Also Credited As:
Frank Armitage, James T Chance, John T Chance, Martin Quatermass, Rip Haight, John Howard Carpenter
Biography
For most of his life, John Carpenter had been directing films. Surrounded by artistic influences ever since he was young - his father was an accomplished violinist and his mother routinely took him to movies - Carpenter naturally made the transition from childhood experimenter, to film student, to finally, professional director. Unexpected, however, was his making one the most important horror films ever in "Halloween" (1978), a chilling tale …
LATEST CREDITS
Masters of Fantasy: John Carpenter | Interviewee |
The American Nightmare | Interviewee |
Firstworks | Actor |
John Carpenter Presents Body Bags | Coroner |
Dario Argento: An Eye For Horror | Interviewee |
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties | Interviewee |
Tales From The Script | Himself |
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue | Actor |
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown | Actor |
Bloodsucking Cinema | Interviewee |
The 100 Scariest Movie Moments | Interviewee |
Scream: The E! True Hollywood Story | Interviewee |
After Sunset: The Life and Times of the Drive-In | Interviewee |
Faces of Evil | Interviewee |
The Directors | Interviewee |
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills | Interviewee |
The Secret World of Superfans | Himself |
Boogeymen II: Masters of Horror | Interviewee |
Super Secret Movie Rules | Interviewee |
Silence of the Hams | Actor (cameo appearance ) |
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film | On-Camera Interview |
The Boy Who Could Fly | Coupe de Villes Member |
John Carpenter's Vampires | Director |
In the Mouth of Madness | Director |
Village of the Damned | Director |
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