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John Carpenter

John Carpenter

Director · Born 1948-01-16 · Carthage, New York, USA

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Biography

An American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, composer, and occasional actor. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres in his four-decade career, his name is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction. Most films in Carpenter's career were initially commercial and critical failures, with the notable exceptions of Halloween (1978), The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), and Starman (1984). However, many of Carpenter's films from the 1970s and the 1980s have come to be viewed as cult classics, and he has been acknowledged as an influential filmmaker. Cult classics that Carpenter directed include: Dark Star (1974), Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), The Thing (1982), Christine (1983), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Prince of Darkness (1987), They Live (1988) and In the Mouth of Madness (1995). His films are characterized by minimalist lighting and photography, static cameras, use of steadicam, and distinctive synthesized scores. Carpenter is also notable for having composed or co-composed most of the music of his films; some of them are now considered cult as well, with the main theme of Halloween being considered a part of popular cu…

Directed

  1. The Thing (1982) — Director
  2. Halloween (1978) — Director
  3. Escape from New York (1981) — Director
  4. They Live (1988) — Director
  5. Big Trouble in Little China (1986) — Director
  6. Christine (1983) — Director
  7. In the Mouth of Madness (1995) — Director
  8. The Fog (1980) — Director
  9. Escape from L.A. (1996) — Director
  10. Vampires (1998) — Director
  11. The Ward (2010) — Director
  12. Ghosts of Mars (2001) — Director
  13. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) — Director
  14. Prince of Darkness (1987) — Director
  15. Starman (1984) — Director
  16. Village of the Damned (1995) — Director
  17. Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) — Director
  18. Dark Star (1974) — Director
  19. Body Bags (1993) — Director
  20. Masters of Horror (2005) — Director
  21. Someone's Watching Me! (1978) — Director
  22. Elvis (1979) — Director
  23. Cigarette Burns (2005) — Director
  24. Pro-Life (2006) — Director
  25. Captain Voyeur (1969) — Director
  26. John Carpenter's Suburban Screams (2023) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. The Thing (1982) — Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited)
  2. Halloween (1978) — Paul (voice) / Michael Myers (uncredited)
  3. Escape from New York (1981) — Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player
  4. They Live (1988) — Voice That Says 'Sleep' (voice) (uncredited)
  5. Big Trouble in Little China (1986) — Worker in Chinatown (uncredited)
  6. The Fog (1980) — Bennett
  7. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) — Gang Member (uncredited)
  8. Starman (1984) — Man in Helicopter (uncredited)
  9. Village of the Damned (1995) — Man at Gas Station Phone
  10. Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) — Helicopter Pilot
  11. Dark Star (1974) — Talby Voice
  12. Body Bags (1993) — Coroner
  13. Studio 666 (2022) — Engineer
  14. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self - Guest
  15. The Silence of the Hams (1994) — Trenchcoat Man / Gimp
  16. The Boy Who Could Fly (1986) — The Coupe de Villes
  17. The Movies That Made Us (2019) — Self (Archival Footage)
  18. In Search of Darkness (2019) — Self
  19. Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006) — Self
  20. Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009) — Self
  21. Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown (2008) — Self
  22. The Rifleman (1958)
  23. Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006) — Self
  24. In Search of Darkness: Part II (2020) — Self
  25. Tales from the Script (2009) — Self
  26. The American Nightmare (2000) — Self
  27. In Search of Tomorrow (2022) — Self - Interviewee
  28. The Thing: Terror Takes Shape (1998) — Self
  29. Amityville: An Origin Story (2023) — Self
  30. In Search of Darkness: Part III (2022) — Self
  31. Why Horror? (2014) — Self
  32. The Rise of the Synths (2019) — Narrator (voice)
  33. Nightmare Factory (2011) — Self
  34. I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025) — Self (archive footage)
  35. The Real History of Science Fiction (2014) — Self
  36. A History of Horror (2010) —  Self
  37. Halloween: The Inside Story (2010) — Self
  38. Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror (2001) — Self
  39. 100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004) — Self
  40. John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. (2024) — Self