Joe Dante

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Known For Directing

Known Credits 167

Gender Male

Birthday November 28, 1946 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Morristown, New Jersey, USA

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Joe Dante

Biography

Joseph James Dante Jr. (born November 28, 1946) is an American filmmaker, producer, editor and actor. His films—notably Gremlins (1984) alongside its sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)—often mix the 1950s-style B movie genre with 1960s radicalism and cartoon comedy.

Dante's output includes the films Piranha (1978), The Howling (1981), Explorers (1985), Innerspace (1987), The 'Burbs (1989), Matinee (1993), Small Soldiers (1998), and Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003). His work for television and cable include the social satire The Second Civil War (1997), episodes of the anthology series Masters of Horror ("Homecoming" and "The Screwfly Solution") and Amazing Stories, as well as Police Squad! and Hawaii Five-0.

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Known For

Directing

—		Little Shop of Halloween Horrors … Director
—		Fear Paris … Director
—		Labrintus … Director
—		The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes … Director

2018

… Director

2016		MacGyver (1 episode) … Director
2016		DC's Legends of Tomorrow (1 episode) … Director

2014

… Director

2013

(2 episodes) … Director

2010

(10 episodes) … Director

2009		Splatter (3 episodes) … Director
2009		Splatter … Director
2009		The Hole … Director

2006		The Screwfly Solution … Director
2006		Trapped Ashes … Director

2005		Homecoming … Director
2005		Masters of Horror (2 episodes) … Director

2004

(1 episode) … Director

2003		Looney Tunes: Back in Action … Director
2003		The Haunted Lighthouse … Director

2001

(2 episodes) … Director

1998

… Director

1997

… Director

1996

… Director

1995

… Director

1994		Runaway Daughters … Director
1994		Rebel Highway (10 episodes) … Director

1993

… Director

1991

(5 episodes) … Director

1990

… Director

1989

… Director

1987		Amazon Women on the Moon … Director
1987		Innerspace … Director

1985		Amazing Stories (2 episodes) … Director
1985		The Twilight Zone (1 episode) … Director
1985		Explorers … Director

1984

… Director

1983

… Director

1982

(2 episodes) … Director

1981

… Director

1978

… Director

1976

… Director

1968

… Director

Acting

—		Making The Earth Stand Still as Self
—		Ray Harryhausen: Working With Dinosaurs as self
—		The Reality Trip as self
—		Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
—		The Creeps

2024

as Self

2023

as Self

2022		In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
2022		Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story as Self - Interviewee
2022		Razzennest as Joe Dante
2022		Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction as Self
2022		The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time (8 episodes)
2022		Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow (1 episode)
2022		In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee

2021		Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida as Self [archival]
2021		Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster as Self
2021		Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema as Self

2020		Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! as Self (archive footage)
2020		Tales of the Uncanny as Self
2020		In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
2020		Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies as Self
2020		Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp as Host
2020		Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi as Host
2020		Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness as Host

2019		Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School
2019		Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf as Self
2019		Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters as Self
2019		Love, Antosha as Self
2019		In Search of Darkness as Self
2019		Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film as Himself

2018		Sad Hill Unearthed as Self - Filmmaker
2018		The Fear is Real as Self
2018		Eli Roth's History of Horror (3 episodes) (1 episode) as Self
2018		King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen as Self
2018		Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years as Himself

2017

as Self

2016		Long Live the King as himself
2016		24×36 as Self
2016		Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy as Himself

2015		Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex as Himself
2015		Tales of Halloween as Prof. Milo Gottlieb
2015		42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street as Himself

2014		Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins as Self
2014		From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures as Self
2014		There Goes the Neighbourhood: The Making of The 'Burbs as Himself
2014		Out of Print as Self
2014		Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror as Self - Director
2014		We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film as Self
2014		The Real History of Science Fiction (1 episode) as Himself
2014		That Guy Dick Miller as Himself

2013		House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! as Self
2013		A Fuller Life as Self - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and Blue")
2013		Blast Vegas as Salesman #2

2012		Trailer War as Himself
2012		The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie as Self
2012		The Butterfly Room as Cab Driver
2012		To Be... A Film Favorite

2011		Corman's World as Self - Filmmaker
2011		A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! as Self - Interviewee
2011		Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan as Self
2011		Produce Your Own Damn Movie! as Self
2011		American Grindhouse as Himself

2010		Machete Maidens Unleashed! as Self
2010		The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry as Himself
2010		The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth as Self
2010		Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr. as Self

2009		Nightmares in Red, White and Blue as Self
2009		Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter as Himself
2009		Direct Your Own Damn Movie! as Self
2009		Monsterland as Self
2009		Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer as Self

2008

as Self

2007		Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story as Self
2007		Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein as Himself
2007		The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness as Self
2007		Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self
2007		The Hatching of Spider Baby as Himself

2006		Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet as Self
2006		Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon as Self
2006		Lugosi: The Dark Prince as Self
2006		Hitchcocked! as Self
2006		Karloff: The Gentle Monster as Self

2005		RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World' as Self
2005		The Perfect Scary Movie as Self
2005		Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White as Self
2005		Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War! as Self
2005		Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
2005		Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

2004		Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz as Self
2004		100 Scariest Movie Moments (5 episodes) as Self
2004		Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen as Self
2004		Mario Bava: Operazione paura as Self
2004		Welcome to Werewolfland
2004		Leçon de Cinéma (1 episode) as Self

2003

2002

as Self

2001

as Self

2000		Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation as Self
2000		Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre as Self

1999

as Self / Host

1997

as Self

1994		Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror as Himself
1994		Beverly Hills Cop III as Jailer
1994		The Silence of the Hams as Dying Man
1994		A Century of Cinema as Self

1992		The Magical World of Chuck Jones as Self
1992		Sleepwalkers as Lab Assistant
1992		Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion as Himself

1991		Eerie, Indiana (1 episode) as Director / Himself
1991		Oscar as Face on the Cutting Room Floor

1990

as Grandpa Fred Director (uncredited)

1987

as Vectorscope Employee (uncredited)

1985

as Self

1982

as Busboy (uncredited)

1981

as Self

1978		Piranha as Scuba Diver #2 (uncredited)
1978		Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel as Self

1976		Cannonball as Kid
1976		Hollywood Boulevard as Party Waiter (uncredited)

1971

(1 episode) as Self

Production

—

… Producer

2023

(10 episodes) … Consulting Producer

2018

… Executive Producer

2017

… Executive Producer

2011

… Producer

1996

… Producer

1994

… Associate Producer

Editing

1981

… Editor

1978

… Editor

1977

… Editor

1976

… Editor

1974

… Editor

1968

… Editor

Crew

2011

… Thanks

2010

… Thanks

Writing

1991

… Characters

1979

… Story

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