John Carpenter

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American person actor composer film director film producer human screenwriter

John Carpenter is an American filmmaker and composer best known for directing influential horror and science fiction films such as "Halloween," "The Thing," and "Escape from New York."

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Label	Occurrences
John Carpenter canonical	42
John Howard Carpenter	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American person ⓘ actor ⓘ composer ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1970 ⓘ
awardReceived	Saturn Award for Best Director ⓘ Saturn Award for Best Music ⓘ
birthName	John Carpenter self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John Howard Carpenter
composedMusicFor	Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film) ⓘ surface form: Assault on Precinct 13 Escape from New York ⓘ Halloween ⓘ Prince of Darkness (1987 film) ⓘ surface form: Prince of Darkness The Fog ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1948-01-16 ⓘ
directed	Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film) ⓘ surface form: Assault on Precinct 13 Big Trouble in Little China ⓘ Christine ⓘ Escape from New York ⓘ Halloween ⓘ In the Mouth of Madness ⓘ Prince of Darkness (1987 film) ⓘ surface form: Prince of Darkness Starman ⓘ The Fog ⓘ The Thing (1982 film) ⓘ surface form: The Thing They Live (1988 film) ⓘ surface form: They Live
educatedAt	USC School of Cinematic Arts ⓘ surface form: University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts
genre	action film ⓘ horror film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ
hasSignatureStyle	minimalist electronic music ⓘ synthesizer-based film scores ⓘ use of widescreen cinematography ⓘ
influenced	modern horror cinema ⓘ
influencedBy	Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ Howard Hawks ⓘ John Ford ⓘ
influencedGenre	slasher film ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
movement	independent film ⓘ
name	John Carpenter self-link ⓘ
notableCollaboration	Dean Cundey ⓘ Debra Hill ⓘ Kurt Russell ⓘ
notableWork	Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film) ⓘ surface form: Assault on Precinct 13 Big Trouble in Little China ⓘ Christine ⓘ Escape from L.A. ⓘ Escape from New York ⓘ Halloween ⓘ Halloween II ⓘ In the Mouth of Madness ⓘ Prince of Darkness (1987 film) ⓘ surface form: Prince of Darkness Starman ⓘ The Fog ⓘ The Thing (1982 film) ⓘ surface form: The Thing They Live (1988 film) ⓘ surface form: They Live
occupation	actor ⓘ composer ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Carthage, New York ⓘ surface form: Carthage, New York, United States
spouse	Adrienne Barbeau ⓘ Sandy King ⓘ

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The Fog → director → John Carpenter ⓘ

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The Ward → director → John Carpenter ⓘ

Michael Myers → createdBy → John Carpenter ⓘ

Debra Hill → coWriterWith → John Carpenter ⓘ

Debra Hill → coProducerWith → John Carpenter ⓘ

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Escape from L.A. → director → John Carpenter ⓘ

Escape from L.A. → screenwriter → John Carpenter ⓘ

Escape from L.A. → musicBy → John Carpenter ⓘ

Memoirs of an Invisible Man → director → John Carpenter ⓘ

Judith Myers → creator → John Carpenter ⓘ

The Director’s Chair → hasGuest → John Carpenter ⓘ

Halloween III: Season of the Witch → producer → John Carpenter ⓘ

Halloween III: Season of the Witch → musicBy → John Carpenter ⓘ

Halloween II → producer → John Carpenter ⓘ

Halloween II → writer → John Carpenter ⓘ

Halloween II → musicBy → John Carpenter ⓘ

Escape from New York → director → John Carpenter ⓘ

Escape from New York → writer → John Carpenter ⓘ

Escape from New York → composer → John Carpenter ⓘ

Big Trouble in Little China → director → John Carpenter ⓘ

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John Carpenter → name → John Carpenter self-link ⓘ

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this entity surface form: John Howard Carpenter

Egg Shen in Big Trouble in Little China → createdBy → John Carpenter ⓘ

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Elvis (1979 film) → director → John Carpenter ⓘ

Season Hubley → workedWith → John Carpenter ⓘ

Snake Plissken → creator → John Carpenter ⓘ

R.J. MacReady → createdBy → John Carpenter ⓘ

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Adrienne Barbeau → spouse → John Carpenter ⓘ