| Ghost of Mars-2001-Writer,Director,Producer,Composer Faces of Evile-2000-(TV)-Actor....Himself Meltdown-2000-Writer Silent Predators-1999-(TV)-Writer Halloween H20-1998-Composer,Misecllaneous,Promotional Title Vampires-1998-Director,Composer Escape From L.A-1996-Writer,Director,Composer,Misecllaneous Crew Halloween the Curse of Michael Myers-1995-Composer Village of the Damned-1995-Director,Composer,Actor....Man at the gas station pay phone Affter Sunset the Life and Times of the Drive-In Theater-1995-(V)-Actor....Himself In the Mouth of Madness-1995-Director,Composer Silenzo dei Prosciutti II-1994-Actor....Trench coat man Body Bags-1993-(TV)-Director,Producer,Composer,Actor....The Coroner-Wrap around segments Memoirs of an Invisible Man-1992-Dirstor,Actor....The Helicopter Pilot Blood River-1991-(TV)-Writer EL Diablo-1990-(TV)-Writer Halloween5 The Revenge of Michael Myers-1989-Composer Halloween4 The Return of Michael Myers-1988-Composer They Live-1988-Writer,Director,Composer Prince of Darkness-1987-Writer,Director,Composer Black Moon Rising-1986-Writer,Producer Big Trouble in Little China-1986-Director,Composer The Boy Who Could Fly-1986-Actor....The Coupe De Villes Starman-1984-Director,Actor....Man in helicopter The Philadelphia Experiment-1984-Proudcer Christine-1983-Director,Composer Halloween III Season of the Witch-1982-Producer,Composer The Thing-1982-Director,Actor....Norwegian video footage Halloween II-1981-Writer,Second Unit Director or Assistant Director,Producer,Composer Escape From New York-1981-Writer,Director,Composer The Fog-198-Writer,Director,Composer,Actor....Bennett-assiatant at the church Elvis-1979-(TV)Director Halloween-1978-Writer,Director,Composer,Actor....Boyfreind on the phone Eyes of Laurs Mars-1978-Writer Zuma Beach-1978(TV)Writer Someone's Watching Me!-1978(TV)Writer,Director Assult on Precint 13-1976-Writer,Director,Editor,Composer Dark Star-1973-Writer,Director,Producer,Composer The Resurrection of Broncho Billy-1970-Writer,Editor,Composer Warrior and the Demon-1969-Director Law and Order-1953-Actor (Information Courstesy of the Internet Movie Database) |
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| BIOGRAPHY FILMOGRAPHY and AWARDS |
| John Carpenter was born in Carthange New York on January 16 1948 He latter moved with his family to Bowling Green Kentucky Where his father was the head of the mousic deparment at Western Kentucky University. He attended Western Kentucky University and then USC Film School in Los Angeles.While there he did" The Resurrection Bronco Billy" and started" Dark Star" He formed a band called The Coupe de Villes that included directors,Tommy Lee Wallace and Nick Castle. He marriedAdrienne Barbeau in 1979 and latter divorced in 1984 He has one sone named Cody,born in 1983 He married Sandy King in 1990 He uses keyboard /synthesizer based on soundtracks he himself composed. He likes to name characters affter real life people. He is known for an unoffical"Carpenter's Repetory Group"of actors he enjoys working with,like Kurt Russe,Sam Neil,Peter Jason,George"Buck"Flower and other crew members. He also reuses character names from classic movie's,John T Chance is John Wayne's character in Rio Bravo and Donald Pleasance's charcter in Halloween,Sam Loomis is also Janet Leigh's boyfreind in Psycho. He includes at least one scene inside an automobile in nearly all his films and also helicopters.many times doing a cameo as the pilot. He uses the character names Tramer and Baxter frequently in diffrent films.In the movie Change of Habit-1969 Elivs Presley plays a character named John Carpenter.In 1979 John Carpenter directed the movie Elvis staring his good freind Kurt Russell. He is a fan of Quartermass movies H appears in his own films under the name of Rip Haight. He considers it bad luck to wear the hat of the film he is working on. He loves Elvis and Cadillacs. He is a major NBA fan His favorite meal of the day is breakfast. He is a great fan of Serigo Leone and cast Lee Van Cleff in Escape from New York because of his work with Leone. He frequently casts musicians Ice Cube,Isaac Hayes,Alice Cooper and Jon Bon Jovi. (Most of this Information Courstesy of the Internet Movie Database) |
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| Academy of Seience Fiction,Fantasy and Horror Films,USA 1976-Won-Golden Scroll-Best Special Effects for"Dark Star" award shared with:Douglas Knapp(I),Bill Taylor(III),Dan O'Bannon Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1979-Nominated-Edgar-Best Television Feature or Miniseries for"Someone's Watching Me!" Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1979-Won-New Generation Award Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival 1984-Nominated-Grand Prize for "Christine" Fantasporto 1989-Nominated-International Fantasy Film Award-Best Film for"They Live |
| Cable Ace Awards 1991-Won-Ace-Writing a Movie or Miniseries for"EL Diablo" award shared with Bill Phillips(I) Fantasporto 1993-Nominated-International Fantasy Film Award-Best Film for"Memoirs of an Invisible Man" 1994- Nominated-Best Film for"Body Bags" 1995-Nominated-Best Film for"In the Mouth of Madness" 1995-Won-Critic's Award for"In the Mouth of Madness Academy of Science Fiction,Fantasy and Horror Films,USA 1996-Won-George Pal Award 1999-Won-Saturn Award-Best Music for"Vampires" 1999-Bram Stoker Awards-Nominated-Bram Stoker Award for"Vampires |
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