# John Carpenter: A Filmmaking Icon With Robert Rodriguez | Full Episode | The Director's Chair

Free with YouTube's ads, posted by El Rey Network.

Rodriguez and John Carpenter discuss many of Carpenter's films including Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, Escape from New York, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, and They Live. They also discuss such influences as John Ford, Roger Corman, and Howard Hawks and Rodriguez later asks Carpenter questions submitted by directors Greg Nicotero, Edgar Wright, and Eli Roth.

The Director's Chair: John Carpenter

El Rey Network is an English-language entertainment brand founded by maverick filmmaker Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City, Spy Kids, Machete). Curated by Rodriguez and his artistic collective, the Latino-infused network revels in the courage, capacity, and creativity of ordinary people on extraordinary journeys through its unique original programming.

- What it is: Full episode
- Series: [The Director's Chair](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/library/rights-holders/series/fde4b7a3828f)
- Previous episode: [Jon Favreau's Eclectic Directing Career With Robert Rodriguez | Full Episode | The Director's Chair](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/rights-holders/PNXaVYu1wAs)
- Next episode: [Guillermo Del Toro: Art, Monsters & Beauty w/ Robert Rodriguez | Full Episode | The Director's Chair](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/rights-holders/yPXy9NtI39E)
- Length: 44 min
- Rights holder: [El Rey Network](https://www.elreynetwork.com/) (its site links the channel: https://www.elreynetwork.com/)
- Channel: [El Rey Network](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaVwpbqM8dkhQvbL8XileAA)
- Plays: Only in United States, as its rights holder set it on YouTube
- Who can watch here: Adult profiles and older (no rating is recorded on YouTube, so adults only)
- Made for kids: No, as YouTube designates it
- On YouTube: [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPr2fwOysW8)

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