John Carpenter

	Born: January 16, 1948
	Born as: John Howard Carpenter

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Biography:

Born in Carthage, New York (USA) and raised in Bowling Green, Kentucky, John was educated at Western Kentucky university and then USC film school in Los Angeles. While there, he started Dark Star a short that was later expanded to feature length (released theatrically in 1974).

Influenced by Alfred Hitchcock and Howard Hawks he achieved a stronger impact with his next films, Assault on precinct 13 (1976) and Halloween (1978) which was the most profitable independent movie of its day.

During the eighties Carpenters movies were higher-budgeted, higher-profiled and he directed successes like The Fog (1980), Escape From New York (1981), The Thing (1982).

In the nineties Carpenter decided to go smaller again to gain control. He directed some TV movies and low budget cinema features like In The Mouth Of Madness (1995). His last theatrical release was Ghosts of Mars (2001) which was savaged by many critics.

Selected Movies:

• The Thing (1982)
• Halloween (1978)
• Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
• Starman (1984)
• Escape from New York (1981)
• Dark Star (1974)

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Bibliography » Web:

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Bloody disgusting - The Thing lives again
DVD Active - There’s a Starman
DVD active - The master of fear
DVD Times - John Carpenter on DVD
HD Room - Red Mars on Blue-ray
High Def digest -
High-Def Digest - Big trouble in Blue-ray
High-Def digest -
Hollywood reporter - They Live again
http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/01/04/the-thing-prequel-will-finally-start-shooting-this-march/ - The Thing gears up for March
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