Directing
John Carpenter
- Born
- Jan 16, 1948 · Age 78
- Place of birth
- Carthage, New York, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 109
- TV credits
- 15
- Directing credits
- 26
Also known as (9)
- Martin Quatermass
- Frank Armitage
- John T. Chance
- Rip Haight
- John 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
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 1980s have come to be viewed as cult classics, and he has been acknowledged as an influential…
