Joe Dante
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Joe Dante

Nov 28, 1946 - Morristown, New Jersey, USA

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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Movie1994Beverly Hills Cop IIIJailer
Movie1999She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'Self / Host
Movie1994The Silence of the HamsDying Man
Movie2022In Search of Darkness: Part IIISelf
Movie1981Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'Self
Movie1976CannonballKid
Movie1997Hollywood Rated 'R'Self
Movie2021Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in FloridaSelf [archival]
Movie1978PiranhaScuba Diver #2 (uncredited)
Movie1987InnerspaceVectorscope Employee (uncredited)
Movie2013Blast VegasSalesman #2
Movie2004Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im PelzSelf
Movie2018The Fear is RealSelf
Movie1994Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of HorrorSelf
Movie2010The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern MythSelf
Movie1976Hollywood BoulevardParty Waiter (uncredited)
Movie2009Nightmares in Red, White and BlueSelf
Movie2005Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Movie2008Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFXSelf
Movie2014We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology FilmSelf
Movie2011American GrindhouseHimself
Movie2020Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!Self (archive footage)
Movie2012The Butterfly RoomCab Driver
Movie2021Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop CinemaSelf
Movie2024SharksploitationSelf
Movie2012Trailer WarHimself
Movie201624×36Self
Movie1990Gremlins 2: The New BatchGrandpa Fred Director (uncredited)
Movie1992The Magical World of Chuck JonesSelf
Movie2006Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi IconSelf
Movie2009MonsterlandSelf
Movie2022RazzennestJoe Dante
Movie2002Cinerama AdventureSelf
Movie2024The Life and Deaths of Christopher LeeSelf
Movie2025The Creeps
Movie2014Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish HorrorSelf - Director
Movie1978Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild AngelSelf
Movie201542nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious StreetHimself
Movie2001It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International PicturesSelf
Movie2014That Guy Dick MillerSelf
Movie2010Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.Self
Movie2009Direct Your Own Damn Movie!Self
Movie2007Famous Monster: Forrest J AckermanSelf
Movie2004Edgar G. Ulmer – Der Mann im OffSelf
MovieN/AMary Woronov: Cult Queen
Movie2014Out of PrintSelf
Movie2014There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'BurbsSelf
Movie2012The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster MovieSelf
Movie2006Hitchcocked!Self
Movie1992Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' CompanionHimself
Movie2022Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with FictionSelf
Movie2022Boris Karloff: The Rest of the StorySelf - Interviewee
Movie1999Ray Harryhausen: Working with DinosaursSelf
MovieN/AThe Reality Tripself
Movie2015Tales of HalloweenProf. Milo Gottlieb
Movie2001Making The Earth Stand StillSelf
Movie1986The Fantasy Film Worlds of George PalSelf
Movie2017Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieurSelf
Movie2007The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of DarknessSelf
Movie2011A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!Self - Interviewee
Movie2015Creature Designers: The Frankenstein ComplexSelf
Movie2012The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
Movie2024Hammer: Heroes, Legends and MonstersSelf
Movie2000Mario Bava: Maestro of the MacabreSelf
Movie2016Long Live the Kinghimself
Movie2016Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 ConspiracyHimself
Movie2011Corman's WorldSelf - Filmmaker
Movie2018King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry CohenSelf
Movie2007The Hatching of Spider BabyHimself
Movie2007Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald SteinHimself
Movie1982Eating RaoulBusboy (uncredited)
Movie2004Welcome to Werewolfland
Movie2004Mario Bava: Operazione pauraSelf
Movie2018Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. YearsSelf
Movie2010Machete Maidens Unleashed!Self
Movie2009Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of SplatterHimself
Movie2010The Man Who Saw Frankenstein CrySelf
Movie2018Sad Hill UnearthedSelf - Filmmaker
Movie2012To Be... A Film Favorite
Movie2019In Search of DarknessSelf
Movie2007Spine Tingler! The William Castle StorySelf
Movie2022In Search of TomorrowSelf - Interviewee
Movie2019Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal WerewolfSelf
Movie2019Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and MonstersSelf
Movie1992SleepwalkersLab Assistant
Movie2012Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects TitanSelf
Movie2019Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School
Movie1994A Century of CinemaSelf
Movie2019Love, AntoshaSelf
Movie2019Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed FilmSelf
Movie2013House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!Self
Movie1991OscarFace on the Cutting Room Floor
Movie2000Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in AnimationSelf
Movie2013A Fuller LifeSelf - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and Blue")
Movie2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight MadnessHost
Movie2020Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-FiHost
Movie2020Skin: A History of Nudity in the MoviesSelf
Movie2020Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and CampHost
Movie2005Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank TashlinHimself
Movie2020In Search of Darkness: Part IISelf
Movie2006Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden PlanetSelf
Movie2003Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
Movie2005The Perfect Scary MovieSelf
Movie2020Tales of the UncannySelf
Movie2014From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the CreaturesSelf
Movie2014Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making GremlinsSelf
Movie2005Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!Himself
Movie2006Karloff: The Gentle MonsterSelf
Movie2006Lugosi: The Dark PrinceSelf
Movie2009Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie TrailerSelf
Movie2011Produce Your Own Damn Movie!Self
Movie2021Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the MonsterSelf
Movie2005Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and WhiteHimself
Movie2024Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film DirectorHimself
Movie2011The Future of FearSelf
Movie2015Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
Movie1975Tidal Wave
Movie2010The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire CircusSelf
Movie2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”Self
Movie2010RKO, A Story made in HollywoodHimself
TV Show1991Eerie, IndianaDirector1
TV Show2004100 Scariest Movie MomentsSelf5
TV Show2004Leçon de CinémaSelf1
TV Show2022The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All TimeSelf8
TV Show2022Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow1
TV Show2014The Real History of Science FictionHimself1
TV Show2018Eli Roth's History of HorrorSelf5
TV Show1971Great PerformancesSelf1

