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Director
John Carpenter
Defining Films
Profile
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 1
In Their Own Words
The Quatermass films were very important to me growing up, the idea of ancient evil that's been around since before man.
On Prince of Darkness () also music composer and writer under the Martin Quatermass pseudonym · Horror Film Directors, 1931-1990 by Dennis Fischer
Filmography (38)
The Thing
They Live
Assault On Precinct 13
Assault On Precinct 13
John Carpenter: Escape from New York
John Carpenter: Distant Dream
John Carpenter: Distant Dream
The Ward
Vampires: Los Muertos (Tommy Lee Wallace, ) executive producer
Vampires: Los Muertos (Tommy Lee Wallace, ) executive producer
M. Le Blanc and C. Odell, John Carpenter , Pocket Essentials
M. Le Blanc and C. Odell, John Carpenter , Pocket Essentials
Ghosts from Mars
Ghosts from Mars
Robert C Cumbow, Order in the Universe: The Films of John Carpenter , Second Edition, The Scarecrow Press
Robert C Cumbow, Order in the Universe: The Films of John Carpenter , Second Edition, The Scarecrow Press
John Kenneth Muir, The Films of John Carpenter , McFarland & Company
John Kenneth Muir, The Films of John Carpenter , McFarland & Company
Silent Predators (Noel Nosseck, ) made for television; teleplay
Silent Predators (Noel Nosseck, ) made for television; teleplay
Vampires
Anne Billson, The Thing , British Film Institute Modern Classics, BFI Publishing
Anne Billson, The Thing , British Film Institute Modern Classics, BFI Publishing
Village of the Damned
In the Mouth of Madness
John McCarty, The Fearmakers , St, Martin’s Press
John McCarty, The Fearmakers , St, Martin’s Press
John Carpenter Presents Body Bags
John Carpenter Presents Body Bags
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Blood River (Mel Damski, ) writer
Blood River (Mel Damski, ) writer
El Diablo (Peter Markle, ) writer
El Diablo (Peter Markle, ) writer
Prince of Darkness
Big Trouble in Little China
Black Moon Raising (Harley Cokeliss, ) writer and executive producer
Black Moon Raising (Harley Cokeliss, ) writer and executive producer
The Philadelphia Experiment (Stewart Raffill, ) executive producer
The Philadelphia Experiment (Stewart Raffill, ) executive producer
Starman
Christine
Halloween III: The Season of the Witch (Tommy Lee Wallace, ) producer and music composer
Halloween III: The Season of the Witch (Tommy Lee Wallace, ) producer and music composer
Halloween II (Rick Rosenthal, ) writer, producer and music composer
Halloween II (Rick Rosenthal, ) writer, producer and music composer
Escape from New York
Escape from New York
Elvis
Zuma Beach (Lee H. Katzin, ) writer
Zuma Beach (Lee H. Katzin, ) writer
Halloween
Halloween
Eyes of Laura Mars (Irvin Kershner, ) writer
Eyes of Laura Mars (Irvin Kershner, ) writer
Someone’s Watching Me!
Someone’s Watching Me!
Dark Star
Dark Star
Dennis Fischer, Horror Film Directors, - , McFarland & Company
Dennis Fischer, Horror Film Directors, - , McFarland & Company
Made-for-television films directed by John Carpenter:
Made-for-television films directed by John Carpenter: