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Directing

Birthdate

1946-11-28 (Age: 80)

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 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.

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Joe Dante

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Filmography (127)

Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern

Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace

The Creeps

The Vincent Price Legacy

Boorman and the Devil

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

Sharksploitation

Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

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

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

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

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years

Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur

Long Live the King

24×36

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

Out of Print

Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror

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

That Guy Dick Miller

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

A Fuller Life

Blast Vegas

Trailer War

The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

The Butterfly Room

The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil

To Be... A Film Favorite

Corman's World

A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!

The Future of Fear

Produce Your Own Damn Movie!

American Grindhouse

The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry

RKO, A Story made in Hollywood

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth

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

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter

Direct Your Own Damn Movie!

Monsterland

Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer

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

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX