John Carpenter.

comics writer · screenwriter

United States, Born 1948

In short

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".

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Born: 1948, Jefferson County
Citizenship: United States
Work: comics writer, screenwriter, writer, film screenwriter

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