10.0
10.0
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
as Self - Interviewee
Joe Dante
Also known as: Joseph James Dante Jr.
Directing
Born:November 28, 1946(age 79)
Birthplace:Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Nationality:United States
Height:5'7" (170 cm)
Education:The University of the Arts
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CommunityBiography
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.
Notable Works
The Movies That Made Me
Filmography (142 movies)
9.5
9.5
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
9.5
9.5
Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein
2007
as Himself
9.0
9.0
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
as Self
8.7
8.7
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
as Self
8.1
8.1
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
2011
as Self - Interviewee
8.0
8.0
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
2020
as Self (archive footage)
8.0
8.0
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
as Self
8.0
8.0
A Century of Cinema
1994
as Self
7.8
7.8
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
2015
as Himself
7.7
7.7
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024
as Self
7.7
7.7
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
as Self
7.7
7.7
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
as Self
7.6
7.6
In Search of Darkness
2019
as Self
7.6
7.6
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006
as Self
7.6
7.6
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006
as Self
7.5
7.5
She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'
1999
as Self / Host
7.5
7.5
The Perfect Scary Movie
2005
as Self
7.5
7.5
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
as Self
7.5
7.5
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019
as Self
7.4
7.4
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012
as Self
7.4
7.4
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978
as Self
7.4
7.4
Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
2018
as Self
7.4
7.4
Trailer War
2012
as Himself
7.3
7.3
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015
7.2
7.2
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994
as Self
7.2
7.2
Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction
2022
as Self
7.2
7.2
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015
as Self
7.1
7.1
Gremlins
1984
Director
7.1
7.1
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
as Self
7.1
7.1
Corman's World
2011
as Self - Filmmaker
7.0
7.0
24×36
2016
as Self
7.0
7.0
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
2005
as Himself
7.0
7.0
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
2006
as Self
7.0
7.0
That Guy Dick Miller
2014
as Self
7.0
7.0
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
1999
as Self
7.0
7.0
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
2005
as Himself
7.0
7.0
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
2021
as Self [archival]
7.0
7.0
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
2014
as Self
7.0
7.0
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010
as Self
7.0
7.0
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
as Self
7.0
7.0
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
2014
as Self
7.0
7.0
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
2010
as Self
6.9
6.9
Sad Hill Unearthed
2018
as Self - Filmmaker
6.9
6.9
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
1992
as Himself
6.8
6.8
Innerspace
1987
Director
6.8
6.8
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
as Self
6.8
6.8
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Host
6.8
6.8
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
as Host
6.8
6.8
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
as Self
6.8
6.8
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019
as Self
6.8
6.8
The 'Burbs
1989
Director
6.7
6.7
American Grindhouse
2011
as Himself
6.6
6.6
Matinee
1993
Director
6.6
6.6
Trafficked
2017
Executive Producer
6.6
6.6
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008
as Self
6.6
6.6
A Fuller Life
2013
as Self - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and Blue")
6.6
6.6
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010
as Self
6.6
6.6
The Howling
1981
Director
6.6
6.6
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
2009
as Self
6.6
6.6
Small Soldiers
1998
Director
6.5
6.5
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
as Self
6.5
6.5
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
2009
as Self
6.5
6.5
Monsterland
2009
as Self
6.5
6.5
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
Director
6.5
6.5
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
Director
6.4
6.4
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020
as Host
6.4
6.4
The Movie Orgy
1968
Director
6.4
6.4
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
as Self
6.3
6.3
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
Director
6.3
6.3
Explorers
1985
Director
6.0
6.0
Sleepwalkers
1992
as Lab Assistant
6.0
6.0
The Second Civil War
1997
Director
6.0
6.0
Edgar G. Ulmer – Der Mann im Off
2004
as Self
6.0
6.0
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
2014
as Self - Director
6.0
6.0
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
2010
as Self
6.0
6.0
Hitchcocked!
2006
as Self
6.0
6.0
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007
as Self
6.0
6.0
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
2021
as Self
6.0
6.0
Piranha
1978
Director
5.9
5.9
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
Director
5.9
5.9
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
2000
as Self
5.8
5.8
Nightmare Cinema
2018
Director
5.8
5.8
Homecoming
2005
Director
5.8
5.8
Razzennest
2022
as Joe Dante
5.8
5.8
The Hole
2009
Director
5.7
5.7
Tales of Halloween
2015
as Prof. Milo Gottlieb
5.7
5.7
Out of Print
2014
as Self
5.7
5.7
The Butterfly Room
2012
as Cab Driver
5.6
5.6
The Screwfly Solution
2006
Director
5.5
5.5
Burying the Ex
2014
Director
5.4
5.4
Runaway Daughters
1994
Director
5.4
5.4
Hollywood Boulevard
1976
Director
5.2
5.2
Long Live the King
2016
as himself
5.0
5.0
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
2009
as Self
4.9
4.9
Trapped Ashes
2006
Director
4.9
4.9
The Silence of the Hams
1994
as Dying Man
4.8
4.8
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
1996
Director
4.8
4.8
Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997
as Self
4.7
4.7
Camp Cold Brook
2018
Executive Producer
4.5
4.5
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006
as Self
4.1
4.1
There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs
2014
as Self
4.0
4.0
Trail of Blood
2011
Producer
3.8
3.8
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
2012
3.4
3.4
Blast Vegas
2013
as Salesman #2
2.9
2.9
Splatter
2009
Director
2.0
2.0
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
2003
Director
2.0
2.0
Picture Windows: Lightning
1995
Director
1.0
1.0
The AckerMonster Chronicles!
TBA
The Creeps
2025
Welcome to Werewolfland
2004
We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film
2014
as Self
RKO, A Story made in Hollywood
2010
as Himself
Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
2019
as Self
The Future of Fear
2011
as Self
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
2011
as Self
Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy
2016
as Himself
The Hatching of Spider Baby
2007
as Himself
Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter
2009
as Himself
To Be... A Film Favorite
2012
Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School
2019
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013
as Self
Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
2005
as Himself
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'
1981
as Self
The Fear is Real
2018
as Self
Sharksploitation
2024
as Self
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008
as Self
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
2017
as Self
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
2004
as Self
The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus
2010
as Self
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
TBA
The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
2012
as Self
Making The Earth Stand Still
2001
as Self
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
2024
as Himself
Boorman and the Devil
2025
as Self
The Vincent Price Legacy
2025
as Himself
Labrintus
TBA
Director
Fear Paris
TBA
Director
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror - Preshow
1994
Director
The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
TBA
Director
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