John Carpenter filmography
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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.
Contents
Films
| Year | Film | Credited as | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Producer | Writer | Composer | Actor | Role | ||
| 1969 | Captain Voyeur[I] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film | |
| 1970 | The Resurrection of Broncho Billy[I] | Yes | Yes | Short film | |||
| 1973 | Last Foxtrot in Burbank[I] | Yes | |||||
| 1974 | Dark Star | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Talby voice[II] |
| 1976 | Assault on Precinct 13[I] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gang Member[II] |
| 1978 | Eyes of Laura Mars | Yes | |||||
| Halloween | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Voice of Paul (Annie's boyfriend)[II] | |
| 1980 | The Fog | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bennett[II] | |
| 1981 | Escape from New York | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Secret Service #2, helicopter pilot, and a violin player[II] | |
| Halloween II | Yes | Yes | Yes | Directed reshoots (uncredited) | |||
| 1982 | The Thing | Yes | Yes | Norwegian in video footage[II] | |||
| Halloween III: Season of the Witch | Yes | Yes | Uncredited writer | ||||
| 1983 | Christine | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 1984 | The Philadelphia Experiment | Yes | |||||
| Starman | Yes | Yes | Man in helicopter[II] | ||||
| 1986 | Black Moon Rising | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Big Trouble in Little China | Yes | Yes | Yes | Worker in Chinatown[II] | |||
| The Boy Who Could Fly | Yes | Coupe de Villes band member | |||||
| 1987 | Prince of Darkness | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| 1988 | They Live | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Voice that says 'sleep'[II] | |
| 1992 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | Yes | Yes | Helicopter pilot | |||
| 1993 | The Silence of the Hams | Yes | Trenchcoat man and Gimp | ||||
| 1995 | In the Mouth of Madness | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Village of the Damned | Yes | Yes | Yes | Man at gas station phone | |||
| 1996 | Escape from L.A. | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| 1998 | Vampires | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2001 | Ghosts of Mars | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| 2002 | Vampires: Los Muertos | Yes | |||||
| 2005 | The Fog | Yes | |||||
| 2010 | The Ward | Yes | |||||
^ I Credited as editor.
^ II Uncredited acting role.
^ III Theme music only.
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 |
Television
| Year | Title | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Zuma Beach | Writer |
| Someone's Watching Me! | Director, writer | |
| 1979 | Better Late Than Never | Writer |
| Elvis | Director | |
| 1986-1987 | Starman | Based on characters created by |
| 1990 | El Diablo | Writer |
| 1991 | Blood River | Writer |
| 1993 | Body Bags | Director, producer, composer, actor |
| 1999 | Silent Predators | Writer |
| 2005 | Masters of Horror episode "Cigarette Burns'" | Director |
| 2006 | Masters of Horror episode "Pro-Life" | Director |
| 2014 | The Director's Chair episode "John Carpenter" | Actor |
| 2015-2016 | Zoo | Writer, composer |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Sentinel Returns | n/a | Composer |
| 2002 | The Thing | Dr. Faraday | Uncredited |
| 2011 | F.E.A.R. 3 | Narrator | Also storyline consultant |
Discography
Studio albums
- Lost Themes (2015)
- Remix EP (2015)
- Lost Themes Remixed (16th October 2015)
References
- General
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- Specific
