Showing posts with label producer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label producer. Show all posts

14 June 2022

Jackie Kong

Writer, director and producer Jackie Kong was born on June 14th, 1957 in Hanford, CA. 

Jackie Kong

The Being (1983)

Night Patrol (1984)
with Billy Barty

The Under Achievers (1987)
with Susan Tyrrell

Blood Diner (1987)

17 February 2022

Don Coscarelli

Writer, producer and director Don Coscarelli was born on February 17th, 1954 in Tripoli, Libya. 

Don Coscarelli 

Angus Scrimm in Phantasm (1979)

The Beastmaster (1982) starring 
Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts,
John Amos and Rip fucking Torn


Phantasm II (1988)

Phantasm III:
Lord of the Dead (1994)

Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)

Bruce Campbell in
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)

John Dies at the End (2012)

Phantasm: Ravager (2016)

Also on this date:

Silent Night, Bloody Night was released in 1972



16 January 2022

John Carpenter

 John Carpenter was born on January 16th, 1948 in Carthage, New York. 

John Carpenter 

The filmmaker / artist / producer is responsible for a long list of successful horror, action and science fiction movies. 

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles and Nancy Loomis
in Halloween (1978)

The Fog (1980)
with 
Jamie Lee Curtis 
and Tom Atkins

Escape From New York (1981)
with Tom Atkins 
and 
Ernest Borgnine

The Thing (1982)
with Keith David

Christine (1983)

Prince of Darkness (1987)
with 
Donald Pleasence

They Live (1988) 
with Keith David


With collaborator Debra Hill

With Hill and special effects artist Rob Bottin
on the set of The Fog

the Coupe de Villes
John Carpenter, Nick Castle and Tommy Lee Wallace

The John Carpenter Band



01 January 2022

Andy Gill

Andy Gill was born on January 1st, 1956. 

Andy Gill (1956-2020)

Gang of Four

In addition to being the guitarist and founding member for Gang of Four he produced many bands including the Red Hot Chili Peppers first album The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984). 

The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)


10 November 2021

Debra Hill

 Debra Hill was born in Haddonfield, NJ on November 10th, 1950. 

Debra Hill (1950-2005)

The producer and writer worked on many classic films such as The Dead Zone (1983), Clue, Adventures in Babysitting and Big Top Pee Wee. 

Hill and Carpenter

She often collaborated with John Carpenter on films such as Escape From New York, Escape from LA and The Fog (1980). Together they developed the original Halloween film as co-writer’s and Hill produced the first three movies of the franchise. 

John Carpenter, Debra hill and Rob Bottin
on the set of The Fog (1989)

Tommy Lee Wallace and Debra Hill