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  • Birth Name: John Howard Carpenter
  • Birth Place: Carthage, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 01/16/1948, Capricorn
  • Profession: Director; screenwriter; composer; producer
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John Carpenter Fast Facts:
  • At age 8, he began shooting action-oriented shorts with his father's 8mm camera.
  • During college he played in a band called the Coupe de Villes.
  • While attending USC, he helped produce a short, The Resurrection of Broncho Billy, that won an Oscar in 1970.
  • Made his feature-film directing debut with the 1974 sci-fi/comedy Dark Star, which was an expanded version of his Master's thesis project.
  • His commercial breakthrough was the 1978 horror classic Halloween, which he wrote, directed and scored.
  • John Carpenter Relationships:
  • Adrienne Barbeau - Ex-wife
  • Howard Ralph Carpenter - Father
  • John Cody Carpenter - Son
  • Milton Jean Carpenter - Mother
  • Sandra Ann King - Wife
  • College:
  • Attended Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; attended University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles, CA
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