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Movie1987InnerspaceDirectorDirecting
Movie1984GremlinsDirectorDirecting
Movie1990Gremlins 2: The New BatchDirectorDirecting
Movie1987Amazon Women on the MoonDirectorDirecting
Movie2003Looney Tunes: Back in ActionDirectorDirecting
Movie1981The HowlingEditorEditing
Movie1981The HowlingDirectorDirecting
Movie1998Small SoldiersDirectorDirecting
Movie1978PiranhaDirectorDirecting
Movie1978PiranhaEditorEditing
Movie1989The 'BurbsDirectorDirecting
Movie1993MatineeDirectorDirecting
Movie1979Rock 'n' Roll High SchoolStoryWriting
Movie1985ExplorersDirectorDirecting
Movie1976Hollywood BoulevardDirectorDirecting
Movie1976Hollywood BoulevardEditorEditing
Movie2006Trapped AshesDirectorDirecting
Movie1997The Second Civil WarDirectorDirecting
Movie2009The HoleDirectorDirecting
Movie2006The Screwfly SolutionDirectorDirecting
Movie1994Runaway DaughtersDirectorDirecting
Movie1968The Movie OrgyDirectorDirecting
Movie1996The Warlord: Battle for the GalaxyDirectorDirecting
Movie1996The Warlord: Battle for the GalaxyProducerProduction
Movie2003Haunted Lighthouse 4-DDirectorDirecting
Movie2011Trail of BloodProducerProduction
Movie2014Burying the ExDirectorDirecting
Movie2005HomecomingDirectorDirecting
Movie2010EmbryoThanksCrew
MovieN/ALabrintusDirectorDirecting
Movie1991Rock 'n' Roll High School ForeverCharactersWriting
Movie1968The Movie OrgyEditorEditing
MovieN/AFear ParisDirectorDirecting
MovieN/AThe Man with Kaleidoscope EyesDirectorDirecting
MovieN/AThe Man with Kaleidoscope EyesProducerProduction
Movie1995LightningDirectorDirecting
Movie2018Nightmare CinemaDirectorDirecting
Movie2009SplatterDirectorDirecting
Movie1994Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of HorrorAssociate ProducerProduction
Movie1977Grand Theft AutoEditorEditing
Movie2017TraffickedExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1974The ArenaEditorEditing
Movie2011Corman's WorldThanksCrew
Movie2018Camp Cold BrookExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1983Twilight Zone: The MovieDirectorDirecting
MovieN/ALittle Shop of Halloween HorrorsDirectorDirecting
TV Show1982Police Squad!DirectorDirecting
TV Show2005Masters of HorrorDirectorDirecting
TV Show1985The Twilight ZoneDirectorDirecting
TV Show1985Amazing StoriesDirectorDirecting
TV Show1991Eerie, IndianaDirectorDirecting
TV Show2001Night VisionsDirectorDirecting
TV Show2004CSI: NYDirectorDirecting
TV Show2010Hawaii Five-0DirectorDirecting
TV Show2016MacGyverDirectorDirecting
TV Show2016DC's Legends of TomorrowDirectorDirecting
TV Show2009SplatterDirectorDirecting
TV Show2013Witches of East EndDirectorDirecting
TV Show2023Gremlins: Secrets of the MogwaiConsulting ProducerProduction
TV Show1994Rebel HighwayDirectorDirecting
TV Show1995Picture WindowsDirectorDirecting