John Carpenter

About John Carpenter

He is a horror, thriller, and science fiction director and composer from the United States. The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, Halloween, Escape from New York, and Starman are among his credits. He wrote the majority of the music for his flicks.

John Howard Carpenter is an American director, producer, actor, screenwriter and songwriter. Although Carpenter worked with various genres of films, he is often associated with horror, action, and sci-fi films of the 1970s and 1980s. Most of the films in Carpenter's career have all failed on the plan. commercial and critical, with notable exceptions such as Halloween, The Fog, Escape from New York and Starman. However, many of Carpenter's films from the 1970s and 1980s are considered hit classics, and he is recognized as an influential filmmaker. The cult classics performed by Carpenter include The Dark Star, The Attack on Precinct 13, The Thing, Christine, The Big Trouble in Little China, The Dark Prince, They Live, and In the Mouth of madness. He returns to the Halloween franchise as songwriter and executive producer for the Halloween horror sequel. Carpenter has composed or co-composed most of the music for his movies.

Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, composer, musician
Alma mater	Western Kentucky University, University of Southern California (dropped out)
Born	John Howard Carpenter, January 16, 1948, Carthage, New York, U.S.
Known for	Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, Escape from New York, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live
Years active	1969–present
Nationality	American
Other names	Frank Armitage, John T. Chance, Rip Haight, Martin Quatermass, The Horror Master, The Master of Horror
Bandcamp artist ID	johncarpentermusic
Children	Cody Carpenter

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Trivia

His film Halloween was selected for preservation in the National Film Library in 2006 by the United States Library of Congress.

John Carpenter before fame

Before high school, he made short horror films on 8mm. He was enrolled in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, but dropped out.

Achievement of John Carpenter

In 2006, the United States Library of Congress chose his film Halloween for preservation in the National Film Library.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$40 Million

John Carpenter family life

He met actress Adrienne Barbeau on the set of his television movie Somebody's Watching Me, and the two were married on January 1, 1979. Five years later, they divorced. Carpenter married Sandy King in 1990. He is the father of one boy.

Associations of John Carpenter

Alfred Hitchcock's films had a significant influence on him.

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