Joe Dante

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Dante, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• Boorman and the Devil (2026)
• Gremlins, an american nightmare! (2026)
• Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern (2026)
• Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace (2026)
• The Creeps (2025)
• The Vincent Price Legacy (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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Camp Cold Brook (2018)
• King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry 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)
• 24×36 (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)
• That Guy Dick Miller (2014)
• House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! (2013)
• A Fuller Life (2013)
• Blast Vegas (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)
• To Be... A Film Favorite (2012)
• Corman's World (2011)
• A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011)
• The Future of Fear (2011)
• Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (2011)
• Trail of Blood (2011)
• American Grindhouse (2011)
• The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus (2010)
• Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)
• Embryo (2010)
• The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry (2010)
• RKO, A Story made in Hollywood (2010)
• The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth (2010)
• Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr. (2010)
• Splatter (2009)
• The Hole (2009)
• Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009)
• Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter (2009)
• Direct Your Own Damn Movie! (2009)
• Monsterland (2009)
• Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009)
• RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” (2008)
• Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX (2008)
• Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
• Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein (2007)
• The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness (2007)
• Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)
• The Hatching of Spider Baby (2007)
• The Screwfly Solution (2006)
• Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon (2006)
• Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (2006)
• Lugosi: The Dark Prince (2006)
• Trapped Ashes (2006)
• Hitchcocked! (2006)
• Karloff: The Gentle Monster (2006)
• Homecoming (2005)
• The Perfect Scary Movie (2005)
• Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005)
• Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection (2005)
• Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (2004)
• The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
• Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2004)
• The Art of Crime (2004)
• Mario Bava: Operazione paura (2004)
• Il castello dell'orrore (2004)
• Welcome to Werewolfland (2004)
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
• Haunted Lighthouse 4-D (2003)
• Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ (2003)
• Cinerama Adventure (2002)
• Making The Earth Stand Still (2001)
• It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001)
• Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000)
• Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre (2000)
• Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs (1999)
• She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein' (1999)
• Small Soldiers (1998)
• The Second Civil War (1997)
• Hollywood Rated 'R' (1997)
• The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1996)
• Picture Windows: Lightning (1995)
• Runaway Daughters (1994)
• Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
• The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror - Preshow (1994)
• Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
• The Silence of the Hams (1994)
• A Century of Cinema (1994)
• Matinee (1993)
• The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992)
• Sleepwalkers (1992)
• Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion (1992)
• The Horror Hall of Fame II (1991)
• Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (1991)
• Oscar (1991)
• Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1991)
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
• The 'Burbs (1989)
• Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
• Innerspace (1987)
• The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986)
• Explorers (1985)
• Gremlins (1984)
• Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
• Eating Raoul (1982)
• The Howling (1981)
• Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling' (1981)
• Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
• The Orson Welles Show (1979)
• Piranha (1978)
• Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978)
• Grand Theft Auto (1977)
• Cannonball (1976)
• Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
• Tidal Wave (1975)
• The Arena (1974)
• The Movie Orgy (1968)
• Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell
• Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
• The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
• Labrintus
• The AckerMonster Chronicles!
• Fear Paris