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Sandy KingMarried 1990 - Present
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John Carpenter Does His 'Thing'Entertainment Weekly - May 04, 2013
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Film ShortsThe Portland Mercury - Nov 01, 2012
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How To Tell A Good Story In A GameCalgary Sun - Aug 31, 2012
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John Carpenter To Hit Fan ExpoCalgary Sun - Aug 23, 2012
Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of John Carpenter.
CHILDHOOD
1948
Birth
Born on January 16, 1948.
1953
5 Years Old
Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, the son of Milton Jean (née Carter) and Howard Ralph Carpenter, a music professor. He and his family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1953.
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TWENTIES
1968
20 Years Old
He attended Western Kentucky University where his father chaired the music department, then transferred to the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts in 1968, but later dropped out to make his first feature.
1969
21 Years Old
In a beginning film course at USC Cinema in 1969, Carpenter wrote and directed an 8-minute short film, Captain Voyeur.
1977
29 Years Old
The film was originally released in the United States to mixed critical reviews and lackluster box-office earnings, but after it was screened at the 1977 London Film Festival, it became a critical and commercial success in Europe and is often credited with launching Carpenter's career.
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THIRTIES
1978
30 Years Old
Carpenter both wrote and directed the Lauren Hutton thriller Someone's Watching Me! (aka High Rise) in 1978.
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In 1979, John Carpenter began what was to be the first of several collaborations with actor Kurt Russell when he directed the TV movie Elvis.
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Moreover, unlike the Hawks film, The Thing was part of what Carpenter later called his "Apocalypse Trilogy," a trio of films (The Thing, Prince of Darkness, and In the Mouth of Madness) with bleak endings for the film's characters, and being a graphic, sinister horror film, it did not appeal to audiences in the summer of 1982, especially when E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which would have illustrated a much more light-hearted picture of alien visitation, was released two weeks prior.
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1983
35 Years Old
Ironically, Carpenter's next film, Christine, was the 1983 adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name.
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1984
36 Years Old
One of the high points in Carpenter's career came in 1984 with the release of Starman, a film that was critically praised but was only a moderate commercial success.
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FORTIES
1989
41 Years Old
Carpenter was also offered The Exorcist III in 1989, and met with writer William Peter Blatty (who also authored the novel on which it was based, Legion) over the course of a week.
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FIFTIES
2001
53 Years Old
2001 saw the release of Ghosts of Mars. 2005 saw remakes of Assault on Precinct 13 and The Fog, the latter being produced by Carpenter himself, though in an interview he defined his involvement as, "I come in and say hello to everybody.
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2005
57 Years Old
Carpenter returned to the director's chair in 2005 for an episode of Showtime's Masters of Horror series as one of the thirteen filmmakers involved in the first season.
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2006
58 Years Old
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Moreover, in 2006, the United States Library of Congress deemed Halloween to be "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
LATE ADULTHOOD
2009
61 Years Old
In February 2009, It was announced that Carpenter had planned for his newest project, called The Ward, starring Amber Heard.
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On 10 October 2010 Carpenter received the Lifetime Award from the Freak Show Horror Film Festival.
The film was rediscovered in the USC archives in 2011 and proved interesting because it revealed elements that would appear in his later film, Halloween (1978).
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