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Joe Dante

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1946-11-28 (78 years old)

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.

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Filmography

all 187

Movies 159

self 110

Director 43

Joe Dante

Biography

Filmography

all 187

Movies 159

self 110

Director 43

TV Shows 28

Producer 6

The Creeps (2025)

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024)

Sharksploitation (2024)

Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director (2024)

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2024)

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai (2023)

In Search of Darkness: Part III (2022)

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story (2022)

Razzennest (2022)

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

The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time (2022)

Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow (2022)

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards (2022)

In Search of Tomorrow (2022)

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

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)

Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema (2021)

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

Tales of the Uncanny (2020)

In Search of Darkness: Part II (2020)

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020)

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp (2020)

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

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness (2020)

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time (2020)

Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School (2019)

Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf (2019)

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters (2019)

Love, Antosha (2019)

In Search of Darkness (2019)

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film (2019)

Sad Hill Unearthed (2018)

The Fear is Real (2018)

Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018)

Camp Cold Brook (2018)

King Cohen (2018)

Nightmare Cinema (2018)

Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years (2018)

Trafficked (2017)

Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur (2017)

Long Live the King (2016)

MacGyver (2016)

24×36 (2016)

DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016)

Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy (2016)

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex (2015)

Tales of Halloween (2015)

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

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film (2015)

From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures (2014)

Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins (2014)

There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs (2014)

Burying the Ex (2014)

Out of Print (2014)

Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror (2014)

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

The Real History of Science Fiction (2014)

That Guy Dick Miller (2014)

Witches of East End (2013)

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

A Fuller Life (2013)

Blast Vegas (2013)

The Devil's Bloody Plaything: Possessed by Hands of the Ripper (2013)

Trailer War (2012)

The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie (2012)

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2012)

The Butterfly Room (2012)

The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil (2012)

Beast Wishes: The Fantastic World of Bob and Kathy Burns (2012)

To Be... A Film Favorite (2012)

Corman's World (2011)