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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 (United States)
Nationality: American
Partial Biography: For most of his life, John Carpenter had been directing films. Surrounded by artistic influences ever since he was young his father was an accomplished violinist and his mother routinely took him to movies…Full John Carpenter Biography…

John Carpenter's The Thing (2009) 18 (Contains strong violence and gory horror)Director
Halloween (2007) 18 (Contains strong bloody violence and horror)Consulting Producer, Characters as Source Material, Source Material (from screenplay: "Halloween"), Theme Song
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, Characters as Source Material, Screenplay, music score composer

Los Angeles Film Critics Association New Generation Award (1979) - "Dark Star, Assault on Precinct 13 and Halloween"
Oscar (1970) Live Action Short Film - "The Resurrection of Bronco Billy"