Joe Dante
Directing
1946-11-28 · Morristown, New Jersey, USA
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
TheatersBoorman and the Devil
2026 · Movie
TheatersGremlins, an american nightmare!
2026 · Movie
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026 · Movie
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
2026 · Movie
The Creeps
2025 · Movie
The Vincent Price Legacy
2025 · Movie
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024 · Movie
Sharksploitation
2024 · Movie
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
2024 · Movie
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024 · Movie
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
2023 · Series
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022 · Movie
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022 · Movie
Razzennest
2022 · Movie
Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction
2022 · Movie
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
2022 · Series
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022 · Series
In Search of Tomorrow
2022 · Movie
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
2021 · Movie
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021 · Movie
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
2021 · Movie
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
2020 · Movie
Tales of the Uncanny
2020 · Movie
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020 · Movie
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020 · Movie
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020 · Movie
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020 · Movie
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020 · Series
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020 · Movie
Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School
2019 · Movie
Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
2019 · Movie
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019 · Movie
Love, Antosha
2019 · Movie
In Search of Darkness
2019 · Movie
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019 · Movie
Sad Hill Unearthed
2018 · Movie
The Fear Is Real
2018 · Movie
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018 · Series
Camp Cold Brook
2018 · Movie
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018 · Movie
Nightmare Cinema
2018 · Movie
Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
2018 · Movie
Trafficked
2017 · Movie
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
2017 · Movie
Long Live the King
2016 · Movie
MacGyver
2016 · Series
24×36
2016 · Movie
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016 · Series
Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy
2016 · Movie
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015 · Movie
Tales of Halloween
2015 · Movie
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
2015 · Movie
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015 · Movie
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
2014 · Movie
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
2014 · Movie
There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs
2014 · Movie
Burying the Ex
2014 · Movie
Out of Print
2014 · Movie
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
2014 · Movie
We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film
2014 · Movie
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014 · Series
That Guy Dick Miller
2014 · Movie
Witches of East End
2013 · Series
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013 · Movie
A Fuller Life
2013 · Movie
Blast Vegas
2013 · Movie
Trailer War
2012 · Movie
The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
2012 · Movie
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012 · Movie
The Butterfly Room
2012 · Movie
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
2012 · Movie
To Be... A Film Favorite
2012 · Movie
Corman's World
2011 · Movie
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
2011 · Movie
The Future of Fear
2011 · Movie
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
2011 · Movie
Trail of Blood
2011 · Movie
American Grindhouse
2011 · Movie
The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus
2010 · Movie
Embryo
2010 · Movie
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010 · Movie
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
2010 · Movie
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · Series
RKO, A Story made in Hollywood
2010 · Movie
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
2010 · Movie
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010 · Movie
Splatter
2009 · Movie
Splatter
2009 · Series
The Hole
2009 · Movie
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
2009 · Movie
Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter
2009 · Movie
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
2009 · Movie
Monsterland
2009 · Movie
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
2009 · Movie
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008 · Movie
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008 · Movie
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007 · Movie
Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein
2007 · Movie
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007 · Movie
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007 · Movie
The Hatching of Spider Baby
2007 · Movie
The Screwfly Solution
2006 · Movie
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
2006 · Movie
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006 · Movie
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006 · Movie
Trapped Ashes
2006 · Movie
Hitchcocked!
2006 · Movie
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006 · Movie
Homecoming
2005 · Movie
The Perfect Scary Movie
2005 · Movie
Masters of Horror
2005 · Series
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005 · Movie
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005 · Movie
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
2004 · Movie
100 Scariest Movie Moments
2004 · Series
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004 · Movie
CSI: NY
2004 · Series
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
2004 · Movie
The Art of Crime
2004 · Movie
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004 · Movie
Il castello dell'orrore
2004 · Movie
Welcome to Werewolfland
2004 · Movie
Leçon de Cinéma
2004 · Series
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003 · Movie
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
2003 · Movie
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003 · Movie
Cinerama Adventure
2002 · Movie
Night Visions
2001 · Series
Making The Earth Stand Still
2001 · Movie
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001 · Movie
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000 · Movie
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
2000 · Movie
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
1999 · Movie
She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'
1999 · Movie
Small Soldiers
1998 · Movie
The Second Civil War
1997 · Movie
Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997 · Movie
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
1996 · Movie
Picture Windows
1995 · Series
Picture Windows: Lightning
1995 · Movie
Runaway Daughters
1994 · Movie
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994 · Movie
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror - Preshow
1994 · Movie
Rebel Highway
1994 · Series
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994 · Movie
The Silence of the Hams
1994 · Movie
A Century of Cinema
1994 · Movie
Matinee
1993 · Movie
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992 · Movie
Sleepwalkers
1992 · Movie
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
1992 · Movie
The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991 · Movie
Eerie, Indiana
1991 · Series
Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever
1991 · Movie
Oscar
1991 · Movie
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990 · Movie
The 'Burbs
1989 · Movie
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987 · Movie
Innerspace
1987 · Movie
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986 · Movie
Amazing Stories
1985 · Series
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Series
Explorers
1985 · Movie
Gremlins
1984 · Movie
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Movie
Eating Raoul
1982 · Movie
Police Squad!
1982 · Series
The Howling
1981 · Movie
Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'
1981 · Movie
Rock 'n' Roll High School
1979 · Movie
The Orson Welles Show
1979 · Movie
Piranha
1978 · Movie
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978 · Movie
Grand Theft Auto
1977 · Movie
Cannonball
1976 · Movie
Hollywood Boulevard
1976 · Movie
Tidal Wave
1975 · Movie
The Arena
1974 · Movie
Great Performances
1971 · Series
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Movie
Labrintus
Movie
Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell
Movie
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
Movie
The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
Movie
Fear Paris
Movie
The AckerMonster Chronicles!
Movie