Joe Dante
- Born
- November 28, 1946 · Morristown, New Jersey, USA
- Director
- Producer
- miscellaneous
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.
Filmography · 66 credits
- 2026Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern · Self (Self)
- 2026The Thunder Road: Making 'Explorers' · Self (Self - Interviewee)
- 2025Boorman and the Devil · Self (Self)
- 2025The Wish Fish · Actor (Narrator)
- 2023Sharksploitation · Self (Self)
- 2023Ah My Goddess: Bad Goddess Let's Save Vic Morrow · Actor (Joe Dante)
- 2022Blood, Guts and Sunshine · Actor
- 2020Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies · Self (Self - Interviewee)
- 2020The Birth of Hammer Horror · Self (Self)
- 2020Frankenstein and the Two Faces of Eve · Self (Self)
- 2019Love, Antosha · Self (Self)
- 2019Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film · Self (Self)
- 2018Nightmare Cinema · Director
- 2018Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros Years · Self (Self)
- 2017King Cohen · Self (Self)
- 201624x36: A Movie About Movie Posters · Self (Self)
- 2016Long Live the King · Self (Self)
- 2016Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy · Self (Self)
- 2014Burying the Ex · Director
- 2014Out of Print · Self (Self)
- 2014As Timeless as Infinity: The Twilight Zone Legacy · Self (Self)
- 2014That $#!% Will Rot Your Brain: How the Monster Kids Transformed Popular Culture · Self (Self)
- 2013A Fuller Life · Self (Self - Reader (segment: Sicily Black and Blue))
- 2013Psycho's Sister: Making 'the Name of the Game Is Kill' · Self (Self)
- 2012Beast Wishes · Self (Self)
- 2012The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil · Self (Self - Director)
- 2012The AckerMonster Chronicles! · Self (Self)
- 2011The Legend of Ivan Tors · Self (Self - Interviewee)
- 2011Zombies · Actor
- 2010American Grindhouse · Self (Self - Director, 'Gremlins')
- 2009The Hole · Director
- 2009Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film · Self (Self)
- 2007To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore · Self (Self)
- 2006Trapped Ashes · Director
- 2003Looney Tunes: Back in Action · Director
- 1998Small Soldiers · Director
- 1993Matinee · Director
- 1992The Magical World of Chuck Jones · Self (Self)
- 1991Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever · Writer
- 1990Gremlins 2: The New Batch · Director
- 1989The 'Burbs · Director
- 1987Innerspace · Director
- 1987Amazon Women on the Moon · Director
- 1986The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal · Self (Self)
- 1985Explorers · Director
- 1984Gremlins · Director
- 1983Twilight Zone: The Movie · Director
- 1981The Howling · Editor
- 1981The Howling · Director
- 1978Piranha · Editor
- 1978Piranha · Director
- 1978Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel · Self (Self)
- 1977Grand Theft Auto · Editor
- 1976Hollywood Boulevard · Editor
- 1976Hollywood Boulevard · Director
- 1968The Movie Orgy · Director
- 1968The Movie Orgy · Editor
- —Little Shop of Halloween Horrors · Director
- —Pages of Horror: The Legacy of Little Shoppe · Self (Self)
- —From the Bridge · Self (Self)
- —Monster Love · Director
- —The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes · Producer
- —Titles by Dan · Self (Self)
- —Mamie Van Doren: The Last Blonde Bombshell · Self (Self)
- —The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes · Director
- —Polybius · Director