John Carpenter filmography

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John Carpenter in 2010

John Carpenter is an American film director, producer, writer and composer. He has contributed to many projects as either the producer, writer, director, actor, composer or a combination of the five.

Films[edit]

Title Year Director Writer Producer Composer Notes
Captain Voyeur 1969 Yes Yes No No Short film
Dark Star 1974 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Assault on Precinct 13 1976 Yes Yes No Yes Also editor (credited as "John T. Chance")
Halloween 1978 Yes Yes No Yes
The Fog 1980 Yes Yes No Yes
Escape from New York 1981 Yes Yes No Yes
Halloween II Uncredited Yes Yes Yes Director of reshoots
The Thing 1982 Yes No No No
Christine 1983 Yes No No Yes
Starman 1984 Yes No No No
Big Trouble in Little China 1986 Yes No No Yes
Prince of Darkness 1987 Yes Yes No Yes
They Live 1988 Yes Yes No Yes
Memoirs of an Invisible Man 1992 Yes No No No
In the Mouth of Madness 1994 Yes No No Yes
Village of the Damned 1995 Yes No No Yes
Escape from L.A. 1996 Yes Yes No Yes
Vampires 1998 Yes No No Yes
Ghosts of Mars 2001 Yes Yes No Yes
The Ward 2010 Yes No No No

Writer, producer and/or composer only[edit]

Title Year Writer Producer Composer Notes
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy 1970 Yes No Yes Short film, also editor
Eyes of Laura Mars 1978 Yes No No
Halloween III: Season of the Witch 1982 No Yes Yes
The Philadelphia Experiment 1984 No Executive No
Black Moon Rising 1986 Yes Executive No
Vampires: Los Muertos 2002 No Executive No
The Fog 2005 No Yes No
Halloween 2018 No Executive Yes
Halloween Kills 2021 No Executive Yes [1]
Studio 666 2022 No No Yes [2]
Firestarter No No Yes [3]
Halloween Ends No Executive Yes [4]
Death of a Unicorn TBA No No Yes [5]

Editor only[edit]

Acting roles[edit]

Title Year Role Notes
Dark Star 1974 Talby voice
Assault on Precinct 13 1976 Gang Member Uncredited
Halloween 1978 Paul (Annie's boyfriend) Uncredited voice role
The Fog 1980 Bennett Uncredited
Escape from New York 1981 Secret Service #2, helicopter pilot, and a violin player
The Thing 1982 Norwegian in video footage
Starman 1984 Man in helicopter
Big Trouble in Little China 1986 Worker in Chinatown
The Boy Who Could Fly Coupe de Villes band member
They Live 1988 Voice that says 'sleep' Uncredited voice role
Memoirs of an Invisible Man 1992 Helicopter pilot
Body Bags 1993 The Coroner
The Silence of the Hams 1994 Trenchcoat man and Gimp
Village of the Damned 1995 Man at gas station phone
The Rise of the Synths 2019 Narrator and Synth Rider's guide
Studio 666 2022 Engineer Credited as "Rip Haight"

Highest-grossing films[edit]

This is a list of films directed by John Carpenter that grossed more than $10 million at the US box office according to Box Office Mojo. Carpenter's films have grossed domestically a total of more than $282 million, with an average of $18 million per film.

Rank Title Lifetime gross (US$) Rating
Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
1 Halloween 47.0 million 96% (72 reviews)[6] 87 (21 reviews)[7]
2 Starman 28.7 million 85% (33 reviews)[8] 70 (8 reviews)[9]
3 Escape from L.A. 25.4 million 53% (51 reviews)[10] 54 (21 reviews)[11]
4 Escape from New York 25.2 million 86% (54 reviews)[12] 76 (12 reviews)[13]
5 The Fog 21.3 million 75% (67 reviews)[14] 55 (11 reviews)[15]
6 Christine 21.0 million 69% (29 reviews)[16] 57 (10 reviews)[17]
7 Vampires 20.3 million 42% (52 reviews)[18] 42 (19 reviews)[19]
8 The Thing 19.6 million 86% (86 reviews)[20] 57 (13 reviews)[21]
9 Memoirs of an Invisible Man 14.3 million 24% (33 reviews)[22] 48 (19 reviews)[23]
10 Prince of Darkness 14.1 million 58% (36 reviews)[24] 50 (10 reviews)[25]
11 Ghosts of Mars 14.0 million 21% (107 reviews)[26] 35 (26 reviews)[27]
12 They Live 13.0 million 85% (65 reviews)[28] 55 (22 reviews)[29]
13 The Ward 12.8 million 33% (72 reviews)[30] 38 (18 reviews)[31]
14 Big Trouble in Little China 11.1 million 78% (45 reviews)[32] 53 (14 reviews)[33]

