FILM DIRECTOR

John Carpenter

1948 - Today

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John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American filmmaker, composer, and actor. Most commonly associated with horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s, he is generally recognized as a master of the horror genre. At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the French Directors' Guild gave him the Golden Coach Award and lauded him as "a creative genius of raw, fantastic, and spectacular emotions".Carpenter's early films included critical and commercial successes such as Halloween (1978), The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), and Starman (1984). Though he has been acknowledged as an influential filmmaker, his other productions from the 1970s and the 1980s only later came to be considered cult classics; these include Dark Star (1974), Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), The Thing (1982), Christine (1983), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Prince of Darkness (1987), They Live (1988), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), and Escape from L.A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Carpenter has received more than 10,428,114 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). John Carpenter is the 107th most popular film director (up from 119th in 2019), the 743rd most popular biography from United States (up from 814th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Film Director.

John Carpenter is most famous for his work in the horror genre. He is known for directing and writing some of the most iconic horror films of all time including Halloween, The Thing, and They Live.

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  • 64.43

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  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Carpenters by language

Over the past year John Carpenter has had the most page views in the with 1,372,232 views, followed by French (138,608), and Italian (135,609). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latvian (82.98%), Southern Azerbaijani (65.73%), and Simple English (63.72%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Carpenter ranks 107 out of 2,041. Before him are Ang Lee, Marcel Carné, Jean-Pierre Melville, Walter Hill, Mel Brooks, and Joris Ivens. After him are Robert Altman, David Fincher, John Huston, Terrence Malick, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Otar Iosseliani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, John Carpenter ranks 44. Before him are Robert Plant, Yoshihide Suga, John Bonham, Keke Rosberg, Ian McEwan, and Mikhail Baryshnikov. After him are Tom Wilkinson, Elizabeth Blackburn, Grace Jones, Tony Iommi, Powers Boothe, and Arie Haan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Carpenter ranks 743 out of 20,380. Before him are Truman Capote (1924), Walter Matthau (1920), Alan Arkin (1934), Douglas Osheroff (1945), Josephine Cochrane (1839), and Ron Perlman (1950). After him are Alan Shepard (1923), Robert Mitchum (1917), Burt Reynolds (1936), James Caan (1940), Robert Altman (1925), and Ali MacGraw (1939).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, John Carpenter ranks 26. Before him are George Cukor (1899), Sidney Lumet (1924), Michael Mann (1943), Sam Peckinpah (1925), Walter Hill (1942), and Mel Brooks (1926). After him are Robert Altman (1925), David Fincher (1962), John Huston (1906), Terrence Malick (1943), Jules Dassin (1911), and Howard Hawks (1896).

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Filmography

The Thing
Director
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
Jun 25o 19828.1 / 10
Halloween
Director
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
Oct 24o 19787.6 / 10
Escape from New York
Director
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
May 23o 19817.1 / 10