John Carpenter

John Carpenter is an American film director, screenwriter, composer, and musician who directed Starman. He also made an uncredited cameo appearance as a helicopter pilot in the film.

He is best known for his films of the 1970s and 1980s, including Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) Halloween (1978), The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), The Thing (1982), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), and They Live (1988).