John Carpenter – IMDb

(original story by) / (screenplay by)

(screenplay by) / (story by)

(written by – as Martin Quatermass)

(based on “Escape from New York” written by – uncredited)

(based upon characters created by)

(Short) (based on the film “Halloween” by)

(based on characters created by)

(Short) (based on characters created by)

(Short) (based on the characters created by)

(Short) (based on characters created by)

(Short) (based on a characters created by)

(based on characters created by)

(based on the characters created by)

(Short) (based on characters created by)

(based on characters created by) ( completed

(performer: “Assault On Precinct 13 (Main Title)”) / (writer: “Assault On Precinct 13 (Main Title)”)

(performer: “The Shape Stalks”, “Halloween Theme – Main Title”, “Michael Kills Judith”, “Laurie’s Theme”, “Meyers’ House”, “Loomis And Shape’s Car”, “The Haunted House”, “The Shape Lurks”, “Laurie Knows”, “Better Check The Kids”, “Shape Escapes” – uncredited) / (writer: “The Shape Stalks”, “Halloween Theme – Main Title”, “Michael Kills Judith”, “Laurie’s Theme”, “Meyers’ House”, “Loomis And Shape’s Car”, “The Haunted House”, “The Shape Lurks”, “Laurie Knows”, “Better Check The Kids”, “Shape Escapes” – uncredited)

(performer: “Escape from New York Theme – Main Title” – uncredited) / (writer: “Escape from New York Theme – Main Title” – uncredited)

(performer: “The Shape Stalks” – uncredited) / (writer: “The Shape Stalks” – uncredited)

(writer: “Halloween Theme”, “The Shape Stalks Again”)

(writer: “Big Trouble in Little China”)

(Video documentary short) (performer: “Escape from New York Theme – Main Title” – uncredited) / (writer: “Escape from New York Theme – Main Title” – uncredited)

(writer: “Escape from New York – Main Title”)

(performer: “Back to the Pod/The Crazies Come Out”) / (writer: “Back to the Pod/The Crazies Come Out”)

(performer: “Back To The Pod / The Crazies Come Out”) / (writer: “Back To The Pod / The Crazies Come Out”)

(Short) (writer: “The Fog” (excerpt from the soundtrack), “Big Trouble in Little China” (excerpt from the soundtrack) – uncredited)

(Short) (performer: “The Bank Robbery”) / (writer: “The Bank Robbery”)

(Documentary) (performer: “Mirror Image”, “The Fog” – uncredited) / (writer: “Mirror Image”, “The Fog” – uncredited)

(performer: “Assault on Precinct 13 (main theme)”) / (writer: “Assault on Precinct 13 (main theme)”)

(performer: “Return to Church”, “A Message”, “Transient Hotel”, “Julie”) / (writer: “Return to Church”, “A Message”, “Transient Hotel”, “Julie”)

(performer: “Sweet Moon”) / (writer: “Sweet Moon”, “Close to Me”, “Halloween Theme”)

(writer: “She Doesn’t Want You Anymore”, “Halloween Theme”)

Voice That Says ‘Sleep’ (voice, uncredited)

Man at Gas Station Phone (as Rip Haight)

(Documentary) (still photographs: courtesy of)

(dedicated to – as Carpenter)

(Video) (this film is dedicated to)

(thanks: thanks and admiration)

(the producers wish to thank)

(Short) (special thanks for inspiration)

(the producers would like to thank)

(Short) (the producers wish to thank)

(TV Series) (very special thanks – 1 episode)

(the director thanks)

(TV Series) (very special thanks – 1 episode)

(heartfelt thank you)

 

The History of Metal and Horror
(Documentary)

Self

(Documentary)Self

 2022

In Search of Tomorrow
(Documentary)

Self – Interviewee

(Documentary)Self – Interviewee

 2021

The Howard Hawks Masterclass with John Carpenter
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2020

In Search of Darkness: Part II
(Documentary)

