Skip to content
229,518 profiles ranked

No free photograph

John Carl Buechler

American director (1952-2019) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 66

John Carl Buechler was an American special make-up effects artist, film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.

John Carl Buechler is read about 63 times a day, in 19 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 19 September 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

A life in dates

2019Died17 March 20192017To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder StoryFilm2014Catch of the DayFilm, Detective Martin Spangler2013Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13thFilm2010Hallow PointeFilm, Lazlo2008Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the CrustFilm, Orson Biggs2005Making of: The Gingerdead ManFilm2004Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (Crystal Lake Victims Tell All - Documentary)Film2002Curse of the Forty-NinerFilm, Director1995Not of This EarthFilm, The Other1991Land of the LostSeries, Director1988Cellar DwellerFilm, Director1986Fangoria's Weekend of HorrorsFilm1984The DungeonmasterFilm, Director, Writer1978StingrayFilm, The Flamer1952Born18 June 1952

People around John

Close ties

  • Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th 2013
  • Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy 2010
  • His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th 2010
  • Hatchet 2006
  • Hatchet II 2010

Filmography 40

140 credits on file

Television 1

About this person

He was best known for his work on horror and science-fiction films, mostly as part of Charles Band's Empire Pictures, and directed films such as Troll, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Cellar Dweller, Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College, and Curse of the Forty-Niner. His make-up work includes Ghoulies, From Beyond, Troll, TerrorVision, Dolls, Prison, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, and Hatchet.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1952 to 2019 · aged 66