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  1. John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American filmmaker, composer, and actor. Most commonly associated with horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s, he is generally recognized as a master of the horror genre. [ 1 ] At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the French Directors' Guild gave him the Golden Coach ...

  2. John Carpenter. Writer: Halloween. John Howard Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, to mother Milton Jean (Carter) and father Howard Ralph Carpenter. His family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where his father, a professor, was head of the music department at Western Kentucky University.

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  3. John Carpenter. Writer: Halloween. John Howard Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, to mother Milton Jean (Carter) and father Howard Ralph Carpenter. His family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where his father, a professor, was head of the music department at Western Kentucky University.

    • Writer, Music Department, Composer
    • January 16, 1948
  4. Apr 2, 2014 · (1948-) Who Is John Carpenter? Filmmaker John Carpenter developed an interest in film and music early on. At the University of Southern California, he had his first success with a short student film.

  5. Jan 11, 2023 · John Carpenter has nothing left to prove. The writer-director hasn’t made a movie in 13 years, and yet he’s asked about his work incessantly by reporters, fans and fellow filmmakers. And now ...

  6. Oct 6, 2023 · 9. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) Inspired equally by Howard Hawks ' Rio Bravo (1959) and George A. Romero 's Night of the Living Dead (1968), this action thriller really saw Carpenter come into ...

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  8. Aug 8, 2020 · John Carpenter is a prolific director most well-known in the horror space, but who has also contributed greatly to the action and science fiction genres. An American filmmaker, screenwriter, and composer, Carpenter directed 21 films in his career as a filmmaker, most of which he also composed or co-composed the score for.