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:This article is about the director, for the composer see John Alden Carpenter.
John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film music composer.
Born in Carthage, New York and raised in Bowling Green, Kentucky, he attended Western Kentucky University (where his father was director of the music department) and later the University of Southern California, where he won an Academy Award for his student film The Resurrection Of Broncho Billy. Considered by many to be the greatest director of modern horror, he has in fact made movies in a number of other genres.
He describes himself as having been influenced by Alfred HitchcockSir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE ( 13 August 1899 29 April, 1980) was a British film director closely associated with the suspense genre. Influenced by expressionism in Germany, he began directing in England, and worked in the United States from 1939., Howard HawksHoward Hawks ( May 30, 1896 December 26, 1977) was one of the more critically acclaimed directors of the Classic Hollywood Era. Hawks directed several films considered to be classics in a number of different genres: The Big Sleep film noir Bringing Up Bab, and The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone was a television series created (and often written) by its narrator and host Rod Serling. Each episode was an individual fantasy or science fiction story, often concluding with an eerie or unexpected twist. A popular success, it introduc.
Some of the films that John Carpenter was attached to at one point but eventually left were Fatal AttractionFatal Attraction is a 1987 horror/ slasher film which tells the story of a married man who has an affair, only to discover that the woman with whom he had the affair is not ready to let it end. It stars Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer. The mo, The Golden Child , No Way OutThere are different things named No Way Out No Way Out (1950 movie is a 1950 movie starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier. No Way Out (1987 movie is a 1987 movie starring Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman. No Way Out (album) is a 1998 album by Puff Dadd, , Deal of the Century , Armed & Dangerous , FirestarterThis is about the Stephen King book. Firestarter" is also the name of a song by the band The Prodigy. Firestarter is a novel by Stephen King originally published in 1980. It was serialized in Omni magazine previous to being published. Story Firestarter is and The Philadelphia Experiment.
Many horror/sci-fi/indie filmmakers have expressed admiration for Carpenter's work, from Robert Rodriguez to Guillermo Del Toro to Quentin Tarantino to even the critically-praised Paul Thomas Anderson of Boogie Nights and Magnolia fame.
1 Filmography as director
