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Joe Dante
Joe Dante

Joe Dante

Directing•Born November 28, 1946 (age 79)•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

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971•TV Series•
6.1
Eerie, Indiana

Eerie, Indiana

1991•TV Series•
7.6
Gremlins

Gremlins

1984•Movie•
7.1
Eli Roth's History of Horror

Eli Roth's History of Horror

2018•TV Series•
6.4
Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990•Movie•
6.5
The Real History of Science Fiction

The Real History of Science Fiction

2014•TV Series•
7.0
Sleepwalkers

Sleepwalkers

1992•Movie•
6.1
Innerspace

Innerspace

1987•Movie•
6.8

Filmography

2026
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
Movie
2026
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace

as Self

Movie
2025
The Creeps

as Uncle John

Movie
2025
The Vincent Price Legacy

as Himself

Movie
2025
Boorman and the Devil

as Self

Movie
2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

as Self

Movie
2024
Sharksploitation

as Self

Movie
2024
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director

as Himself

Movie
2024
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

as Self

Movie
2022
In Search of Darkness: Part III

as Self

Movie
2022
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

as Self - Interviewee

Movie
2022
Razzennest

as Joe Dante

Movie
2022
Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction

as Self

Movie
2022
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time

as Self

TV
2022
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
TV
2022
In Search of Tomorrow

as Self - Interviewee

Movie
2021
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida

as Self [archival]

Movie
2021
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

as Self

Movie
2021
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema

as Self

Movie
2020
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2020
Tales of the Uncanny

as Self

Movie
2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II

as Self

Movie
2020
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

as Self

Movie
2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

as Host

Movie
2020
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

as Host

Movie
2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

as Host

Movie
2020
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time

as Self - Host

TV
2019
Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School
Movie
2019
Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf

as Self

Movie
2019
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

as Self

Movie
2019
Love, Antosha

as Self

Movie
2019
In Search of Darkness

as Self

Movie
2019
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

as Self

Movie
2018
Sad Hill Unearthed

as Self - Filmmaker

Movie
2018
The Fear Is Real

as Self

Movie
2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror

as Self

TV
2018
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

as Self

Movie
2018
Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years

as Self

Movie
2017
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur

as Self

Movie
2016
Long Live the King

as himself

Movie
2016
24×36

as Self

Movie
2016
Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy

as Himself

Movie
2015
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

as Self

Movie
2015
Tales of Halloween

as Prof. Milo Gottlieb

Movie
2015
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

as Self

Movie
2015
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
Movie
2014
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures

as Self

Movie
2014
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins

as Self

Movie
2014
There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs

as Self

Movie
2014
Out of Print

as Self

Movie
2014
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror

as Self - Director

Movie
2014
We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film

as Self

Movie
2014
The Real History of Science Fiction

as Himself

TV
2014
That Guy Dick Miller

as Self

Movie
2013
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

as Self

Movie
2013
A Fuller Life

as Self - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and Blue")

Movie
2013
Blast Vegas

as Salesman #2

Movie
2012
Trailer War

as Himself

Movie
2012
The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie

as Self

Movie
2012
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

as Self

Movie
2012
The Butterfly Room

as Cab Driver

Movie
2012
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
Movie
2012
To Be... A Film Favorite
Movie
2011
Corman's World

as Self - Filmmaker

Movie
2011
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!

as Self - Interviewee

Movie
2011
The Future of Fear

as Self

Movie
2011
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!

as Self

Movie
2011
American Grindhouse

as Himself

Movie
2010
The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus

as Self

Movie
2010
Machete Maidens Unleashed!

as Self

Movie
2010
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry

as Self

Movie
2010
RKO, A Story made in Hollywood

as Himself

Movie
2010
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth

as Self

Movie
2010
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.

as Self

Movie
2009
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

as Self

Movie
2009
Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter

as Self

Movie
2009
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!

as Self

Movie
2009
Monsterland

as Self

Movie
2009
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer

as Self

Movie
2008
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”

as Self

Movie
2008
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

as Self

Movie
2007
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

as Self

Movie
2007
Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein

as Himself

Movie
2007
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness

as Self

Movie
2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

as Self

Movie
2007
The Hatching of Spider Baby

as Himself

Movie
2006
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

as Self

Movie
2006
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

as Self

Movie
2006
Lugosi: The Dark Prince

as Self

Movie
2006
Hitchcocked!

as Self

Movie
2006
Karloff: The Gentle Monster

as Self

Movie
2005
The Perfect Scary Movie

as Self

Movie
2005
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Movie
2005
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

as Self

Movie
2004
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

as Self

Movie
2004
100 Scariest Movie Moments

as Self

TV
2004
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

as Self

Movie
2004
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen

as Self

Movie
2004
The Art of Crime

as Himself

Movie
2004
Mario Bava: Operazione paura

as Self / Host

Movie
2004
Welcome to Werewolfland
Movie
2004
Leçon de Cinéma

as Self

TV
2003
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
Movie
2002
Cinerama Adventure

as Self

Movie
2001
Making The Earth Stand Still

as Self

Movie
2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

as Self

Movie
2000
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

as Self

Movie
2000
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre

as Self

Movie
1999
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs

as Self

Movie
1999
She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'

as Self / Host

Movie
1997
Hollywood Rated 'R'

as Self

Movie
1994
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

as Self

Movie
1994
Beverly Hills Cop III

as Jailer

Movie
1994
The Silence of the Hams

as Dying Man

Movie
1994
A Century of Cinema

as Self

Movie
1992
The Magical World of Chuck Jones

as Self

Movie
1992
Sleepwalkers

as Lab Assistant

Movie
1992
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion

as Himself

Movie
1991
The Horror Hall of Fame II

as Self

Movie
1991
Eerie, Indiana

as Director

TV
1991
Oscar

as Face on the Cutting Room Floor

Movie
1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch

as Grandpa Fred Director (uncredited)

Movie
1987
Innerspace

as Vectorscope Employee (uncredited)

Movie
1986
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

as Self

Movie
1984
Gremlins

as Mogwai / Gremlins (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1982
Eating Raoul

as Busboy (uncredited)

Movie
1981
Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'

as Self

Movie
1979
The Orson Welles Show

as Member of Studio Audience

Movie
1978
Piranha

as Scuba Diver #2 (uncredited)

Movie
1978
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

as Self

Movie
1976
Cannonball

as Kid

Movie
1976
Hollywood Boulevard

as Party Waiter (uncredited)

Movie
1975
Tidal Wave
Movie
1971
Great Performances

as Self

TV
—
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

as Self

Movie
—
The AckerMonster Chronicles!
Movie
—
Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentDirecting
BirthdayNovember 28, 1946
Place of BirthMorristown, New Jersey, USA
Popularity1.0
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