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Joe Dante

Film Director / Screenwriter / Actor / Film Producer / Television Producer | * 11/28/1946 (77) | Morristown, New Jersey (United States of America (USA))
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 telev... ()
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Joseph "Joe" Dante, Jr. is an American film director and producer of films generally with humorous and science fiction content. His films include Piranha (1978) and The Howling (1981), both from scripts by John Sayles; Segment 3 of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); Gremlins (1984), his first major hit, and its sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); Explorers (1985), Innerspace (1987), Amazon Women on the Moon (1987); The 'Burbs (1989), Matinee (1993), Runaway Daughters (1994), The Second Civil War (1997), The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1998), Small Soldiers (1998), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), and Homecoming (2005). In 1995-1996, Dante worked on The Phantom, and when he was removed from the film, he chose screen credit (as executive producer) rather than pay. He was creative consultant on Eerie, Indiana (1991–1992) and directed five episodes. He played himself in the series finale.

Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Comedies | Horror

Known for these Movies & Shows

When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, unleashing a horde of mischievous gremlins o ...

Gremlins

PG

1984 | 3.5/5 | 1h 46min
Fantasy, Horror, Comedy
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Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex ...

Innerspace

PG

1987 | 3.4/5 | 2h
Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
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When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously. ...

Small Soldiers

PG-13

1998 | 3.3/5 | 1h 50min
Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Action
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After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem. ...

The Howling

R

1981 | 3.3/5 | 1h 31min
Horror
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Movies with Joe Dante as Actor(100)

as himself2024 Sharksploitation
2023 The Creeps
as himself2023 The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
as himself2022 In Search of Darkness: Part III
as himself2022 Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction
as Self - Interviewee2022 In Search of Tomorrow
as himself2022 Razzennest
as Self - Interviewee2022 Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
as himself2021 Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
as himself2021 Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
as Self [archival]2021 Blood, Guts & Sunshine: The History of Horror Made In Florida
as Host2020 Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as Host2020 Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
as himself2020 Tales of the Uncanny
as Host2020 Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as himself2020 Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
as himself2020 In Search of Darkness: Part II
as himself2019 Love, Antosha
as himself2019 In Search of Darkness
2019 Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School
as himself2019 Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
as himself2019 Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
as himself2018 Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
as himself2018 The Fear is Real
as himself2018 King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
as himself2017 Sad Hill Unearthed
as himself2016 24×36
as himself2016 Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy
as himself2016 Long Live the King
as Prof. Milo Gottlieb2015 Tales of Halloween
as himself2015 42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
as himself2015 Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
as himself2014 From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
as himself2014 Out of Print
as himself2014 Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
as Self - Director2014 Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
as himself2014 That Guy Dick Miller
as himself2014 There Goes the Neighbourhood: The Making of The 'Burbs
as himself2014 We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film
as himself2013 House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
as Self - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and Blue")2013 A Fuller Life
as Salesman #22013 Blast Vegas
2012 To Be... A Film Favorite
as Cab Driver2012 The Butterfly Room
as himself2012 Trailer War
as himself2011 Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
as himself2011 Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
as himself2011 American Grindhouse
as Self - Interviewee2011 A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
as Self - Filmmaker2011 Corman's World
as himself2010 Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
as himself2010 The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
as himself2010 Machete Maidens Unleashed!
as himself2009 Monsterland
as himself2009 Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
as himself2009 Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
as himself2009 Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter
as himself2008 Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
as himself2007 The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
as himself2007 The Hatching of Spider Baby
as himself2007 Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as himself2007 Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein
as himself2007 Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as himself2006 Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
as himself2006 Karloff: The Gentle Monster
as himself2006 Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
as himself2006 Lugosi: The Dark Prince
as himself2006 Hitchcocked!
as himself2005 Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
as himself2005 The Perfect Scary Movie
2005 Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
as himself2005 RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World'
2005 Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
as himself2005 Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
2004 Welcome to Werewolfland
as himself2004 Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
as himself2004 Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2003 Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
as himself2002 Cinerama Adventure
as himself2001 It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
as himself2000 Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
as himself2000 Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens – A Life in Animation
as Self / Host1999 She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'
as himself1997 Hollywood Rated 'R'
as himself1994 A Century of Cinema
as Dying Man1994 The Silence of the Hams
as Jailer1994 Beverly Hills Cop III
as himself1994 Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
as himself1992 Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
as Lab Assistant1992 Sleepwalkers
as himself1992 The Magical World of Chuck Jones
as Face on the Cutting Room Floor1991 Oscar
as Vectorscope Employee (uncredited)1987 Innerspace
as himself1985 The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
as Busboy (uncredited)1982 Eating Raoul
as himself1981 Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'
as himself1978 Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
as Scuba Diver #2 (uncredited)1978 Piranha
as Party Waiter1976 Hollywood Boulevard
as Kid1976 Cannonball

