Sandy King (producer)

Sandy King
King at the 2023 WonderCon in Anaheim, California
Born
Sandra Ann King

(1952-03-08) March 8, 1952
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Occupations
  • Film producer
  • script supervisor
  • comic book publisher
Years active1973–present
Known forThey Live
In the Mouth of Madness
Vampires
Ghosts of Mars
Storm King Comics
Spouse
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(m. 1990)​

Sandra Ann King (born March 8, 1952) is an American film producer, script supervisor, and comic book publisher. She is the founder and chief executive of Storm King Productions and its comics division, Storm King Comics, and is best known for producing a series of horror and science-fiction films directed by her husband, John Carpenter, including They Live, In the Mouth of Madness, Village of the Damned, Vampires, and Ghosts of Mars.[1][2][3] She co-created the comic book series Asylum, in which Carpenter is also involved.[4]

Early life and family

King was born Sandra Ann King on March 8, 1952, in Los Angeles, California. She attended the Westlake School in Los Angeles, graduating in 1969, and went on to study at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) College of Fine Arts, where she majored in pictorial arts and received her bachelor's degree in 1973. While at UCLA she studied hand-drawn animation, and in 1973 she worked on the animated short film Anti-Matter.[5]

Career

Script supervision

King began her career in the film industry in the mid-1970s as a script supervisor. Her first feature credit in the role was on John Cassavetes' The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976).[6] She subsequently worked as script supervisor on Roger Corman's Bad Georgia Road (1977), Michael Mann's Thief (1981), Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish (1983), and John Hughes' Sixteen Candles (1984), among other features and television productions.[6][7] In 1984, she served as script supervisor on John Carpenter's Starman, the film on which she first met Carpenter.[6][8]

Film and television production

King transitioned into producing on Carpenter's films during the late 1980s, serving as associate producer on Prince of Darkness (1987) and They Live (1988).[9] She went on to produce Body Bags (1993), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), Village of the Damned (1995), Vampires (1998), and Ghosts of Mars (2001), all directed by Carpenter.[6][9] In 2021, she produced the Blumhouse and Amazon Studios horror feature The Manor.[9][10] She has also served as a producer on the Peacock anthology series John Carpenter's Suburban Screams (2023) and on the fiction podcast Roanoke Falls.[10]

Storm King Productions and Storm King Comics

King founded Storm King Productions in 1991 as a film, television, and podcast production company.[10] In 2012, she launched Storm King Comics as a division of the company, becoming the first woman to found a comic-book publishing house.[6][11] The imprint's debut title, John Carpenter's Asylum, was co-created by King, Carpenter, and Thomas Ian Griffith.[11] Storm King Comics has since published more than 100 issues and 30 graphic novels and trade paperbacks, including the annual horror anthology John Carpenter's Tales for a HalloweeNight, the monthly anthology John Carpenter's Tales of Science Fiction, John Carpenter's Night Terrors, the all-ages line John Carpenter Presents Storm Kids, and the imprint Storm King Comics Dark & Twisted.[10][12] In 2019, King launched the Storm Kids line, aimed at readers aged 4 to 18.[13]

Personal life

King met John Carpenter while working as script supervisor on Starman (1984); the two married in 1990 and live in Hollywood, California.[14]

Comics

  • John Carpenter Presents Storm Kids
  • John Carpenter's Asylum
  • John Carpenter's Night Terrors
  • John Carpenter's Tales for a Halloween Night
  • John Carpenter's Tales of Science Fiction

Won Foreword Indy Fab Awards twice.

Filmography

Accolades

For her work on Village of the Damned, she was nominated at the 16th Golden Raspberry Awards for "Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel".[29]

References

  1. ↑ Womanthology: Space. IDW Publishing. 2013. p. 139.
  2. ↑ Maslin, Janet (April 28, 1995). "FILM REVIEW; Demons' Eye Problems Compound Creepiness". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ "Storm Kids: Sacred Hearts Review". Cgmagazine.com. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "John Carpenter Hasn't Talked to Dwayne Johnson About 'Big Trouble in Little China' – Speakeasy – WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. June 11, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Sandy King Carpenter". iHeart.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Earl, William (January 14, 2023). "Sandy King Carpenter Was Sick of Comic Book Industry Gatekeepers. A Decade Later, Her Self-Started Publishing House Is Scary Successful". Variety.
  7. ↑ Smith, Marisa Mirabal (October 31, 2024). "The Killer Instinct of Sandy King Carpenter: In Conversation with the Horror Icon". IndieWire.
  8. ↑ Wilson, Michael David (September 9, 2024). "TIH 580: Sandy King Carpenter on Storm King Comics, John Carpenter's They Live, and Film Production". This Is Horror.
  9. 1 2 3 "About Storm King". Storm King Productions.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Storm King Productions". Storm King Productions.
  11. 1 2 Serrano, Ricardo (September 12, 2019). "Interview: Sandy King on building the house of horrors that is Storm King Comics". The Beat.
  12. ↑ "Storm King Comics signs with SCB Distributors". The Beat. March 10, 2025.
  13. ↑ "About Us". Storm King Comics.
  14. ↑ Calia, Michael (June 11, 2015). "John Carpenter Hasn't Talked to Dwayne Johnson About 'Big Trouble in Little China'". WSJ.
  15. ↑ Macek III, J.C. (November 12, 2013). "'Body Bags' Gives Us John Carpenter at His Funniest". Pop Matters. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  16. ↑ Calia, Michael (December 5, 2014). "In the Mouth of John Carpenter's Misunderstood Masterpiece". Wsj.com.
  17. ↑ McCarthy, Todd (April 28, 1995). "Village of the Damned". Variety.com.
  18. ↑ Gelder, Lawrence Van (October 30, 1998). "FILM REVIEW; Dad Was Out for Blood; Now the Son's a Regular Drip". The New York Times.
  19. ↑ "The Resurrection of the Undead". Los Angeles Times. 21 December 2000. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  20. ↑ Mitchell, Elvis (August 24, 2001). "FILM REVIEW; Showdown at O.K. Corral, With Zombies". The New York Times.
  21. ↑ "[Back Cover]". John Carpenter Presents Vampires Los Muertos (DVD packaging). United States: Global Entertainment Productions. 2002. ISBN 0-7678-8209-1.
  22. ↑ Lovell, Glenn (August 20, 2002). "John Carpenter May Become one of the Ghosts of Filmmaking". The Wichita Eagle. p. 4C.
  23. ↑ Squires, John (August 17, 2021). "Amazon's "Welcome to the Blumhouse" is Back in October With Four New Original Horror Movies!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  24. ↑ Ritchie, Gayle (November 7, 2021). "Seances, shadows and secrets: Laura Purcell's latest gothic thriller oozes menace". The Courier. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  25. 1 2 3 White, Peter (May 11, 2021). "John Carpenter Scares Up Horror Podcasts & Tatiana Maslany Preps Dark Comedy 'Power Trip' For Realm". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  26. 1 2 3 Anderson, Derek (May 12, 2021). "John Carpenter and Sandy King Carpenter Announce New Realm Audio Shows Roanoke Falls, Angel to Some, and Furnace". Daily Dead. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  27. ↑ Petski, Denise (September 15, 2023). "'Suburban Screams' Trailer: John Carpenter Returns To Directing After 13 Years With Peacock Unscripted Horror Anthology Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  28. ↑ Vlessing, Etan (October 17, 2025). "John Carpenter to Exec Produce Supernatural Horror Anthology Series (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
  29. ↑ Wilson, John (August 23, 2000). "1995 Archive". Golden Raspberry Award Foundation. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
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