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John Carpenter TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
FMCSun, Nov 23, 3:30 PMBig Trouble in Little ChinaBuy
AMCThu, Nov 27, 4:00 AMHalloweenBuy
SCI FIThu, Nov 27, 9:30 AMIn the Mouth of MadnessBuy
HBO2eMon, Dec 1, 2:30 AMHalloween IIBuy
HBO2eMon, Dec 1, 4:05 AMHalloween III: Season of the WitchBuy
STRZ1Tue, Dec 2, 3:40 AMFantastic FleshBuy
ENCR1Tue, Dec 2, 6:15 PMBig Trouble in Little ChinaBuy
SCI FIThu, Dec 4, 7:00 PMThe ThingBuy
STRZ1Sat, Dec 6, 2:40 AMFantastic FleshBuy
ENCR1Sat, Dec 6, 11:50 AMBig Trouble in Little ChinaBuy
FMCSat, Dec 6, 4:00 PMBig Trouble in Little ChinaBuy
FMCSun, Dec 7, 2:00 AMBig Trouble in Little ChinaBuy
ENCR1Sun, Dec 7, 2:30 AMBig Trouble in Little ChinaBuy

John Carpenter Biography

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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
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:
  • Howard Ralph Carpenter - Father
  • John Cody Carpenter - Son
  • Milton Jean Carpenter - Mother
  • Sandra Ann King - Wife
  • Adrienne Barbeau - Ex-wife

  • College:
  • Attended Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles, CA
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