TV Shows/Series with Joe Dante as Actor(8)

2022 Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022 The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
as himself2018 Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018 Eli Roth's History of Horror
as himself2014 The Real History of Science Fiction
2004 100 Scariest Movie Moments
as Director / Himself1991 Eerie, Indiana
as himself1971 Great Performances

Movies with Joe Dante as Crew(42)

Directing/Director2023 The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
Production/Producer2023 The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
Production/Executive Producer2018 Camp Cold Brook
Directing/Director2018 Nightmare Cinema
Production/Executive Producer2017 Trafficked
Directing/Director2014 Burying the Ex
Production/Producer2011 Trail of Blood
Crew/Thanks2011 Corman's World
Crew/Thanks2010 Embryo
Directing/Director2009 The Hole
Directing/Director2009 Splatter
Directing/Director2006 The Screwfly Solution
Directing/Director2006 Trapped Ashes
Directing/Director2005 Homecoming
Directing/Director2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Directing/Director1998 Small Soldiers
Directing/Director1997 The Second Civil War
Directing/Director1996 The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
Production/Producer1996 The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
Directing/Director1995 Lightning
Directing/Director1994 Runaway Daughters
Production/Associate Producer1994 Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Directing/Director1993 Matinee
Writing/Characters1991 Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever
Directing/Director1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Directing/Director1989 The 'Burbs
Directing/Director1987 Amazon Women on the Moon
Directing/Director1987 Innerspace
Directing/Director1985 Explorers
Directing/Director1984 Gremlins
Directing/Director1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie
Directing/Director1981 The Howling
Editing/Editor1981 The Howling
Writing/Story1979 Rock 'n' Roll High School
Directing/Director1978 Piranha
Editing/Editor1978 Piranha
Editing/Editor1977 Grand Theft Auto
Directing/Director1976 Hollywood Boulevard
Editing/Editor1976 Hollywood Boulevard
Editing/Editor1974 The Arena
Directing/Director1968 The Movie Orgy
Editing/Editor1968 The Movie Orgy

TV Shows/Series with Joe Dante as Crew(13)

Production/Consulting Producer2023 Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
Directing/Director2016 MacGyver
Directing/Director2016 DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Directing/Director2010 Hawaii Five-0
Directing/Director2005 Masters of Horror
Directing/Director2004 CSI: NY
Directing/Director2001 Night Visions
Directing/Director1994 Rebel Highway
Directing/Director1991 Eerie, Indiana
Directing/Director1985 Amazing Stories
Directing/Director1985 The Twilight Zone
Directing/Director1982 Police Squad!
Directing/Director1959 The Twilight Zone

Full Name: Joe Dante
Born: Thursday, 11/28 1946 (November) in Morristown, New Jersey (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 77 years + 147 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: The University of the Arts
Joe Dante frequently works together with these people:
Roger Corman (32x, Crew)
John Landis (32x, Actor)
Mick Garris (30x, Crew)
Dick Miller (26x, Actor)
Allan Arkush (19x, Crew)
Robert McCord (18x, Actor)
Elijah Drenner (17x, Crew)
Rick Baker (16x, Crew)
Robert Picardo (15x, Actor)
Constantine Nasr (15x, Crew)
Jerry Goldsmith (14x, Crew)
Michael Finnell (14x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:9043, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/30/2024