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Known Credits 103

Gender Male

Birthdate 1948-01-16 (77 Y.O)

Place Of Birth Carthage, New York, USA

Also Known For Martin QuatermassFrank ArmitageJohn T. ChanceRip HaightJohn Howard Carpenterジョン・カーペンタージョン・ハワード・カーペンター존 카펜터约翰·卡朋特

John Carpenter

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 1 ...

Known For

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

In Search of Darkness: Part III

Halloween in Hollywood

Studio 666

Acting

2024 -- In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 | Self - Interviewee

2024 -- Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters | Self

2022 -- In Search of Darkness: Part III | Self

2022 -- Halloween in Hollywood | Self

2022 -- Studio 666 | Engineer

2022 -- In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee

2021 -- The History of Metal and Horror | Self

2021 -- Biography: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper | Self

2020 -- In Search of Darkness: Part II | Self

2020 -- AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star | Self

2019 -- The Rise of the Synths | Narrator (voice)

2019 -- 1982: Hollywood Summer | Self

2019 -- In Search of Darkness | Self

2018 -- Henchman: The Al Leong Story | Self

2018 -- John Carpenter: Live Retrospective | Self

2017 -- Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions | Self - Filmmaker

2017 -- Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur | Self

2016 -- John Carpenter: Live At Primavera Sound 2016 | Self - Keyboards

2016 -- It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned | Self

2016 -- The Puppet Man | The Taxi Driver

2015 -- Jean-Michel Jarre: The Rise of Electronic Music | Self

2014 -- Why Horror? | Self

2012 -- The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie | Self

2011 -- The Future of Fear | Self

2011 -- Scary Girl |

2011 -- Charlie Brown: Blockhead's Revenge | Self/Host

2011 -- Nightmare Factory | Self

2011 -- The Original Monster Mash | Self

2010 -- Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star | Himself (voice)

2010 -- Halloween: The Inside Story | Self

2009 -- Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock | Self

2009 -- The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style | Self

2009 -- Nightmares in Red, White and Blue | Self

2009 -- Monsterland | Self

2009 -- Tales from the Script | Self

2008 -- In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy | Self

2008 -- Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro | Self

2008 -- Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock | Self

2008 -- Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX | Self

2008 -- Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown | Self

2007 -- Bloodsucking Cinema | Self

2007 -- Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo' | Self

2006 -- Big John | Self

2006 -- Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet | Self

2006 -- Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story | Self

2006 -- Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon | Self

2006 -- Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film | Self

2006 -- Halloween: 25 Years of Terror | Self

2006 -- Working with a Master: John Carpenter | Self (archive footage)

2005 -- Hollywood's Greatest Villains | Self

2005 -- The Perfect Scary Movie | Self

2005 -- Snake Plissken: Man of Honor | Self

2004 -- Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures | Self

2004 -- Christine: Ignition | Self

2004 -- Christine: Finish Line | Self

2004 -- Christine: Fast and Furious | Self

2004 -- John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies | Self

2003 -- Something to Do with Death | Self - Filmmaker

2003 -- The Wages of Sin | Self - Filmmaker

2003 -- An Opera of Violence | Self - Filmmaker

2003 -- Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest | Self

2003 -- Do You Remember Laurie Zimmer? | Self (voice)

2002 -- Scoring Resident Evil | Self (archive footage)

2002 -- Masters of Horror | Self

2002 -- Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog' | Self

2001 -- Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars | Self

2001 -- Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties | Self

2001 -- Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror | Self

2000 -- Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film | Self

2000 -- Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre | Self

2000 -- The American Nightmare | Self

2000 -- Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' | Self

1999 -- Halloween: Unmasked | Self

1998 -- The Thing: Terror Takes Shape | Self

1995 -- After Sunset: The Life & Times of the Drive-In Theater | Self

1995 -- Village of the Damned | Man at Gas Station Phone

1994 -- Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects | Self

1994 -- The Silence of the Hams | Trenchcoat Man / Gimp

1993 -- Body Bags | Coroner

1992 -- Memoirs of an Invisible Man | Helicopter Pilot

1991 -- Fear in the Dark | Self

1990 -- Horror Cafe | Self

1989 -- First Works | Self

1989 -- Stephen King's World of Horror | Self

1988 -- They Live | Voice That Says 'Sleep'

1988 -- The Making of 'They Live' | Self

1986 -- The Boy Who Could Fly | The Coupe de Villes

1986 -- Big Trouble in Little China | Worker in Chinatown (uncredited)

1986 -- Stephen King's World of Horror | Self

1984 -- Starman | Man in Helicopter (uncredited)

1982 -- The Thing | Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited)

1982 -- The Making of 'The Thing' | Self

1982 -- Take One: Fear on Film | Self

1981 -- Escape from New York | Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player

1980 -- The Fog | Bennett

1980 -- Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog' | Self

1978 -- Halloween | Paul (voice) / Michael Myers (uncredited)

1976 -- Assault on Precinct 13 | Gang Member (uncredited)

1975 -- Dark Star | Talby Voice