As an editor he worked on the television series
Empty Nest,
The Ben Stiller Show,
Whose Line Is It Anyway?,
Sessions and working on number of stand-up comedy specials starring
Jay Leno,
Sam Kinison,
Rodney Dangerfield,
Kathy Griffin,
Paula Poundstone and
Kevin Nealon. His directing credits include sitcoms
The Larry Sanders Show,
Caroline in the City,
Greg the Bunny,
Oliver Beene,
True Jackson, VP,
Crash & Bernstein. He's directed a number of live television specials which include all of the
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band tours since 2003, a number of
Comedy Central specials,
The Grammy Pre Telecast and several
PBS music specials. In 1976, he appeared as an extra in the film
A Star Is Born before pursuing a behind the camera career. In 1997, Carpenter received a
Grammy nomination as producer and
Primetime Emmy nomination for editing the
Great Performances episode "
Robert Altman's Jazz '34" nominated with
Dylan Tichenor. As well as directing music videos for
Ringo Starr,
Aerosmith,
Ozzy Osbourne,
Emmylou Harris,
Neil Young and
Cledus T. Judd. ==References==