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name: "Bill Hinzman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/s-william-hinzman"
fi1m_id: "s-william-hinzman"
imdb_id: "nm0386100"
tmdb_id: 97920
wikidata_id: "Q1966500"
roles: ["Assistant camera"]
born: "24 October 1936"
died: "5 February 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-26T16:45:06.360314+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Bill Hinzman

## Identity

Bill Hinzman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/s-william-hinzman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** s-william-hinzman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0386100
- **TMDB ID:** 97920
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1966500
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hinzman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1966500, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386100/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97920

Assistant camera. Born 24 October 1936 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 5 February 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Assistant camera
- **Born:** 24 October 1936, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 5 February 2012
- **Also known as:** S. William Hinzman, William Hinzman, Bill Heinzman, Billy Hinzman, S. William Hinzman Jr., Bill Hinzeman
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hinzman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1966500, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386100/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97920

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Night of the Living Dead*](https://film.one/film/night-of-the-living-dead.md) (88)

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## Biography

Bill Hinzman (born Samuel William Hinzman) was an American actor and film director. He is best known for playing the cemetery zombie in George A. Romero's *Night of the Living Dead* (1968), his first screen role. While working as an assistant cameraman on the production, he was cast in the part after being spotted by Romero.

Hinzman appeared in other Romero films including *The Crazies* (1973) and later directed and starred in the horror films *The Majorettes* (1986) and *Flesheater* (1988), in which he reprised a zombie role. He continued acting in independent horror productions into the 2010s. Hinzman died of cancer on 5 February 2012.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, reuters.com, bbc.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Night of the Living Dead* (1968), Fi1m 88, as Zombie — [page](https://film.one/film/night-of-the-living-dead.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mimesis* (2011), as Zombie
- *Underground Entertainment: The Movie* (2011), as Zombie #1
- *River of Darkness* (2011), as Harvey Hix
- *The Spookshow* (2009), as Bartender
- *It Came from Trafalgar* (2009), as Zombie #1 (as Bill Hinzman)
- *Shadow: Dead Riot* (2006), as Romero the Zombie
- *Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Terror* (2005), as Zombie (archive footage)
- *The Drunken Dead Guy* (2005), as The Experienced Zombie
- *The Mob Boss & the Soul Singer* (2002), Producer, Cinematography
- *Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition 1999* (1999), as Zombie
- *Star of Jaipur* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Satanic Yuppies* (1996), as Miles Bishop
- *Santa Claws* (1996), as Director · Director of Photography
- *Scream Queens Naked Christmas* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Legion of the Night* (1995), as Dr. Bloom
- *Backstreet Justice* (1994), Additional Photography
- *FleshEater: Revenge of the Living Dead* (1988), as FleshEater · Producer, Screenplay, Editor, Director, Story
- *Creepy Classics* (1987), as Zombie - (archive footage)
- *The Majorettes* (1986), as Sgt. Sanders · Director, Transportation Coordinator, Editor
- *Midnight* (1982), Still Photographer
- *Knightriders* (1981), as Mustachioed Archer in Tree (uncredited), Archer in Tree
- *The Amusement Park* (1975), Director of Photography
- *O.J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose* (1974), Cinematography
- *The Crazies* (1973), as Man Shooting at Doctor's Office, Crazie shooting at doctor's office · Director of Photography
- *Hungry Wives* (1972), as The Intruder · Additional Photography, Lighting Artist
- *There's Always Vanilla* (1971), as Drunk guy in bar
- *Night of the Living Dead* (1968), as Zombie · Assistant Camera — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/night-of-the-living-dead.md)

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