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Joe Dante

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

28/11/1946

Age

79 years old

Place of Birth

Morristown, New Jersey, USA

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 th... Read More

Known For

The Creeps

Sharksploitation

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

In Search of Darkness: Part III

Razzennest

Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction

Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida

Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema

Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!

Filmography

Cast

2025

The Creeps

2024

Sharksploitation

as Self

2024

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

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 Realit...

as Self

2021

Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of...

as Self [archival]

2021

Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema

as Self

2020

Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentar...

as Himself (archive footage)

2018

The Fear is Real

as Self

2017

Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur

as Self

2016

24×36

as Self

2015

Tales of Halloween

as Prof. Milo Gottlieb

2015

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall ...

as Himself

2014

There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making ...

as Self

2014

Out of Print

as Self

2014

Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish H...

as Self - Director

2014

We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Ho...

as Self

2014

That Guy Dick Miller

as Self

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

2011

A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!

as Self - Interviewee

2011

American Grindhouse

as Himself

2010

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Mode...

as Self

2010

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lo...

as Self

2009

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

as Self

2009

Direct Your Own Damn Movie!

as Self

2009

Monsterland

as Self

2008

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

as Self

2007

The Return of the Living Dead: The Deca...

as Self

2007

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

as Self

2006

Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Ic...

as Self

2006

Hitchcocked!

as Self

2005

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Lega...

2004

Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

as Self

2004

Edgar G. Ulmer – Der Mann im Off

as Self

2002

Cinerama Adventure

as Self

2001

Making The Earth Stand Still

as Self

2001

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of Ame...

as Self

1999

Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs

as Self

1999

She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Fran...

as Self / Host

1997

Hollywood Rated 'R'

as Self

1994

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of ...

as Self

1994

Beverly Hills Cop III

as Jailer

1994

The Silence of the Hams

as Dying Man

1992

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

as Self

1992

Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan...

as Himself

1990

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

as Grandpa Fred Director (uncredited)

1987

Innerspace

as Vectorscope Employee (uncredited)

1986

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

as Self

1981

Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howl...

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)

2024

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

as Self

2024

Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director

as Himself

2022

In Search of Tomorrow

as Self - Interviewee

2021

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monste...

as Self

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 ...

2019

Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Uni...

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 Fil...

as Self

2018

Sad Hill Unearthed

as Self - Filmmaker

2018

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker ...

as Self

2018

Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years

as Self

2016

Long Live the King

as himself

2016

Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspira...

as Himself

2015

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Com...

as Self

2015

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the It...

2014

From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Cre...

as Self

2014

Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. ...

as Self

2013

House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've See...

as Self

2013

A Fuller Life

as Self - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and...

2012

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

as Self

2012

The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins o...

2012

To Be... A Film Favorite

2011

Corman's World

as Self - Filmmaker

2011

The Future of Fear

as Self

2011

Produce Your Own Damn Movie!

as Self

2010

The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vamp...

as Self

2010

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

as Self

2010

The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry

as Self

2010

RKO, A Story made in Hollywood

as Himself

2009

Fulci in the House: The Italian Master o...

as Himself

2009

Coming Attractions: The History of the M...

as Self

2008

RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong,...

as Self

2007

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

as Self

2007

Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of ...

as Himself

2007

The Hatching of Spider Baby

as Himself

2006

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Fo...

as Self

2006

Lugosi: The Dark Prince

as Self

2006

Karloff: The Gentle Monster

as Self

2005

The Perfect Scary Movie

as Self

2005

Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animat...

as Himself

2005

Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War...

as Himself

2005

Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the B...

as Himself

2004

Mario Bava: Operazione paura

as Self

2004

Welcome to Werewolfland

2003

Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howlin...

2000

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - ...

as Self

2000

Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre

as Self

1994

A Century of Cinema

as Self

1992

Sleepwalkers

as Lab Assistant

1991

Oscar

as Face on the Cutting Room Floor

1982

Eating Raoul

as Busboy (uncredited)

1975

Tidal Wave

Crew

2018

Camp Cold Brook

as Executive Producer

2018

Nightmare Cinema

as Director

2017

Trafficked

as Executive Producer

2014

Burying the Ex

as Director

2011

Corman's World

as Thanks

2011

Trail of Blood

as Producer

2010

Embryo

as Thanks

2009

Splatter

as Director

2009

The Hole

as Director

2006

The Screwfly Solution

as Director

2006

Trapped Ashes

as Director

2005

Homecoming

as Director

2003

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

as Director

2003

Haunted Lighthouse 4-D

as Director

1998

Small Soldiers

as Director

1997

The Second Civil War

as Director

1996

The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy

as Producer

1996

The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy

as Director

1995

Lightning

as Director

1994

Runaway Daughters

as Director

1994

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of ...

as Associate Producer

1993

Matinee

as Director

1991

Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever

as Characters

1990

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

as Director

1989

The 'Burbs

as Director

1987

Amazon Women on the Moon

as Director

1987

Innerspace

as Director

1985

Explorers

as Director

1984

Gremlins

as Director

1983

Twilight Zone: The Movie

as Director

1981

The Howling

as Director

1981

The Howling

as Editor

1979

Rock 'n' Roll High School

as Story

1978

Piranha

as Editor

1978

Piranha

as Director

1976

Hollywood Boulevard

as Editor

1976

Hollywood Boulevard

as Director

1974

The Arena

as Editor

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Director

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Editor

1977

Grand Theft Auto

as Editor