Awards & Winners

John Carpenter

Date of Birth 16-January-1948
Place of Birth Carthage
(Jefferson County, New York)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as John Howard Carpenter, Rip Haight, John T. Chance, Martin Quatermass, Johnny Carpenter, James T. Chance, JC, Frank Armitage
Profession Screenwriter, Film Director, Film Producer, Film Score Composer, Voice Actor, Actor, Film Editor
John Howard Carpenter is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and composer. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, he is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction films from the 1970s and 1980s. Numerous films in Carpenter's career were critical and commercial failures, with the notable exceptions of Halloween and Escape from New York. However, many of Carpenter's films from the 1970s and the 1980s such as Dark Star, Assault on Precinct 13, The Fog, The Thing, Starman, Big Trouble in Little China and They Live have since been seen as cult classics, and Carpenter has been acknowledged as an influential filmmaker.

Awards by John Carpenter

Check all the awards nominated and won by John Carpenter.

1979


Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Awards for Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay Someone's Watching Me!

1976


Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Dark Star

1975


Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nebula Award for Best Script Dark Star