Dawn of the Dead (also known internationally as Zombi) is a 1978 American independent zombie horror film directed by George A. Romero.
 It was written by Romero in collaboration with the Italian filmmaker Dario Argento and produced by Richard P. Rubinstein.
 It was the second film made in Romero's "Living Dead" series and shows in a larger scale the apocalyptic effects on society, though it contains no characters or settings from "Night of the Living Dead".
 In the film, a phenomenon of unidentified origin has caused the reanimation of the dead, who prey on human flesh.
 David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, and Gaylen Ross star as survivors of the outbreak who barricade themselves inside a suburban shopping mall amid mass hysteria.

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 Children of the Pyre ("Ta paidia tis pyras") is a 2008 film documentary directed and produced by Rajesh S. Jala.
 The film documents the stories of seven children who cremate dead bodies and steal cremation shrouds at India's largest crematorium, Manikarnika, on the banks of the Ganges.
 Jala, also the cinematographer, shot over 100 hours of footage at the crematorium and surrounding sites, including candid interviews with the seven children described in the film, who discuss their difficult life cremating dead bodies and stealing shrouds from the bodies brought to the crematorium and reselling them to merchants for a nominal fee.
 In 2009, the filmmaker launched a project to improve the lives of the 300 children working at the crematorium. 

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 Roy Frumkes is an American independent filmmaker.
 Frumkes directed the 1985 documentary "Document of the Dead", a film detailing the production of "Dawn of the Dead". 

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 Killer Wave is a 2007 joint American-Canadian action-thriller TV mini-series, directed by Canadian filmmaker Bruce McDonald and written by Tedi Sarafian, George Malko, William Gray. 

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 Day of the Dead is a 1985 American horror film written and directed by George A. Romero and the third film in Romero's "Dead" series, being preceded by "Night of the Living Dead" (1968) and "Dawn of the Dead" (1978). 

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 Land of the Dead (also known as George A. Romero's Land of the Dead) is a 2005 post-apocalyptic horror film written and directed by George A. Romero; the fourth of Romero's six "Living Dead" movies, it is preceded by "Night of the Living Dead", "Dawn of the Dead" and "Day of the Dead", and succeeded by "Diary of the Dead" and "Survival of the Dead".
 It was released in 2005, with a budget of $15–19 million, the highest in the series, and became a success, grossing over $46 million. 

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 George Andrew Romero ( ; February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017) was an American-Canadian filmmaker, writer and editor, best known for his series of gruesome and satirical horror films about an imagined zombie apocalypse, beginning with "Night of the Living Dead" (1968), which is often considered a progenitor of the fictional zombie of modern culture.
 Other films in the series include "Dawn of the Dead" (1978) and "Day of the Dead" (1985).
 Aside from the "Dead" series, his works include "The Crazies" (1973), "Martin" (1978), "Creepshow" (1982), "Monkey Shines" (1988), "The Dark Half" (1993) and "Bruiser" (2000).
 He also created and executive-produced the television series "Tales from the Darkside" (1983–1988). 

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 Day of the Dead 2: Contagium is a 2005 horror film written by Ana Clavell and directed by Clavell and James Dudelson, starring Justin Ipock, Laurie Maria Baranyay and John F. Henry III.
 It is an unofficial sequel to "1985's Day of the Dead".
 The film was released direct-to-video on  18, 2005 (2005--) in the United States. 

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 John Amplas (born June 23, 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actor known primarily for his work with director George A. Romero.
 His first work with Romero was the cult film "Martin" (1978), in which he played the title role.
 Thereafter, he has appeared in a number of other films directed by Romero, including "Dawn of the Dead" (1978), "Knightriders" (1981), "Creepshow" (1982), and "Day of the Dead" (1985), as well as "Toxic Zombies" (1980), a former video nasty, and "Midnight" (1982), directed by John Russo.
 He has recently acted in a horror concept teaser entitled "The Three" (2011) directed by filmmaker Scott Goldberg which also features co-lead from "Day of the Dead" Lori Cardille.
 He starred also in the feature film adaption of the Rob Steigert short film "Ombis". 

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Answer: George Andrew Romero