Joe Dante
Directing
- Born:
- 1946-11-28
- 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 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.
Known For
Filmography
The First Five Minutes... The Title Design Legacy of Dan Perri
Boorman and the Devil
Gremlins, an american nightmare!
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
The Creeps
The Vincent Price Legacy
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Sharksploitation
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
In Search of Darkness: Part III
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Razzennest
Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
In Search of Tomorrow
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
Tales of the Uncanny
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School
Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Love, Antosha
In Search of Darkness
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Sad Hill Unearthed
The Fear Is Real
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Camp Cold Brook
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Nightmare Cinema
Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
Trafficked
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
Long Live the King
MacGyver
24×36
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Tales of Halloween
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs
Burying the Ex
Out of Print
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror