Nicholas Carpenter

Nicholas Andre Carpenter^[1][2] is an American film director. He worked as a set production assistant on TV and on films such as Thank You for Smoking (2005) before going on to direct the 2009 horror anthology The Telling.^[3]

Early life

Nicholas Carpenter is the son of Scott Carpenter, one of the original Mercury astronauts, and Maria Roach Carpenter, daughter of film producer Hal Roach. Carpenter has a brother, Matthew Scott; four half-siblings from his father's first marriage, Marc Scott, Kristen Elaine, Candace Noxon and Robyn Jay; and a half sibling from his father's third marriage, Zachary Scott. Carpenter grew up in Los Angeles, where his father made his home after retiring from NASA in 1969.^[1][2]

Personal life

Carpenter and his current girlfriend, reality TV personality Bridget Marquardt, whom he directed in The Telling, reside in Sherman Oaks, California.^[3] Both of them appeared in "Road Trippin'", a July 11, 2010 episode of the reality TV series Holly's World, which stars Marquardt's Girls Next Door costar and fellow Playboy model Holly Madison.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Tara Gray. Scott Carpenter biography; "40th Anniversary of the Mercury 7" NASA.gov; Accessed January 9, 2010
2. ^ ^{a b} Scott Carpenter biography at Encyclopedia Astronautica
3. ^ ^{a b} Lauren Beale. "Actress/model Bridget Marquardt buys in Sherman Oaks" Los Angeles Times August 22, 2009

External links

• Nicholas Carpenter at the Internet Movie Database

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