Joe Dante
Known for: Directing
Born: November 28, 1946
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
163 movies · 23 TV shows, newest first
8.5
Boorman and the Devil
2026
NR
Gremlins, an american nightmare!
2026
NR
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026
NR
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
2026
4.5
The Creeps
2025
9.0
The Vincent Price Legacy
2025
8.2
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
6.7
Sharksploitation
2024
7.5
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
2024
7.5
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024
8.4
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
2023
7.5
In Search of Darkness: Part III
202210.0
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
5.7
Razzennest
2022
6.9
Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction
2022
6.7
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
2022
7.0
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
6.7
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
7.0
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
2021
6.3
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
7.0
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
2021
8.0
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
2020
7.0
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
7.7
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
6.5
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
6.8
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
5.7
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020
6.0
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
7.2
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020NR
Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School
2019
NR
Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
2019
7.4
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019
7.4
Love, Antosha
2019
7.5
In Search of Darkness
2019
6.8
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019
7.0
Sad Hill Unearthed
2018NR
The Fear Is Real
2018
6.4
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
4.8
Camp Cold Brook
2018
6.4
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
5.8
Nightmare Cinema
2018
7.3
Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
2018
6.6
Trafficked
2017
NR
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
2017
5.2
Long Live the King
2016
7.3
MacGyver
2016
6.8
24×36
2016
7.2
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016
NR
Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy
2016
7.2
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015
5.7
Tales of Halloween
2015
7.8
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
2015
7.6
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015
7.0
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
2014
7.3
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
20144.1
There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs
2014
5.6
Burying the Ex
2014
5.7
Out of Print
2014
6.0
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
2014
NR
We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film
2014
7.0
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
7.0
That Guy Dick Miller
2014
7.3
Witches of East End
2013
NR
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013
6.6
A Fuller Life
2013
3.4
Blast Vegas
2013
7.2
Trailer War
2012
7.0
The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
2012
7.4
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012
5.7
The Butterfly Room
2012
3.8
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
2012NR
To Be... A Film Favorite
2012
7.0
Corman's World
2011
8.1
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
2011NR
The Future of Fear
2011
NR
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
2011
4.0
Trail of Blood
2011
6.7
American Grindhouse
2011NR
The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus
2010
6.6
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
20102.3
Embryo
2010
6.0
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
2010
7.7
Hawaii Five-0
2010
NR
RKO, A Story made in Hollywood
2010
7.0
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
2010
7.0
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010
2.9
Splatter
2009
4.3
Splatter
2009
5.8
The Hole
2009
6.5
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
2009
NR
Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter
2009
5.0
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
2009
6.5
Monsterland
20096.5
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
2009
8.0
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008
6.6
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008
7.8
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
20079.5
Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein
2007
6.0
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007
9.0
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
7.0
The Hatching of Spider Baby
2007
5.7
The Screwfly Solution
2006
7.0
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
2006
4.5
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006
7.6
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006
5.1
Trapped Ashes
2006
6.0
Hitchcocked!
2006
7.6
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006
5.9
Homecoming
2005
7.7
The Perfect Scary Movie
2005
7.1
Masters of Horror
2005
9.3
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
8.0
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
20059.0
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
2004
7.9
100 Scariest Movie Moments
2004
7.0
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
7.3
CSI: NY
2004
6.5
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
20048.0
The Art of Crime
2004
6.5
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
20048.0
Il castello dell'orrore
2004
9.0
Welcome to Werewolfland
2004
7.0
Leçon de Cinéma
2004
6.4
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
5.3
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
2003
7.0
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
7.7
Cinerama Adventure
2002
7.1
Night Visions
2001
8.0
Making The Earth Stand Still
2001
7.4
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
7.1
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
6.1
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
2000
8.5
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
1999
7.8
She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'
1999
6.6
Small Soldiers
1998
6.1
The Second Civil War
1997
5.3
Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997
4.7
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
1996
2.0
Picture Windows: Lightning
1995
10.0
Picture Windows
1995
6.0
Runaway Daughters
1994
7.3
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994
9.0
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror - Preshow
1994
8.0
Rebel Highway
1994
5.9
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994
4.9
The Silence of the Hams
1994
8.3
A Century of Cinema
1994
6.7
Matinee
1993
8.0
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
6.1
Sleepwalkers
1992
7.2
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
19922.0
The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991
7.6
Eerie, Indiana
1991
4.8
Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever
1991
6.4
Oscar
1991
6.5
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
6.8
The 'Burbs
1989
5.9
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
6.8
Innerspace
1987
7.3
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
7.5
Amazing Stories
1985
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
6.3
Explorers
1985
7.1
Gremlins
1984
6.5
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
6.5
Eating Raoul
1982
7.9
Police Squad!
1982
6.6
The Howling
1981
9.0
Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'
1981
6.3
Rock 'n' Roll High School
1979
8.0
The Orson Welles Show
1979
5.9
Piranha
1978
7.7
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978
5.3
Grand Theft Auto
1977
5.6
Cannonball
1976
5.6
Hollywood Boulevard
1976
NR
Tidal Wave
1975
5.3
The Arena
1974
6.1
Great Performances
1971
6.8
The Movie Orgy
1968
NR
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
—1.0
The AckerMonster Chronicles!
—NR
Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell
—NR
Labrintus
—NR
Fear Paris
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NR
The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
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