Joe Dante
Directing • Born 1946-11-28
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.
Filmography
134 credits
Beverly Hills Cop III
Movie • 1994
Jailer
She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'
Movie • 1999
Self / Host
The Silence of the Hams
Movie • 1994
Dying Man
In Search of Darkness: Part III
Movie • 2022
Self
Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'
Movie • 1981
Self
Cannonball
Movie • 1976
Kid
Hollywood Rated 'R'
Movie • 1997
Self
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
Movie • 2021
Self [archival]
Piranha
Movie • 1978
Scuba Diver #2 (uncredited)
Blast Vegas
Movie • 2013
Salesman #2
Innerspace
Movie • 1987
Vectorscope Employee (uncredited)
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Movie • 2004
Self
The Fear is Real
Movie • 2018
Self
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Movie • 1994
Self
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
Movie • 2010
Self
Hollywood Boulevard
Movie • 1976
Party Waiter (uncredited)
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
Movie • 2009
Self
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Movie • 2005
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
Movie • 2008
Self
We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film
Movie • 2014
Self
American Grindhouse
Movie • 2011
Himself
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
The Butterfly Room
Movie • 2012
Cab Driver
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
Movie • 2021
Self
Sharksploitation
Movie • 2024
Self
Trailer War
Movie • 2012
Himself
24×36
Movie • 2016
Self
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Movie • 1990
Grandpa Fred Director (uncredited)
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Movie • 1992
Self
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
Movie • 2006
Self
Monsterland
Movie • 2009
Self
Razzennest
Movie • 2022
Joe Dante
Cinerama Adventure
Movie • 2002
Self
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Movie • 2024
Self
The Creeps
Movie • 2025
Uncle John
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
Movie • 2014
Self - Director
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Movie • 1978
Self
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
Movie • 2015
Self
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Movie • 2001
Self
That Guy Dick Miller
Movie • 2014
Self
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
Movie • 2010
Self
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
Movie • 2009
Self
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Movie • 2007
Self
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
Movie • 2004
Self
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
Movie
Self
Out of Print
Movie • 2014
Self
There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs
Movie • 2014
Self
The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
Movie • 2012
Self
Hitchcocked!
Movie • 2006
Self
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
Movie • 1992
Himself
Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction
Movie • 2022
Self
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Movie • 2022
Self - Interviewee
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
Movie • 1999
Self
Tales of Halloween
Movie • 2015
Prof. Milo Gottlieb
Making The Earth Stand Still
Movie • 2001
Self
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
Movie • 1986
Self
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
Movie • 2017
Self
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
Movie • 2007
Self
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
Movie • 2011
Self - Interviewee
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Movie • 2015
Self
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
Movie • 2012
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Movie • 2024
Self
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
Movie • 2000
Self
Long Live the King
Movie • 2016
himself
Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy
Movie • 2016
Himself
Corman's World
Movie • 2011
Self - Filmmaker
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Movie • 2018
Self
The Hatching of Spider Baby
Movie • 2007
Himself
Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein
Movie • 2007
Himself
Eating Raoul
Movie • 1982
Busboy (uncredited)
Welcome to Werewolfland
Movie • 2004
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Movie • 2004
Self / Host
Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
Movie • 2018
Self
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Movie • 2010
Self
Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter
Movie • 2009
Self
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
Movie • 2010
Self
Sad Hill Unearthed
Movie • 2018
Self - Filmmaker
To Be... A Film Favorite
Movie • 2012
In Search of Darkness
Movie • 2019
Self
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Movie • 2007
Self
In Search of Tomorrow
Movie • 2022
Self - Interviewee
Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
Movie • 2019
Self
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Movie • 2019
Self
Sleepwalkers
Movie • 1992
Lab Assistant
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Movie • 2012
Self
Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School
Movie • 2019
A Century of Cinema
Movie • 1994
Self
Love, Antosha
Movie • 2019
Self
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Movie • 2019
Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Movie • 2013
Self
Oscar
Movie • 1991
Face on the Cutting Room Floor
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Movie • 2000
Self
A Fuller Life
Movie • 2013
Self - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and Blue")
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Movie • 2020
Host
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Movie • 2020
Host
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Movie • 2020
Self
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Movie • 2020
Host
Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
Movie • 2005
Himself
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Movie • 2020
Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Movie • 2006
Self
The Perfect Scary Movie
Movie • 2005
Self
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
Movie • 2003
Tales of the Uncanny
Movie • 2020
Self
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
Movie • 2014
Self
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
Movie • 2014
Self
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
Movie • 2005
Himself
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
Movie • 2006
Self
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
Movie • 2006
Self
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
Movie • 2009
Self
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
Movie • 2011
Self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Movie • 2021
Self
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
Movie • 2005
Himself
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
Movie • 2024
Himself
The Future of Fear
Movie • 2011
Self
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
Movie • 2015
Tidal Wave
Movie • 1975
The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus
Movie • 2010
Self
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
Movie • 2008
Self
RKO, A Story made in Hollywood
Movie • 2010
Himself
The AckerMonster Chronicles!
Movie
Boorman and the Devil
Movie • 2025
Self
The Vincent Price Legacy
Movie • 2025
Himself
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Movie • 2005
Self
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Movie • 2004
Self
Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell
Movie
The Art of Crime
Movie • 2004
Himself
Eerie, Indiana
TV • 1991
Director
100 Scariest Movie Moments
TV • 2004
Self
Leçon de Cinéma
TV • 2004
Self
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
TV • 2022
Self
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
TV • 2022
The Real History of Science Fiction
TV • 2014
Himself
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV • 2018
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self