John Carpenter is an American filmmaker, screenwriter and composer, known mainly for the Halloween franchise. He is mostly associated with genres like action, horror and science fiction. Though many of films have been unsuccessful, some of them have also become known as cult classics. Ā His best and critically acclaimed films are āHalloweenā (1978), āEscape From New Yorkā (1981), āBig Trouble in Little Chinaā (1986), āThey Liveā (1988) and āHalloweenā (2018).
Many of his films have also been unsuccessful. Some of them are āDark Starā (1974), āMemoirs of an Invisible Manā (1992) and āThe Wardā (2010). As a composer, he has released three studio albums. They include āLost Themesā (2015), āLost Themes IIā (2016) and āAnthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998) (2017). In 2016, he had also released āClassic Themes Redux EPā, an extended play.Ā