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Birth Name: John Howard Carpenter

Age: 78, born 16 January 1948

Country of origin: United States

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 6' 0"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Sandy King

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Listal's 100 best Directors (The Results) (100 items)
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Published 15 years, 2 months ago

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201 votes

The Idiot's Guide To Famous (Classic) Filmmakers (85 items)
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Published 13 years, 3 months ago

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190 votes

Famous Nontheists (101 items)
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Published 15 years, 11 months ago

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136 votes

Directors:The Filmography of... (207 items)
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Published 15 years, 4 months ago

21 comments

124 votes

Directors and Their Masterpieces (55 items)
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Published 17 years, 3 months ago

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John Carpenter Videos

A Tribute to John Carpenter (Video Montage)

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Top 10 John Carpenter Movies

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Added 9 years ago

JOHN CARPENTER INTERVIEW (screamography)

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Description: John Howard Carpenter is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and composer. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, he is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction films from the 1970s and 1980s. Most films in Carpenter's career were critical failures, with the notable exceptions of Halloween (1978), Escape from New York (1981) and Starman (1984). However, many of Carpenter's films from the 1970s and the 1980s such as Dark Star (1974), Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), The Fog (1980), The Thing (1982), Christine (1983), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Prince of Darkness (198 ... (more)

Tags: Director (23), Composer (11), American (11), Writer (9), Singer (8), Born 1948 (7), Producer (6), Snake Plissken (5), Escape From New York (5), Musician (4), Starman (4), Songwriter (4), Halloween (4), Atheist (4), The Thing (4), Big Trouble In Little China (4), Keyboardist (3), Male (3), The Best Director Ever (3)

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1. The Thing (1982)

Rating:

7.9

2322 Watched

2. Halloween (1978)

Rating:

7.5

2339 Watched

3. Escape from New York (1981)

Rating:

7.2

1281 Watched

4. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Rating:

6.9

1151 Watched

5. They Live (1988)

Rating:

7.1

940 Watched

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1. Halloween (1978)

Rating:

7.5

2339 Watched

2. Escape from New York (1981)

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7.2

1281 Watched

3. Halloween

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1091 Watched

4. They Live (1988)

Rating:

7.1

940 Watched

5. Escape from L.A. (1996)

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5.6

821 Watched

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Movies

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1. The Thing (1982)

Rating:

7.9

2322 Watched

2. Escape from New York (1981)

Rating:

7.2

1281 Watched

3. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Rating:

6.9

1151 Watched

4. They Live (1988)

Rating:

7.1

940 Watched

5. The Fog (1980)

Rating:

6.7

662 Watched

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TV

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1. The Daily Show (1996)

Rating:

7.8

1214 Watched

2. Late Show with David Letterman (1993)

Rating:

7.1

322 Watched

3. E! True Hollywood Story

Rating:

7.4

130 Watched

4. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)

Rating:

8.1

91 Watched

5. Charlie Rose

Rating:

8.5

46 Watched

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1. Masters of Horror (2005)

Rating:

7.2

198 Watched

2. John Carpenter's Suburban Screams (2023)

2 want to see

Music

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1. Halloween (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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8.6

6 own

2. Christine

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3 own

3. Halloween II (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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8.6

4 own

4. The Fog

Rating:

7.6

2 own

5. Escape from New York

Rating:

8.5

4 own

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TV written by

1. El Diablo (1990)

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2 Watched

2. Better Late Than Never

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3. Zuma Beach

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Books

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1. The Fog

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2 own

2. Big Trouble in Little China Vol. 1 (2015)

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3. Big Trouble in Little China Vol. 2 (2016)

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4. Big Trouble in Little China Vol. 3 (2016)

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1984) (9 movies items)

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Walk of Fame! (233 person items)

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The Big Names of Horror (57 person items)

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John Carpenter & Jim Lang - Body Bags - The Coroner's Theme [Extended by Gilles Nuytens]

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yord's Favorite Directors (42 person items)

"Favorite Film: The Thing "

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Favourite Directors (98 person items)

"Favourite films: The Fog, Escape From New York, Halloween, In the Mouth of Darkness, Christine, They Live, Starman, Big Trouble in Little China, and The Prince of Darkness "

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Iconic People and Celebrities (1031 person items)

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Directores Favoritos (62 person items)

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Cine Latino/Español (84 movies items)

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Favorite Person (34 person items)

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Directors I'd Love To See Make A Comeback (11 person items)

"Given how horror film is booming these days, how is John Carpenter not in on the action? He makes Ghosts of Mars in 2001 and then nothing until the poorly received The Ward in 2010 which was his last film released. More than anyone on this list, old Carpy is begging for a major comeback film."

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