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| John Carpenter (1948- )
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Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York but he and his family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1953. He was captivated by movies from an early age, particularly the westerns of Howard Hawks and John Ford, as well as 1950s low budget horror and science fiction films, such as Forbidden Planet and The Thing from Another World and began filming horror shorts on 8 mm film even before entering high school. He briefly attended Western Kentucky University where his father, Howard, chaired the music department, but transferred to the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts in 1968. Though he dropped out before finishing his degree, his student project, The Resurrection of Broncho Billy, won the 1970 Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. The film was produced by John Longenecker.
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