Television[edit]

TV movies

Title Year Director Writer Producer Composer Notes
Zuma Beach 1978 No Yes No No
Someone's Watching Me! Yes Yes No No
Elvis 1979 Yes No No No
Better Late Than Never No Yes No No
El Diablo 1990 No Yes No No
Blood River 1991 No Yes No No
Body Bags 1993 Yes No Yes Yes Segments "The Gas Station" and "Hair"
Silent Predators 1999 No Yes No No

TV series

Title Year Director Producer Composer Notes
Masters of Horror 2005–2006 Yes No No Episodes "Cigarette Burns" and "Pro-Life"
Zoo 2015–2017 No No Yes Theme music only
Suburban Screams 2023 Yes Executive Yes Episode "Phone Stalker"[34][35][36][37]

Video games[edit]

Title Year Role Notes
Sentinel Returns 1998 — Composer
The Thing 2002 Dr. Faraday Uncredited
F.E.A.R. 3 2011 Narrator Also storyline consultant
Toxic Commando 2024 — Creator[38]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Blumhouse (September 16, 2019). "This is how we greeted director David Gordon Green on the first day of filming #HalloweenKills. Hope he doesn't take it too personally: ..." @blumhouse. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "Foo Fighters Feature Horror Legend John Carpenter in New Comedy-Horror 'Studio 666' | American Song Writer". February 27, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  3. ^ "John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies Scoring Keith Thomas' Firestarter | Film Music Reporter". Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  4. ^ Collis, Clark (February 22, 2022). "Jamie Lee Curtis Wraps Halloween Ends and Says a 'Bittersweet' Goodbye to the Franchise". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  5. ^ "John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies Scoring Alex Scharfman's 'Death of a Unicorn'". Film Music Reporter. November 1, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  6. ^ "HALLOWEEN". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "Halloween 1978". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "STARMAN". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Starman 1984". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  10. ^ "JOHN CARPENTER'S ESCAPE FROM L.A." Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  11. ^ "Escape from L.A. 1996". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  12. ^ "ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  13. ^ "Escape from New York 1981". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  14. ^ "THE FOG". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  15. ^ "The Fog 1980". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  16. ^ "CHRISTINE". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  17. ^ "Christine 1983". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  18. ^ "JOHN CARPENTER'S VAMPIRES". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  19. ^ "Vampires 1998". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  20. ^ "THE THING". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  21. ^ "The Thing 1982". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  22. ^ "MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  23. ^ "Memoirs of an Invisible Man 1992". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  24. ^ "PRINCE OF DARKNESS". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  25. ^ "Prince of Darkness 1987". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  26. ^ "JOHN CARPENTER'S GHOSTS OF MARS". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  27. ^ "Ghosts of Mars 2001". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  28. ^ "THEY LIVE". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  29. ^ "They Live 1988". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  30. ^ "THE WARD". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  31. ^ "The Ward 2011". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  32. ^ "BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  33. ^ "Big Trouble in Little China 1986". Metacritic. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  34. ^ Tallerico, Brian (October 10, 2023). "John Carpenter Returns with Peacock Project That Doesn't Deserve His Name". Roger Ebert.com. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  35. ^ Catt, Chris (May 29, 2023). "John Carpenter Teases 'The Thing 2' and Talks About His Latest Directing Work at Texas Frightmare Weekend". Creepy Catalog. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  36. ^ Smith, Jeremy (May 31, 2023). "The Thing 2: John Carpenter Is 'Sworn To Secrecy,' But Teases A Sequel To His Horror Classic". /Film. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  37. ^ Bergeson, Samantha (June 2, 2023). "John Carpenter Returns to Directing with TV Series He Made from His Couch". IndieWire. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  38. ^ Breslin, Richard (June 9, 2023). "John Carpenter's new zombie game looks like a first-person Days Gone". Gaming Bible. Retrieved June 9, 2023.

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