A director whose quick-witted and full-blooded approach to genre filmmaking has won him both mainstream success and a cult following, John Carpenter was born in Carthage, NY, in 1948. Read Full Biography
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Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star
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John Carpenter's The Ward
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Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
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Tales From the Script
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Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero
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Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
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Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
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Bloodsucking Cinema
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Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
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Halloween
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The Eyes of Laura Mars
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Assault on Precinct 13
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Hollywood's Greatest Villains
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The Fog
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch
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Elvis
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John Carpenter's Starman
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
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Halloween: Resurrection
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John Carpenter: Fear Is Just the Beginning... The Man and His Movies
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Masters of Horror
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Prince of Darkness
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Vampires: Los Muertos
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John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
| Year | Award | Category | Movie | Result |
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| 1979 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | New Generation Award | Halloween | Won |
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5 Reasons 'The Thing' Is Scarier Than Modern Horror
by Eric LarnickThe summer of 1982 produced a heap of landmark sci-fi blockbusters like "E.T.," "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" and "Blade Runner." There was so muc...
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