John Carpenter
John Howard Carpenter 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. At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the French Directors' Guild gave him the Golden Coach Award and lauded him as "a creative genius of raw, fantastic, and spectacular emotions". On April 3, 2025, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Halloween II
writer
2009
Tales from the Script
actor
2009
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
actor
2008
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
actor
2008
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
actor
2008
Halloween
writer
2007
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
actor
2006
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
actor
2006
Cigarette Burns
director
2005
The Perfect Scary Movie
actor
2005
The Fog
writer
2005
Assault on Precinct 13
writer
2005
Halloween: Resurrection
writer
2002
Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars
actor
2001
Ghosts of Mars
writer
2001
Ghosts of Mars
director
2001
Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film
actor
2000
The American Nightmare
actor
2000