Born January 16, 1948 in New - York (USA). He studied in the West - Kentucky University and the University of Southern California in Los - Angeles. Another student, he along with his classmate Dan O `Bannon took them to the same scenario created by science - the fantastic` black `comedy` Dark Star ', which became their thesis work and later transformed into a full-length feature film. After this remarkable debut,
John Carpenter at his scenario placed a picture `Attack by 13 police station '(1976), highly marked by critics. The real success came to the director in 1978 - with the release of his film `Halloween ', . which not only marked a new stage in the development of the genre 'horror movie' and spawned several sequels, . but also became one of the most profitable films - with a declared budget of 300 thousand dollars in fees have exceeded $ 75 million,
. It is worth noting that it was with this film began cinematic career as an actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who performed in 'Halloween' main role. Director continues to work in the field of sci-fi movie and 'suspense', and if he did not repeat earlier successes, his name always talked about quality and interesting films, and he became a cult figure of cinema 80 - x. Among the most famous works of
John Carpenter - 'Escape from New - York' (1981) and `Something '(1982) with Kurt Russell, . `Christine` (1983), . `The man with the stars' (1984) with Jeff Bridges, . and the last is worth noting `` In the Mouth of Madness (1995) with Sam Neill and Charlton Heston, . `Village of the Damned '(1995) and' Escape from Los - Angeles' (1996).,
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John Carpenter: Interview with creator of the Vampire.
Revelation gloomy optimist.
