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John Carpenter

John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and musician. Although Carpenter has worked with various film genres, he is associated most commonly with horror, action, and science fiction

films of the 1970s and 1980s. Most films of 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 considered as cult classics, and he has been acknowledged as an influential filmmaker. The cult classics that Carpenter has 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). He returned to the Halloween franchise as both composer and executive producer for the horror sequel Halloween (2018).
Born John Howard Carpenter, (1948-01-16) January 16, 1948 (age 76), Carthage, New York, U.S.
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Basic Info

Born John Howard Carpenter, (1948-01-16) January 16, 1948 (age 76), Carthage, New York, U.S.
Occupations Filmmaker, composer, actor
Years active 1969–present

Legacy

Many of Carpenter's films have been re-released on DVD as special editions with numerous bonus features. Examples of such are: the collector's editions of Halloween, Escape from New York, Christine, The Thing, Assault on Precinct 13, Big Trouble In Little China, and The Fog. Some were re-issued with

a new anamorphic widescreen transfer. In the UK, several of Carpenter's films have been released as DVD with audio commentary by Carpenter and his actors (They Live, with actor/wrestler Roddy Piper, Starman with actor Jeff Bridges, and Prince of Darkness with actor Peter Jason).
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Discography

1974 Dark Star Bryanston Distributing Company
1976 Assault on Precinct 13 Turtle Releasing Organization
1978 Halloween Compass International Pictures / Aquarius Releasing
1980 The Fog AVCO Embassy Pictures
1981 Escape from New York


1982 The Thing Universal Pictures
1983 Christine Columbia Pictures
1984 Starman
1986 Big Trouble in Little China 20th Century Fox
1987 Prince of Darkness Universal Pictures / Carolco Pictures
1988 They Live
1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man Warner Bros.
1994 In the Mouth of Madness New Line Cinema
1995 Village of the Damned Universal Pictures
1996 Escape from L.A. Paramount Pictures
1998 Vampires Sony Pictures Releasing
2001 Ghosts of Mars Screen Gems
2010 The Ward ARC Entertainment / XLrator Media



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