John Howard Carpenter, shortly knows as John Carpenter having plenty of nicknames such as John Howard Carpenter, Carpenter, John, Rip Haight, John T. Chance, Martin Quatermass, Johnny Carpenter, James T. Chance, JC, Frank Armitage is an American film director, screenwriter and producer, film score composer, actor, voice actor and also film editor born in 1948. How rich is the multi – tasking personality? It is announced that John Carpenter net worth is estimated to be 35 million dollars. John Carpenter is one of the most authoritative movie makers who has tried himself in different film genres but is mostly known for science fiction and horror films which he started making being a school child.
John Carpenter Net Worth $35 Million
Films released between 1970 and 1980 such as “Dark Star“ , „The Fog“, Starman“ , “Escape from New York”, The Thing“, “Christine”,” Someone’s Watching Me”, „Big Trouble in Little China“ and „They Live“ are considered now to be cult classics, and they have made Carpenter an influential and successful filmmaker with an impressive net worth.
John Carpenter went to USC Film School. During the second term at school he was working as co-writer, composer and editor with producer John Longenecker for film “The Resurrection of Broncho Billy“. The film won the Oscar in the category Best Live Action Short Film. Carpenter left early the school to produce his first film „Dar Star“ which was released in 1974. John Carpenter net worth started increasing as he got plenty of suggestions from Hollywood studios. Is it said, that some of his movies have modificated the horror genre and are still acknowledged as the best horror movies. The next film “Assault on Precinct 13” was beloved in Europe but it needed more time to catch the attention of American audience. The turning point in the early career was the third film, independent slasher horror film “Halloween” which gained him appreciation. The film has earned 65 million dollars. Even though John Carpenter did not escape critics and had some negative receptions his film “The Fog” was a huge impulse to Carpenter’s net worth. It has earned 21,000,000 dollars in United States whereas to make it the budget was 1,000,000 dollars. In 1990 – 2000 Carpenter experienced some failures but in 2005 he reached success with the direction of an episode of series “Showtime’s Masters of Horror” where he was working with other twelve filmmakers. The episode „Cigarette Burns“ directed by John Carpenter was valued as positive as well as another episode for the second season called “Pro-Life”, about a raped girl who was raped by demon and is expecting a baby.
John Carpenter last release was “Ghost of Mars” in 2001 and the film “The Ward”, which was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2010. Carpenter is also occupied as a voice actor, his voice is to hear on a video game F.E.A.R.3. John Carpenter work was noticed widely and in 2010 he was honored with the Lifetime Award from the Freak Show Horror Film Festival. There is no doubt that John Carpenter net worth of 35 million is earned with his sincere life time work.
