Joe Alves
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Known forArt
GenderMale
Birthday21 May 1936 (90 years old)
Place of birthSan Leandro, California, USA
Known credits36
Biography
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 be…
The Farmer and the Shark
2025 · Self
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025 · Self
Jaws, a Monstrous Success
2024 · Self - set designer
Sharksploitation
2024 · Self
Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York'
2018 · Self
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
2016
The Shark Is Still Working
2009 · Self
3D: A Brief History
2004
Return to 'Escape from New York'
2003 · Himself
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001 · Self
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists
2000 · Production Design
Fire Down Below
1997 · Production Design
Shadow Conspiracy
1997 · Production Design
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Self
The Making of 'Jaws'
1995 · Self
Drop Zone
1994 · Production Design
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993 · Production Design
Everybody's All-American
1988 · Production Design
Starman
1984 · Second Unit Director
Jaws 3-D
1983 · Director
Escape from New York
1981 · Production Design
Jaws 2
1978 · Production Design
Jaws 2
1978 · Second Unit Director
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · Production Design
Embryo
1976 · Production Design
Jaws
1975 · Production Design
Jaws
1975 · Second Unit Director
The Sugarland Express
1974 · Art Direction
Scream, Pretty Peggy
1973 · Art Direction
Double Indemnity
1973 · Art Direction
Isn't It Shocking?
1973 · Art Direction
See the Man Run
1973 · Art Direction
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
1971 · Art Direction
Pufnstuf
1970 · Art Direction
The Young Country
1970 · Art Direction
Change of Habit
1969 · Assistant Art Director
Winning
1969 · Art Direction
Not Your Average Joe
Self
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