John Carpenter

Person · Open Library

Died

1621

Works

99

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Active from

1948-01-16

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

451,243

Total plays

6,205,285

John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American filmmaker, composer, and actor, widely known for his work in the horror, action, and science fiction genres, particularly during the 1970s and 1980s. He is regarded as a significant figure in the horror genre. In 2019, the French Directors' Guild honored him with the Golden Coach Award at the Cannes Film Festival, recognizing him as a "creative genius of raw, fantastic, and spectacular emotions." On April 3, 2025, he received a star on

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

   · 1996 · cited 200,169x

2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

   · 2021 · cited 41,509x

3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

   · 2000 · cited 36,302x

4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

   · 2007 · cited 34,187x

5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

   · 1992 · cited 28,819x

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Wikidata facts

Image

John Conduit Carpenter 1908 Olympics 01.jpg

Height

184

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