AWARDS

AAPAA
1988 – Jimmie Award – “Prince of Darkness” – winner

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
1975 – Golden Scroll – Best Special Effects, “Dark Star” – winner
1981 – Saturn Award – Best Director, “Escape From New York” – nominated
1986 – Saturn Award – Best Music, “Big Trouble in Little China” – nominated
1987 – Saturn Award – Best Music, “Prince of Darkness” – nominated
1988 – Saturn Award – Best Music, “They Live” – nominated
1996 – George Pal Memorial Award – winner
1998 – Saturn Award – Best Music, “Vampires” – winner

AIDS Research Alliance of America
1999 – James Whale Award

Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Science
1970 – Oscar – Best Short Subject (live action), “The Resurrection of Bronco Billy” – winner

ASCAP Screen Music Awards
2016 – Top Television Series, “Zoo”
2019 – Top Box Office Film, “Halloween (2018)”
2022 – Top Box Office Film, “Halloween Kills”
2023 – Top Box Office Film, “Halloween Ends”

American Institute for Public Service
1980 – Jefferson Award, outstanding public service benefitting local communities

The Association of Film Critics of Rio de Janeiro
2012 – Lifetime Achievement Award

Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
1979 – Grand Prize, “Halloween” – nominated
1980 – Critics award, “The Fog” – winner
1980 – Grand Prize, “The Fog” – nominated
1984 – Grand Prize, “Christine” – nominated
1988 – Critics award, “Prince of Darkness” – winner
1988 – Grand Prize, “Prince of Darkness” – nominated
1989 – Grand Prize, “They Live” – nominated

Bram Stoker Awards
1999 – Bram Stoker Award – Other Media, “Vampires” – nominated
2008 – Lifetime Achievement Award

Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
2016 – Festival Prize – Best Score Short Film, “The Puppet Man” – winner

Cable Ace Award
1991 – Best Writing in a Movie or Mini-Series, “El Diablo” – winner

Cahiers du Cinema
1995 – Top 10 Film Award – Best Film – 10th place, “In the Mouth of Madness”

Cannes Film Festival
2019 – Le Carrosse d’Or

Chicago International Film Festival
1977 – Gold Hugo – Best Feature, “Assault on Precinct 13” – nominated
1978 – Gold Hugo – Best Feature “Halloween” – nominated

CINE Competition
1971 – CINE Golden Eagle – Student Film, “The Resurrection of Broncho Billy” – winner

Cineuphoria Awards
2017 – The Cineuphooria – Career Honorary Award

Edgar Allan Poe Awards
1979 – Edgar – Best Television Feature or Mini Series, “Someone’s Watching Me” – nominated

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
1996 – Chainsaw Award – Best Soundtrack, “Village of the Damned” – nominated
1999 – Chainsaw Award – Best Score, “Vampires” – winner
2022 – Chainsaw Award – Best Score, “Halloween Kills” – winner
2023 – Chainsaw Award – Best Score, “Halloween Ends” – winner

Fantasia
2020 – Lifetime Achievement Award

Fantasporto
1989 – International Fantasy Film Award – Best Film, “They Live” – nominated
1993 – International Fantasy Film Award – Best Film, “Memoirs of an Invisible Man” – nominated
1994 – International Fantasy Film Award – Best Film, “Body Bags” – nominated
1995 – Critics’ Award, “In the Mouth of Madness” – winner
1995 – International Fantasy Film Award – Best Film, “In the Mouth of Madness” – nominated

Fright Meter Awards
2018 – Fright Meter Award – Best Score, “Halloween (2018)” – winner

Fright Night Film Festival
2006 – Black Maria Award for Lifetime Achievement

The History Channel
2005 – Hollywoods Greatest Villains

Hollywood Music In Media Awards
2022 – HMMA Award – Best Original Score in a Horror Film, “Halloween Ends” – nominated

Hugo Awards
1976 – Hugo – Best Dramatic Presentation, “Dark Star” – nominated
1979 – New Generation Award, “Halloween” – winner

International Fantasy Film Award
1989 – Best Film, “They Live” – nominated
1993 – Best Film, “Memppoirs of an Invisible Man” – nominated
1994 – Best Film, “Body Bags” – nominated
1995 – Best Film, “In the Mouth of Madness” – nominated

London Film Festival
1977 – British Film Institute Award

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1979 – New Generation Award, “Halloween”

Louisville Fright Night Film Fest

2011 – Festival Prize – Lifetime Achievement Award

New Mexico Film Critics
2017 – The Glenn Strange Honorary Award

Online Film And Television Association
2021 – OFTA Film Hall of Fame – Score, “Halloween (1978)”
2020 – OFTA Film Hall of Fame – Architects

Online Film Critics Society Awards
2022 – Lifetime Achievement Award

Panavision Awards
1998 – Wide Screen Artist

Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards
2018 – Rondo Statuette – Best CD, “Halloween (2018)”

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
1976 – Nebula Award – Best Dramatic Writing, “Dark Star” – nominated

Screamfest Horror Film Festival
2012 – Career Achievement

Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival

1995 – Best Film, “Village of the Damned” – nominated
2001 – Best Film, “Ghost of Mars” – nominated
2006 – Best Film, “Masters of Horror – John Carpenter’s Cigarette Burns” – nominated
2006 – Carnet Jove – Special Mention, “Masters of Horror – John Carpenter’s Cigarette Burns” – winner
2008 – Time-Machine Honorary Award

Variety Awards
2001 – Variety’s Hall of Fame Award

Vision Award
1996