American filmmaker, screenwriter, and composer, renowned for his iconic synthesizer-driven film scores, particularly for his own horror and science fiction classics.John Carpenter, born January 16, 1948, in Carthage, New York, is a legendary figure in cinema, primarily known as a director and writer of cult horror and sci-fi films like 'Halloween' (1978), 'The Fog' (1980), 'Escape from New York' (1981), and 'The Thing' (1982). Beyond filmmaking, he is celebrated as a highly influential compos...