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.
maintain sure
There's not a lot of breadth, so I make sure they have the training, that's how you maintain the edge.
american-director england
In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum.
news turned
I have news for him. They turned me into a movie director.
boxes five stuff
I've got so much stuff in boxes at home, I could have five different museums,
platforms university
A lot of things that come out of the university are enabling-types of technologies or platforms that can be licensed.
jacket life
A life jacket will at least keep you floating.
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 evil horror
Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme.
horror found movie-business
Horror found me. I got into the movie business to make westerns.
wrestling fans firsts
First of all, I was a wrestling fan when I was young. Even when I figured out what wrestling was, I was still a fan.
halloween teenager character
In Halloween, I viewed the characters as simply normal teenagers. Laurie, Jamie Lee's character, was shy and somewhat repressed. And Michael Myers, the killer, is definitely repressed. They have certain similarities.