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Known For
Directing
Birthday
November 28, 1946
Place of Birth
Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Joe Dante
1.1 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Dante, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
4.4
The Creeps
2025
9.0
Himself
The Vincent Price Legacy
2025
0.0
Self
Boorman and the Devil
2025
8.7
Self
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
0.0
Self
Sharksploitation
2024
6.0
Himself
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
2024
7.5
Self
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024
7.5
Self
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
🎬
10.0
Self - Interviewee
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
5.8
Joe Dante
Razzennest
2022
Credits
The Creeps
2025
4.4
The Vincent Price Legacy
as Himself
2025
9.0
Boorman and the Devil
as Self
2025
0.0
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Self
2024
8.7
Sharksploitation
as Self
2024
0.0
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
as Himself
2024
6.0
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
as Self
2024
7.5
In Search of Darkness: Part III
as Self
2022
7.5
🎬
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
as Self - Interviewee
2022
10.0
Razzennest
as Joe Dante
2022
5.8
Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction
as Self
2022
7.2
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
as Self
2022
7.1
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
7.0
In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee
2022
6.6
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
as Self [archival]
2021
7.0
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
as Self
2021
7.0
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
as Self
2021
6.0
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
as Self (archive footage)
2020
8.0
Tales of the Uncanny
as Self
2020
7.0
In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self
2020
7.7
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
as Self
2020
6.5
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as Host
2020
6.8
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
as Host
2020
6.4
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as Host
2020
6.8
🎬
Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School
2019
0.0
Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
as Self
2019
0.0
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
as Self
2019
7.5
Love, Antosha
as Self
2019
7.4
In Search of Darkness
as Self
2019
7.6
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
as Self
2019
6.8
Sad Hill Unearthed
as Self - Filmmaker
2018
6.9
🎬
The Fear is Real
as Self
2018
0.0
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self
2018
6.5
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
as Self
2018
6.4
Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
as Self
2018
7.4
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
as Self
2017
0.0
Long Live the King
as himself
2016
5.2
24×36
as Self
2016
6.9
Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy
as Himself
2016
0.0
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
as Self
2015
7.2
Tales of Halloween
as Prof. Milo Gottlieb
2015
5.7
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
as Himself
2015
7.8
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015
7.3
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
as Self
2014
7.0
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
as Self
2014
7.0
🎬
There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs
as Self
2014
4.1
Out of Print
as Self
2014
5.7
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
as Self - Director
2014
6.0
We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film
as Self
2014
0.0
The Real History of Science Fiction
as Himself
2014
7.0
That Guy Dick Miller
as Self
2014
7.0
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
as Self
2013
0.0
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and Blue")
2013
6.6
Blast Vegas
as Salesman #2
2013
3.4
Trailer War
as Himself
2012
7.4
The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
as Self
2012
0.0
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
as Self
2012
7.4
The Butterfly Room
as Cab Driver
2012
5.7
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
2012
3.8
🎬
To Be... A Film Favorite
2012
0.0
Corman's World
as Self - Filmmaker
2011
7.1
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
as Self - Interviewee
2011
8.1
🎬
The Future of Fear
as Self
2011
0.0
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
as Self
2011
0.0
American Grindhouse
as Himself
2011
6.7
🎬
The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus
as Self
2010
0.0
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
as Self
2010
6.6
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
as Self
2010
6.0
RKO, A Story made in Hollywood
as Himself
2010
0.0
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
as Self
2010
7.0
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
as Self
2010
7.0
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
as Self
2009
6.6
Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter
as Himself
2009
0.0
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
as Self
2009
5.0
Monsterland
as Self
2009
6.5
🎬
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
as Self
2009
6.5
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
as Self
2008
0.0
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
as Self
2008
6.6
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self
2007
7.8
🎬
Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein
as Himself
2007
9.5
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
as Self
2007
6.0
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self
2007
9.0
The Hatching of Spider Baby
as Himself
2007
0.0
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
as Self
2006
7.0
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
as Self
2006
4.5
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
as Self
2006
7.6
Hitchcocked!
as Self
2006
6.0
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
as Self
2006
7.6
The Perfect Scary Movie
as Self
2005
7.5
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
as Himself
2005
7.0
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
as Himself
2005
7.0
Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
as Himself
2005
0.0
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
9.5
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
as Self
2005
8.0
🎬
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
as Self
2004
0.0
100 Scariest Movie Moments
as Self
2004
8.0
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
as Self
2004
7.0
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
as Self
2004
6.0
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
as Self / Host
2004
6.0
Welcome to Werewolfland
2004
0.0
Leçon de Cinéma
as Self
2004
7.0
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
0.0
Cinerama Adventure
as Self
2002
7.6
Making The Earth Stand Still
as Self
2001
0.0
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
as Self
2001
6.8
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
as Self
2000
6.8
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
as Self
2000
5.9
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
as Self
1999
7.0
She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'
as Self / Host
1999
7.5
Hollywood Rated 'R'
as Self
1997
4.8
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
as Self
1994
7.3
Beverly Hills Cop III
as Jailer
1994
5.9
The Silence of the Hams
as Dying Man
1994
4.9
A Century of Cinema
as Self
1994
8.0
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
as Self
1992
8.0
Sleepwalkers
as Lab Assistant
1992
6.0
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
as Himself
1992
6.9
Eerie, Indiana
as Director
1991
7.5
Oscar
as Face on the Cutting Room Floor
1991
6.3
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
as Grandpa Fred Director (uncredited)
1990
6.5
Innerspace
as Vectorscope Employee (uncredited)
1987
6.8
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
as Self
1986
7.5
Eating Raoul
as Busboy (uncredited)
1982
6.4
Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'
as Self
1981
0.0
Piranha
as Scuba Diver #2 (uncredited)
1978
6.0
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
as Self
1978
7.4
Cannonball
as Kid
1976
5.5
Hollywood Boulevard
as Party Waiter (uncredited)
1976
5.4
Tidal Wave
1975
0.0
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
🎬
The AckerMonster Chronicles!
N/A
1.0
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
as Self
N/A
0.0