Joe Dante
Born
28 November 1946 (79)
Place of Birth
Morristown, New Jersey, USA
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 televis...
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Dante, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (40)
The Creeps
2025
The Vincent Price Legacy
2025
Boorman and the Devil
2025
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
Sharksploitation
2024
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
2024
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
Razzennest
2022
Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction
2022
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
2021
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
2021
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
2020
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School
2019
Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
2019
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019
Love, Antosha
2019
In Search of Darkness
2019
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019
Sad Hill Unearthed
2018
The Fear is Real
2018
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
Nightmare Cinema
2018
Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
2018
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
2017
Long Live the King
2016
24×36
2016
Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy
2016
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015
Tales of Halloween
2015
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
2015