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Name: John Carpenter
Full/Alt. names: Frank Armitage, James T Chance, John Howard Carpenter, John T Chance, Martin Quatermass, Rip Haight
Date of Birth: Friday January 16 1948
Born: Carthage (New York)
Nationality: American
Partial Biography: John Carpenter became known in the late 1970s for his expert handling of action and suspense sequences in masculine genre fare. But unlike some of his contemporaries, he used violence to provide a comic-book…Full John Carpenter Biography…

Fog, The (2006) (2006) 15 (Contains moderate horror and violence)Producer, Source Material (from screenplay: "The Fog")
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) 15 (Contains strong language and violence)Source Material (from screenplay: "Assault on Precinct 13")
The Life Of David Gale (2003) 15 (Contains strong language, sex and violence)Theme Music ("Halloween Theme")
Halloween: Resurrection (2002) 15 (Contains strong language and violence, and moderate horror)Characters as Source Material, Theme Song
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars (2001) 15 (for strong violence/gore, language and some drug content)Director, screenplay, Music
John Carpenter's Vampires (1999) 18 (for strong vampire violence and gore, language and sexuality)Director, rhythm guitar and synthesizers (The Texas Toad Lickers), music composer
Halloween H20 - 20 Years Later (1998) 18 (For terror, violence, gore, and language)Characters as Source Material, Other ("Halloween" theme composer)
Escape from L.A. (1996) (for violence and some language)Director, Writer
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) Characters as Source Material, Halloween Theme
They Live (1988) Director, Writer

Los Angeles Film Critics Association New Generation Award (1979) - Dark Star, Assault on Precinct 13 and Halloween