- Known For
- Art
- Born
- May 21, 1936
- Place of Birth
- San Leandro, California, USA
Joe Alves
Joe Alves (born 21 May 1936, San Leandro, California) is an American film production designer, perhaps best known for his work on three of the Jaws films. He directed Jaws 3-D. Alves has designed three features for Steven Spielberg, firstly for The Sugarland Express. He designed the three mechanical sharks for the movie Jaws (1975) with mechanical effects man Bob Mattey supervising their physical construction in Sun Valley CA. After the sharks were completed, they were trucked to the shooting location, but unfortunately they had not been tested in water causing a series of delays that have become quite legendary over time. He was nominated for the Academy Award and won the BAFTA for Best Art Direction for his work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Alves worked on Jaws 2 (1978) in the capacity of both production designer and as second unit director. After John D. Hancock, the init…
Filmography
movieThe Farmer and the Shark
2025 · Self
movieJaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025 · Self
movieJaws, a Monstrous Success
2024 · Self - set designer
movieSharksploitation
2024 · Self
moviePurgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York'
2018 · Self
movieViaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
2016
movieThe Shark Is Still Working
2009 · Self
movie3D: A Brief History
2004
Return to 'Escape from New York'
movieReturn to 'Escape from New York'
2003 · Himself
movieThe Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001 · Self
movieSinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists
2000 · Production Design
movieFire Down Below
1997 · Production Design
movieShadow Conspiracy
1997 · Production Design
movieThe Making of 'Jaws'
1995 · Self
movieDrop Zone
1994 · Production Design
movieGeronimo: An American Legend
1993 · Production Design
movieEverybody's All-American
1988 · Production Design
movieStarman
1984 · Second Unit Director
movieJaws 3-D
1983 · Director
movieEscape from New York
1981 · Production Design
movieJaws 2
1978 · Production Design, Second Unit Director
movieClose Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · Production Design
movieEmbryo
1976 · Production Design
movieJaws
1975 · Production Design, Second Unit Director
movieThe Sugarland Express
1974 · Art Direction
movieScream, Pretty Peggy
1973 · Art Direction
movieDouble Indemnity
1973 · Art Direction
movieIsn't It Shocking?
1973 · Art Direction
movieSee the Man Run
1973 · Art Direction
movieSarge: The Badge or the Cross
1971 · Art Direction
moviePufnstuf
1970 · Art Direction
movieThe Young Country
1970 · Art Direction
movieChange of Habit
1969 · Assistant Art Director
movieWinning
1969 · Art Direction
movieNot Your Average Joe
— · Self