The Profile and overview of the directors major works.Since he was five, Carpenter has been dedicated to movie making and, more specifically, to science fiction and horror films. The 3D version of It Came From Outer Space Universal 1953 really inspired Carpenter and just three years later, with an 8mm camera given to him as a present, he was making his own short films. Not bad for a twelve year old from Bowling Green, Kentucky. though it would be hard to find a copy of his film Gordon the Space Monster at your local video store. For a while, music took precedence over filmmaking while he sang and played bass in a band at Western Kentucky University. By his senior year, though, Carpenter had made up his mind and he headed out to USC film school in 1968.Since then he has settled back into horror films with Prince of Darkness They Live another film with Carpenters dry wit as two of a four picture deal with Alive films. Of course rumors still abound about an Escape From New York sequel set in L.A., well see.

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