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

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	Yes	Norwegian in video footage^[II]
	Halloween III: Season of the Witch		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
2015	Love				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

• "John Carpenter Movie Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
• "John Carpenter > Filmography". Allmovie. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
• Conrich, Ian; David Woods (2004). The Cinema of John Carpenter: The Technique of Terror. Wallflower Press. ISBN 1904764142.

Specific

External links

• John Carpenter at the Internet Movie Database