Joe Dante
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday28 November 1946 (79 years old)
Place of birthMorristown, New Jersey, USA
Known credits187
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 serie…
Boorman and the Devil
2026 · Self
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
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
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
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
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
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