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

Feature films

Title Year Credited as Notes / Ref(s)
Director Writer Producer Composer
Dark Star 1974 Yes Yes Yes Yes [1]
Assault on Precinct 13 1976 Yes Yes No Yes Also editor[2][3]
Eyes of Laura Mars 1978 No Yes No No [4]
Zuma Beach 1978 No Yes No No Television film[5][6]
Halloween 1978 Yes Yes No Yes [7]
Someone's Watching Me! 1978 Yes Yes No No Television film[8][9]
Elvis 1979 Yes No No No Television film[10][11]
Better Late Than Never 1979 No Yes No No Television film[12][13]
The Fog 1980 Yes Yes No Yes [14]
Escape from New York 1981 Yes Yes No Yes [15]
Halloween II 1981 No Yes Yes Yes [16]
The Thing 1982 Yes No No No [17]
Christine 1983 Yes No No Yes [18]
Starman 1984 Yes No No No [19]
Black Moon Rising 1986 No Yes No No [20]
Big Trouble in Little China 1986 Yes No No Yes [21]
Prince of Darkness 1987 Yes Yes No Yes [22]
They Live 1988 Yes Yes No Yes [23]
El Diablo 1990 No Yes No No Television film[24][25]
Blood River 1991 No Yes No No Television film[24][26]
Memoirs of an Invisible Man 1992 Yes No No No [27]
Body Bags 1993 Yes No Executive Yes Television film[28][29]
In the Mouth of Madness 1994 Yes No No Yes [30][31]
Village of the Damned 1995 Yes No No Yes [32]
Escape from L.A. 1996 Yes Yes No Yes [33]
Vampires 1998 Yes No No Yes [34]
Silent Predators 1999 No Yes No No Television film[35][36]
Ghosts of Mars 2001 Yes Yes No Yes [37]
The Ward 2010 Yes No No No [38][39]

Producer and/or composer only

Title Year Credited as Notes / Ref(s)
Producer Composer
Halloween III: Season of the Witch 1982 Yes Yes [40]
The Philadelphia Experiment 1984 Executive No [41]
Vampires: Los Muertos 2002 Executive No [42][43]
The Fog 2005 Yes No [44]
The Terror of Hallow's Eve 2017 No Yes [45][46][47]
Halloween 2018 Executive Yes [48]
Halloween Kills 2021 Executive Yes [49]
Studio 666 2022 No Yes Opening credits theme only[50]
Firestarter 2022 No Yes [51]
Halloween Ends 2022 Executive Yes [52]
Untitled Bong Joon Ho film TBA No Yes [53]

Editor only

Short films

Title Year Director Writer Composer Notes / Ref(s)
Captain Voyeur 1969 Yes Yes No Also producer[56]
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy 1970 No Yes Yes Also editor[57]
The Puppet Man 2016 No No Yes [58]

Acting roles

Title Year Role Notes / Ref(s)
Dark Star 1974 Talby voice
Assault on Precinct 13 1976 Gang Member Uncredited
Halloween 1978 Paul (Annie's boyfriend) Uncredited voice role
The Fog 1980 Bennett Uncredited
Escape from New York 1981 Secret Service #2, helicopter pilot, and a violin player
The Thing 1982 Norwegian in video footage
Starman 1984 Man in helicopter
Big Trouble in Little China 1986 Worker in Chinatown
The Boy Who Could Fly Coupe de Villes band member
They Live 1988 Voice that says 'sleep' Uncredited voice role
Memoirs of an Invisible Man 1992 Helicopter pilot
Body Bags 1993 The Coroner
The Silence of the Hams 1994 Trenchcoat man and Gimp
Village of the Damned 1995 Man at gas station phone
The Puppet Man 2016 The Taxi Driver [58]
The Rise of the Synths 2019 Narrator and Synth Rider's guide
Studio 666 2022 Engineer Credited as "Rip Haight"

Reception

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$) Rating
Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
1 Halloween 47.0 million 96% (84 reviews)[59] 87 (21 reviews)[60]
2 Starman 28.7 million 86% (36 reviews)[61] 70 (8 reviews)[62]
3 Escape from L.A. 25.4 million 54% (59 reviews)[63] 54 (21 reviews)[64]
4 Escape from New York 25.2 million 88% (72 reviews)[65] 76 (12 reviews)[66]
5 The Fog 21.3 million 75% (69 reviews)[67] 55 (11 reviews)[68]
6 Christine 21.0 million 70% (37 reviews)[69] 57 (10 reviews)[70]
7 Vampires 20.3 million 43% (53 reviews)[71] 42 (19 reviews)[72]
8 The Thing 19.6 million 84% (83 reviews)[73] 57 (13 reviews)[74]
9 Memoirs of an Invisible Man 14.3 million 26% (35 reviews)[75] 48 (19 reviews)[76]
10 Prince of Darkness 14.1 million 62% (39 reviews)[77] 50 (10 reviews)[78]
11 Ghosts of Mars 14.0 million 23% (111 reviews)[79] 35 (26 reviews)[80]
12 They Live 13.0 million 86% (74 reviews)[81] 55 (22 reviews)[82]
13 The Ward 12.8 million 33% (72 reviews)[83] 38 (18 reviews)[84]
14 Big Trouble in Little China 11.1 million 76% (66 reviews)[85] 53 (14 reviews)[86]

Television series

Title Year Director Producer Composer Notes / Ref(s)
Masters of Horror 2005–2006 Yes No No Episodes "Cigarette Burns" and "Pro-Life"
Zoo 2015–2017 No No Yes Theme music only
Suburban Screams 2023 Yes Executive Yes Theme music only,
Episode "Phone Stalker"[87][88][89][90]

Video games

Title Year Role Notes / Ref(s)
Sentinel Returns 1998 — Composer[91]
The Thing 2002 Dr. Faraday Uncredited
F.E.A.R. 3 2011 Narrator Also storyline consultant
Toxic Commando TBA — Creator[92]
Halloween: The Game TBA — Creative consultant[93]

See also

References

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