Joe Dante

Known For: Directing
Born: November 28, 1946
Place of Birth: Morristown, New Jersey, USA

Joe Dante

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

Gremlins, an american nightmare!

2026 · Himself

Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern

2026

Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace

2026 · Self

The Creeps

2025 · Uncle John

The Vincent Price Legacy

2025 · Himself

Boorman and the Devil

2025 · Self

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

2024 · Self

Sharksploitation

2024 · Self

Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director

2024 · Himself

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

2024 · Self

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

2023 · Consulting Producer

In Search of Darkness: Part III

2022 · Self

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

2022 · Self - Interviewee

Razzennest

2022 · Joe Dante

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

2022 · Self

The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time

2022 · Self

Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow

2022

In Search of Tomorrow

2022 · Self - Interviewee

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

2021 · Self [archival]

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

2021 · Self

Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema

2021 · Self

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

2020 · Self (archive footage)

Tales of the Uncanny

2020 · Self

In Search of Darkness: Part II

2020 · Self

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

2020 · Self

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

2020 · Host

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

2020 · Host

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

2020 · Host

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time

2020 · Self - Host

Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School

Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School

2019

Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf

2019 · Self

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

2019 · Self

Love, Antosha

2019 · Self

In Search of Darkness

2019 · Self

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

2019 · Self

Sad Hill Unearthed

2018 · Self - Filmmaker

The Fear Is Real

The Fear Is Real

2018 · Self

Eli Roth's History of Horror

2018 · Self

Camp Cold Brook

2018 · Executive Producer

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

2018 · Self

Nightmare Cinema

2018 · Director

Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years

2018 · Self

Trafficked

2017 · Executive Producer

Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur

2017 · Self

Long Live the King

2016 · himself

MacGyver

2016 · Director

24×36

2016 · Self

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

2016 · Director

Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy

2016 · Himself

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

2015 · Self

Tales of Halloween

2015 · Prof. Milo Gottlieb

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

2015 · Self

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

2015

From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures

2014 · Self

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

2014 · Self

There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs

There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs

2014 · Self

Burying the Ex

2014 · Director

Out of Print

2014 · Self

Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror

2014 · Self - Director

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

2014 · Self

The Real History of Science Fiction

2014 · Himself

That Guy Dick Miller

2014 · Self

Witches of East End

2013 · Director

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

2013 · Self

A Fuller Life

2013 · Self - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and Blue")

Blast Vegas

2013 · Salesman #2

Trailer War

2012 · Himself

The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie

2012 · Self

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

2012 · Self

The Butterfly Room

2012 · Cab Driver

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

2012

To Be... A Film Favorite

To Be... A Film Favorite

2012

Corman's World

2011 · Self - Filmmaker, Thanks

A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!

2011 · Self - Interviewee

The Future of Fear

The Future of Fear

2011 · Self

Produce Your Own Damn Movie!

2011 · Self

Trail of Blood

2011 · Producer

American Grindhouse

2011 · Himself

The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus

The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus

2010 · Self

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

2010 · Self

Embryo

2010 · Thanks

The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry

2010 · Self

Hawaii Five-0

2010 · Director

RKO, A Story made in Hollywood

2010 · Himself

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth

2010 · Self

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

2010 · Self

Splatter

2009 · Director

Splatter

2009 · Director

The Hole

2009 · Director

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

2009 · Self

Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter

2009 · Self

Direct Your Own Damn Movie!

2009 · Self

Monsterland

2009 · Self

Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer

Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer

2009 · Self

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

2008 · Self

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

2008 · Self

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

2007 · Self

Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein

Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein

2007 · Himself

The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness

2007 · Self

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

2007 · Self

The Hatching of Spider Baby

2007 · Himself

The Screwfly Solution

2006 · Director

Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

2006 · Self

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

2006 · Self

Lugosi: The Dark Prince

2006 · Self

Trapped Ashes

2006 · Director

Hitchcocked!

2006 · Self

Karloff: The Gentle Monster

2006 · Self

Homecoming

2005 · Director

The Perfect Scary Movie

2005 · Self

Masters of Horror

2005 · Director

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

2005

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

2005 · Self

Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

2004 · Self

100 Scariest Movie Moments

2004 · Self

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

2004 · Self

CSI: NY

2004 · Director

Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen

2004 · Self

The Art of Crime

The Art of Crime

2004 · Himself

Mario Bava: Operazione paura

2004 · Self / Host

Welcome to Werewolfland

2004

Leçon de Cinéma

2004 · Self

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

2003 · Director

Haunted Lighthouse 4-D

2003 · Director

Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’

2003

Cinerama Adventure

2002 · Self

Night Visions

2001 · Director

Making The Earth Stand Still

2001 · Self

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

2001 · Self

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

2000 · Self

Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre

2000 · Self

Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs

1999 · Self

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

1999 · Self / Host

Small Soldiers

1998 · Director

The Second Civil War

1997 · Director

Hollywood Rated 'R'

1997 · Self

The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy

1996 · Director, Producer

Picture Windows: Lightning

1995 · Director

Picture Windows

1995 · Director

Runaway Daughters

1994 · Director

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

1994 · Self, Associate Producer

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror - Preshow

1994 · Director

Rebel Highway

1994 · Director

Beverly Hills Cop III

1994 · Jailer

The Silence of the Hams

1994 · Dying Man

A Century of Cinema

1994 · Self

Matinee

1993 · Director

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

1992 · Self

Sleepwalkers

1992 · Lab Assistant

Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion

1992 · Himself

The Horror Hall of Fame II

The Horror Hall of Fame II

1991 · Self

Eerie, Indiana

1991 · Director

Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever

1991 · Characters

Oscar

1991 · Face on the Cutting Room Floor

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990 · Grandpa Fred Director (uncredited)

The 'Burbs

1989 · Director

Amazon Women on the Moon

1987 · Director

Innerspace

1987 · Vectorscope Employee (uncredited), Director

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

1986 · Self

Amazing Stories

1985 · Director

The Twilight Zone

1985 · Director

Explorers

1985 · Director

Gremlins

1984 · Mogwai / Gremlins (voice) (uncredited), Director

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983 · Director

Eating Raoul

1982 · Busboy (uncredited)

Police Squad!

1982 · Director

The Howling

1981 · Editor, Director

Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'

1981 · Self

Rock 'n' Roll High School

1979 · Story

The Orson Welles Show

1979 · Member of Studio Audience

Piranha

1978 · Scuba Diver #2 (uncredited), Editor, Director

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

1978 · Self

Grand Theft Auto

1977 · Editor

Cannonball

1976 · Kid

Hollywood Boulevard

1976 · Party Waiter (uncredited), Director, Editor

Tidal Wave

1975

The Arena

1974 · Editor

Great Performances

1971 · Self

The Movie Orgy

1968 · Director, Editor

Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

— · Self

The AckerMonster Chronicles!

The AckerMonster Chronicles!

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Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell

Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell

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Labrintus

— · Director

Fear Paris

— · Director

The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes

— · Producer, Director

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