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 Fog1980
- Halloween1978
- The Thing1982
- Escape from New York1981
- Dark Star1974
- Ghosts of Mars2001
- Escape from L.A.1996
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man1992
- In the Mouth of Madness1995
- Big Trouble in Little China1986
- Someone's Watching Me!1978
- Body Bags1993
- They Live1988
- Village of the Damned1995
- Christine1983
- Prince of Darkness1987
- Starman1984
- Vampires1998
- Elvis1979
- The Ward2010
- Assault on Precinct 131976
- Cigarette Burns2005
- Pro-Life2006
- Captain Voyeur1969
- Masters of Horror2005
- John Carpenter's Suburban Screams2023