John Carpenter
Directing
Born: Jan 16, 1948
From: Carthage, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 culture. His music is generally synthesized with accompaniment from piano and atmospherics. He released his …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Search of Darkness: Part III | Self | 2022 | 7.5 |
| Studio 666 | Engineer | 2022 | 5.886 |
| The History of Metal and Horror | Self | 2021 | 4.5 |
| Carpenter on Quatermass | Self | 2014 | — |
| The Original Monster Mash | Self | 2011 | — |
| Charlie Brown: Blockhead's Revenge | Self/Host | 2011 | 6.2 |
| Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star | Himself (voice) | 2010 | 4.6 |
| Nightmares in Red, White and Blue | Self | 2009 | 6.6 |
| Tales from the Script | Self | 2009 | 6.5 |
| Monsterland | Self | 2009 | 6.5 |
| Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown | Self | 2008 | 7.3 |
| Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX | Self | 2008 | 6.6 |
| Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock | Self | 2008 | — |
| Bloodsucking Cinema | Self | 2007 | 5.0 |
| Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film | Self | 2006 | 6.816 |
| Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon | Self | 2006 | 7.0 |
| The Perfect Scary Movie | Self | 2005 | 7.667 |
| John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies | Self | 2004 | 5.5 |
| An Opera of Violence | Self - Filmmaker | 2003 | 6.75 |
| Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest | Self | 2003 | 8.0 |
| Do You Remember Laurie Zimmer? | Self (voice) | 2003 | 7.5 |
| Scoring Resident Evil | Self (archive footage) | 2002 | 4.9 |
| Halloween: Unmasked | Self | 1999 | 5.75 |
| The Thing: Terror Takes Shape | Self | 1998 | 7.448 |
| The Silence of the Hams | Trenchcoat Man / Gimp | 1994 | 4.884 |
| Body Bags | Coroner | 1993 | 6.123 |
| The Making of 'They Live' | Self | 1988 | — |
| Stephen King's World of Horror | Self | 1986 | 6.1 |
| Halloween | Paul (voice) / Michael Myers … | 1978 | 7.557 |
| Assault on Precinct 13 | Gang Member (uncredited) | 1976 | 7.271 |
| Known for | Directing |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1948 |
| From | Carthage, New York, … |