John Carpenter
John Carpenter
John Howard Carpenteris an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and composer. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, he is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction films from the 1970s and 1980s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth16 January 1948
CountryUnited States of America
creeping curse love loved movies science
When I was a kid, I loved 'The Curse of Frankenstein,' 'The Creeping Unknown,' 'X: The Unknown.' I love 'Forbidden Planet,' 'The Thing from Another World.' They were science fiction/horror movies, generally.
We didn't think they should get away with it.
maintain sure
There's not a lot of breadth, so I make sure they have the training, that's how you maintain the edge.
storytelling equipment
Directing is all about storytelling. It's not about equipment, or anything else.
rest-of-life age actors
When somebody who makes movies for a living - either as an actor, writer, producer or director - lives to be a certain age, you have to admire them. It is an act of courage to make a film - a courage for which you are not prepared in the rest of life. It is very hard and very destructive. But we do it because we love it.
halloween maps very-sad
Halloween put me on the map, and I'm very sad to hear of his death.
halloween order names
I made a decision back in 1978 that, in a trade off for money when I directed Halloween, I would have my name above the title in order to basically brand these movies my own.
horror-stories danger genre
Horror is a reaction; it's not a genre. Somebody's life would have to be in danger for it [story] to be a horror story.
symphony feelings doe
What a director does... essentially, it's storytelling, but a director also controls the feeling and the sounds and the texture. It's an act of creation, like a symphony or a painting or a story. But with different tools.