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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The Thing Expanded
actor
2026
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999
actor
2025
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
actor
2025
John Carpenter: Live From Los Angeles - Halloween Night
actor
2025
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
actor
2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
actor
2024
In Search of Darkness: Part III
actor
2022
Halloween Ends
writer
2022
Studio 666
actor
2022
In Search of Tomorrow
actor
2022
Halloween Kills
writer
2021
The History of Metal and Horror
actor
2021
In Search of Darkness: Part II
actor
2020
In Search of Darkness
actor
2019
Halloween
writer
2018
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
actor
2017
Jean-Michel Jarre: A Journey into Sound
actor
2015
Why Horror?
actor
2014
Nightmare Factory
actor
2011
The Ward
director
2010
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
actor
2009
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
Pro-Life
director
2006
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
actor
2006
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
Scoring "Resident Evil"
actor
2002
Tales from the Mist: Inside 'The Fog'
actor
2002
Halloween: Resurrection
writer
2002
Scoring 'Ghosts of Mars'
actor
2001
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
Vampires
director
1998
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
actor
1998
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
writer
1998
Escape from L.A.
writer
1996