Self – Interviewee

(Documentary)Self – Interviewee

 2019

The Rise of the Synths
(Documentary)

Narrator

(Documentary)Narrator

 2019

In Search of Darkness
(Documentary)

Self – Director – The Fog, The Thing, They Live, Prince of Darkness

(Documentary)Self – Director – The Fog, The Thing, They Live, Prince of Darkness

 2019

Hollywood 1982: un été magique au cinéma
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2018

Henchman: The Al Leong Story
(Documentary)

Self

(Documentary)Self

 2018

Retribution: Uncovering The Fog
(Video documentary)

Self

(Video documentary)Self

 2018

Sitges – 51 Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya
(TV Special)

Self

(TV Special)Self

 2017

Monstres, Ennemis intérieurs
(Documentary)

Self

(Documentary)Self

 2017

Terreur et glamour: Montée et déclin du studio Hammer
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2016

The People’s Network Showcase: Horror Edition
(TV Movie)

Self – Host

(TV Movie)Self – Host

 2016

Requiem for a Shapeshifter
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2016

John Carpenter: Escape from New York
(Music Video short)

Self

(Music Video short)Self

 2016

It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned
(Video documentary)

Self

(Video documentary)Self

 2016

John Carpenter: Distant Dream
(Music Video short)

Self

(Music Video short)Self

 2015

Jean-Michel Jarre: The Rise of Electronic Music
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2014

Carpenter on Quatermass
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2014

Why Horror?
(Documentary)

Self

(Documentary)Self

 2014

Top 40 Ultimate Action Movies
(TV Movie documentary)

Self – Director

(TV Movie documentary)Self – Director

 2013

Body Bags Commentary
(Video documentary)

Self

(Video documentary)Self

 2013

Unzipping Body Bags
(Video short)

Self

(Video short)Self

 2013

He Lives: Interview with John Carpenter
(Short)

Self

(Short)Self

 2013

Sympathy for the Devil: An Interview with John Carpenter
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2012

The Birds: Hitchcock’s Monster Movie
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2012

They Live: Independent Thoughts
(Video short)

Self

(Video short)Self

 2012

100 Years of Universal – The Lot
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2011

The Future of Fear
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2011

Charlie Brown: Blockhead’s Revenge
(Short)

Self – Host

(Short)Self – Host

 2011

John Carpenter Presents Funny or Die’s Halloween
(Short)

Self

(Short)Self

 2011

Scary Girl
(Short)

Self – Host

(Short)Self – Host

 2011

That Is All
(Short)

Self

(Short)Self

 2011

Twilight: Breaking Dawn Spoof
(Short)

Self

(Short)Self

 2011

What Have You Done to Me?
(Short)

Self

(Short)Self

 2011

Horror Masters: Cat Thrower
(Short)

Self

(Short)Self

 2011

The Original Monster Mash
(Short)

Self

(Short)Self

 2011

Nightmare Factory
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2010

Texas Frightmare Weekend 2010
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2010

Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star
(Video documentary)

Self (voice)

(Video documentary)Self (voice)

 2010

Halloween: The Inside Story
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2010

More Tales from the Script
(Video documentary)

Self

(Video documentary)Self

 2009

Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2009

Monsterland
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2009

Tales from the Script
(Documentary)

Self

(Documentary)Self

 2008

The Secret World of Superfans
(Documentary)

Self

(Documentary)Self

 2008

In the Master’s Shadow: Hitchcock’s Legacy
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2008

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of the Master
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2008

Starz Inside: Fantastic Flesh
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2008

Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
(Documentary)

Self – Film Director

(Documentary)Self – Film Director

 2008

Science of Horror
(Documentary)

Self

(Documentary)Self

 2007

Halloween: Faces of Fear
(Documentary short)

Self

(Documentary short)Self

 2007

Bloodsucking Cinema
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2007

John Woo: A Life in Pictures
(Video short)

