John Carpenter
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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…
Filmography
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Carpenter
2026
The Thing Expanded
2026
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999
2025
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
2025
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
Amityville: An Origin Story
2023
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
Halloween in Hollywood
2022
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
Studio 666
2022
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
The History of Metal and Horror
2021
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
The Movies That Made Us
2019
The Rise of the Synths
2019
1982: Hollywood Summer
2019
In Search of Darkness
2019
Henchman: The Al Leong Story
2018
John Carpenter: Live Retrospective
2018
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
2017
John Carpenter: Live At Primavera Sound 2016
2016
It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned
2016
The Puppet Man
2016
Jean-Michel Jarre: A Journey into Sound
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Track Stories
Track Stories
2015
Carpenter on Quatermass
Carpenter on Quatermass
2014
Why Horror?
2014
The Director's Chair
2014
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
2012
The Future of Fear
The Future of Fear
2011
Charlie Brown: Blockhead's Revenge
2011
Scary Girl
2011
Nightmare Factory
2011
The Original Monster Mash
2011
Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star
2010
Halloween: The Inside Story
2010
A History of Horror
2010
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
2009
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
2009
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
2009
Monsterland
2009
Tales from the Script
2009
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
2008
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
2008
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
2008
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
2008
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
2008
Bloodsucking Cinema
Bloodsucking Cinema
2007
Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo'
2007
Big John
2006
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
2006
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
2006
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
2006
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
2006
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
2006
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005
The Perfect Scary Movie
2005
Snake Plissken: Man of Honor
2005
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004
100 Scariest Movie Moments
2004
Christine: Ignition
2004
Christine: Fast and Furious
2004
Christine: Finish Line
2004
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004
Return to 'Escape from New York'
Return to 'Escape from New York'
2003
An Opera of Violence
2003
The Wages of Sin
2003
Something to Do with Death
2003
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
Do You Remember Laurie Zimmer?
2003
Scoring "Resident Evil"
2002