John Carpenter filmography
John Carpenter is an American film director, producer, writer and composer. He has contributed to many projects as either the producer, writer, director, actor, composer or a combination of the five.
Films
Film | Year | Director | Writer | Producer | Composer | Editor | Notes |
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Captain Voyeur | 1969 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy | 1970 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film | ||
Last Foxtrot in Burbank | 1973 | Yes | |||||
Dark Star | 1974 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Assault on Precinct 13 | 1976 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Credited as "John T. Chance" | |
Eyes of Laura Mars | 1978 | Yes | |||||
Halloween | 1978 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
The Fog | 1980 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Escape from New York | 1981 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Halloween II | 1981 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Uncredited director of reshoots | ||
The Thing | 1982 | Yes | |||||
Halloween III: Season of the Witch | 1982 | Yes | Yes | Uncredited co-writer | |||
Christine | 1983 | Yes | Yes | ||||
The Philadelphia Experiment | 1984 | Executive | |||||
Starman | 1984 | Yes | |||||
Black Moon Rising | 1986 | Yes | Executive | ||||
Big Trouble in Little China | 1986 | Yes | Yes | ||||
Prince of Darkness | 1987 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
They Live | 1988 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Memoirs of an Invisible Man | 1992 | Yes | |||||
In the Mouth of Madness | 1994 | Yes | Yes | ||||
Village of the Damned | 1995 | Yes | Yes | ||||
Escape from L.A. | 1996 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Vampires | 1998 | Yes | Yes | ||||
Ghosts of Mars | 2001 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Vampires: Los Muertos | 2002 | Executive | |||||
The Fog | 2005 | Yes | |||||
The Ward | 2010 | Yes | |||||
Halloween | 2018 | Executive | Yes | ||||
Halloween Kills[1] | 2021 | Executive | Yes | ||||
Acting roles
Film | Year | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Dark Star | 1974 | Talby voice | |
Assault on Precinct 13 | 1976 | Gang Member | Uncredited |
Halloween | 1978 | Paul (Annie's boyfriend) | Uncredited voice role |
The Fog | 1980 | Bennett | Uncredited |
Escape from New York | 1981 | Secret Service #2, helicopter pilot, and a violin player | Uncredited |
The Thing | 1982 | Norwegian in video footage | Uncredited |
Starman | 1984 | Man in helicopter | Uncredited |
Big Trouble in Little China | 1986 | Worker in Chinatown | Uncredited |
The Boy Who Could Fly | 1986 | Coupe de Villes band member | Uncredited |
They Live | 1988 | Voice that says 'sleep' | Uncredited voice role |
Memoirs of an Invisible Man | 1992 | Helicopter pilot | |
Body Bags | 1993 | The Coroner | |
The Silence of the Hams | 1994 | Trenchcoat man and Gimp | |
Village of the Damned | 1995 | Man at gas station phone | |
The Rise of the Synths | 2019 | Narrator and Synth Rider's guide |
Highest-grossing films
This is a list of films directed by John Carpenter that grossed more than $10 million at the US box office according to Box Office Mojo. Carpenter's films have grossed domestically a total of more than $282 million, with an average of $18 million per film.
Rank | Title | Lifetime gross (US$) |
---|---|---|
1 | Halloween | 47.0 million |
2 | Starman | 28.7 million |
3 | Escape from L.A. | 25.4 million |
4 | Escape from New York | 25.2 million |
5 | The Fog | 21.3 million |
6 | Christine | 21.0 million |
7 | John Carpenter's Vampires | 20.3 million |
8 | The Thing | 19.6 million |
9 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | 14.3 million |
10 | Prince of Darkness | 14.1 million |
11 | Ghosts of Mars | 14.0 million |
12 | They Live | 13.0 million |
13 | The Ward | 12.8 million |
14 | Big Trouble in Little China | 11.1 million |
Television
Film | Year | Director | Writer | Producer | Composer | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zuma Beach | 1978 | Yes | TV movie | |||
Someone's Watching Me! | 1978 | Yes | Yes | TV movie | ||
Elvis | 1979 | Yes | TV movie | |||
Better Late Than Never | 1979 | Yes | TV movie | |||
El Diablo | 1990 | Yes | TV movie | |||
Blood River | 1991 | Yes | TV movie | |||
Body Bags | 1993 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | TV movie; Segments "The Gas Station" and "Hair" |
Silent Predators | 1999 | Yes | TV movie | |||
Masters of Horror | 2005–2006 | Yes | Episodes "Cigarette Burns" and "Pro-Life" | |||
Zoo | 2015–2017 | Yes | ||||
Video games
Title | Year | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Sentinel Returns | 1998 | N/A | Composer |
The Thing | 2002 | Dr. Faraday | Uncredited |
F.E.A.R. 3 | 2011 | Narrator | Also storyline consultant |
References
- General
- "John Carpenter Movie Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
- "John Carpenter > Filmography". Allmovie. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
- Conrich, Ian; David Woods (2004). The Cinema of John Carpenter: The Technique of Terror. Wallflower Press. ISBN 1904764142.
- Specific
- Blumhouse (September 16, 2019). "This is how we greeted director David Gordon Green on the first day of filming #HalloweenKills. Hope he doesn't take it too personally: ..." @blumhouse. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
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