JOHN CARPENTER
DIRECTING
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 filmmaker.
Cult classics that Carpenter directed include: Dark Star (1974), Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), The Thing (1982), Christine (1983), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Prince of Darkness (1987), They Live (1988) and In the Mouth of Madness (1995).
His films are characterized by minimalist lighting and photography, static cameras, use of steadicam, and distinctive synthesized scores.
- The Fog 1980
- Halloween 1978
- The Thing 1982
- Escape from New York 1981
- Dark Star 1974
- Ghosts of Mars 2001
- Escape from L.A. 1996
- In the Mouth of Madness 1995
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man 1992
- Big Trouble in Little China 1986
- Someone's Watching Me! 1978
- Body Bags 1993
- They Live 1988
- Christine 1983
- Village of the Damned 1995
- Prince of Darkness 1987
- Starman 1984
- Vampires 1998
- Elvis 1979
- The Ward 2010
- Assault on Precinct 13 1976
- Cigarette Burns 2005
- Pro-Life 2006
- Captain Voyeur 1969
- Masters of Horror 2005
- John Carpenter's Suburban Screams 2023