John Howard Carpenter born January 16, is an American filmmaker, composer, and actor. Most commonly associated with horror , action , and science fiction films of the s and s, he is generally recognized as a master of the horror genre.
Carpenter's early films included critical and commercial successes such as Halloween , The Fog , Escape from New York , and Starman Though he has been acknowledged as an influential filmmaker, his other productions from the s and the s only later came to be considered cult classics ; these include Dark Star , Assault on Precinct 13 , The Thing , Christine , Big Trouble in Little China , Prince of Darkness , They Live , In the Mouth of Madness , and Escape from L.
He returned to the Halloween franchise as a composer and executive producer on Halloween , Halloween Kills , and Halloween Ends Carpenter usually composes or co-composes the music in his films.
Since , he has co-owned the comic book company Storm King Comics alongside his wife, film producer Sandy King. Carpenter began making short horror films with an 8 mm camera before he had even started high school.
Gorgo , featuring Godzilla and Gorgo via claymation , and the sci-fi western Terror from Space , starring the one-eyed creature from It Came from Outer Space. He would ultimately drop out of school in his final semester in order to make his first feature film.