Self

(Video short)Self

 2007

The Fearmakers Collection
(Video documentary)

Self

(Video documentary)Self

 2007

Final Delivery: The Making of ‘Pro Life’
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2006

Big John
(TV Movie documentary)

Self – Subject

(TV Movie documentary)Self – Subject

 2006

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2006

Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2006

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
(Documentary)

Self

(Documentary)Self

 2006

Celluloid Apocalypse: An Interview with John Carpenter
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2006

Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
(Video documentary)

Self

(Video documentary)Self

 2006

Feeling the Effects of ‘the Fog’
(Video documentary short)

Self – Producer

(Video documentary short)Self – Producer

 2006

Seeing Through ‘the Fog’
(Video documentary short)

Self – Producer

(Video documentary short)Self – Producer

 2006

Whiteout Conditions: The Remaking of a Horror Classic
(Video documentary short)

Self – Producer

(Video documentary short)Self – Producer

 2005

Hollywood’s Greatest Villains
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2005

The Perfect Scary Movie
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2005

Snake Plissken: Man of Honor
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2005

05 Spaceys
(TV Special)

Self

(TV Special)Self

 2004

Cinemaker
(Video documentary)

Self

(Video documentary)Self

 2004

Tales from the Crypt: From Comic Books to Television
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2004

Hollywood’s Creepiest Creatures
(TV Movie)

Self

(TV Movie)Self

 2004

Christine: Fast and Furious
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2004

Christine: Finish Line
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2004

Christine: Ignition
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2003

Escape From New York film intro by John Carpenter
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2003

Escape From New York film intro by John Carpenter (10:38)
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2003

Return to ‘Escape from New York’
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2003

The 100 Greatest Scary Moments
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2003

An Opera of Violence
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2003

Something to Do with Death
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2003

The Wages of Sin
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2003

‘Halloween’: A Cut Above the Rest
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2003

Do You Remember Laurie Zimmer?
(Documentary)

Self (voice)

(Documentary)Self (voice)

 2002

Tales from the Mist: Inside ‘the Fog’
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2002

Masters of Horror
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2001

‘Ghosts of Mars’: Special Effects Deconstruction
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2001

Red Desert Nights: Making ‘Ghosts of Mars’
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2001

Scoring Ghosts of Mars
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 2001

Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
(TV Movie documentary)

Self – interviewee

(TV Movie documentary)Self – interviewee

 2000

Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2000

Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2000

Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2000

The American Nightmare
(Documentary)

Self

(Documentary)Self

 2000

Guns for Hire: The Making of ‘The Magnificent Seven’
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 2000

Faces of Evil
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 1999

‘Halloween’ Unmasked 2000
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 1998

Unmasking the Horror
(Video)

Self

(Video)Self

 1998

The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
(Video documentary)

Self

(Video documentary)Self

 1997

A-Z of Horror
(TV Mini Series documentary)

Self

(TV Mini Series documentary)Self

 1997

The Reality Trip
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 1996

100 Years of Horror: Witchcraft and Demons
(Video documentary)

Self

(Video documentary)Self

 1994

Escape from New York – A Interview with John Carpenter
(Video documentary short)

Self

(Video documentary short)Self

 1994

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
(TV Special documentary)

Self

(TV Special documentary)Self

 1991

Fear in the Dark
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 1989

First Works
(TV Movie documentary)

Self

(TV Movie documentary)Self

 1984

Making of Featurette: Starman
(Documentary short)

Self

(Documentary short)Self

 1982

Take One: Fear on Film
(TV Short)

Self

(TV Short)Self

 1982

The Making of ‘the Thing’
(TV Short documentary)

Narrator

(TV Short documentary)Narrator

 1982

The Making of a Chilling Tale
(TV Short documentary)

Narrator

(TV Short documentary)Narrator

 1980

Fear on Film: Inside ‘the Fog’
(TV Short documentary)

Self

(TV Short documentary)Self