Joe Dante
Directing
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.
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Great Performances
1971
Gremlins
1984
Innerspace
1987
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
Leçon de Cinéma
2004
Eerie, Indiana
1991
Oscar
1991
Sleepwalkers
1992
Piranha
1978
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
The Creeps
2025
Love, Antosha
2019
100 Scariest Movie Moments
2004
Tales of Halloween
2015
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
2021
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
Cannonball
1976
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
The Silence of the Hams
1994
Eating Raoul
1982
In Search of Darkness
2019
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
2022
Hollywood Boulevard
1976
Sad Hill Unearthed
2018
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
Corman's World
2011
The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
2010
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020
The Butterfly Room
2012
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015
Long Live the King
2016
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
The Perfect Scary Movie
2005
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
A Century of Cinema
1994
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
2015
Boorman and the Devil
2026
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008
Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
2014
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
2009
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005
Trailer War
2012
American Grindhouse
2011
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
2018
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019
Sharksploitation
2024
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
2014
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
1999
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
2009
A Fuller Life
2013
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
Monsterland
2009
Blast Vegas
2013
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
Razzennest
2022
That Guy Dick Miller
2014
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
Tales of the Uncanny
2020
The Vincent Price Legacy
2025
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
2011
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
2009
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
2006
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
2021
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
2000
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
2024
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
2019
The Art of Crime
2004
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
2020
The Orson Welles Show
1979
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
1992
Out of Print
2014
Gremlins, an american nightmare!
2026
Tidal Wave
1975
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
2011
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
2010
The Future of Fear
2011
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013
Hitchcocked!
2006
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997
Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction
2022
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
2004
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
2017
Welcome to Werewolfland
2004
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
2014
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
2026
Making The Earth Stand Still
2001
The Fear Is Real
2018
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
2012
We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film
2014
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008
Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy
2016
Il castello dell'orrore
2004
Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter
2009
Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School
2019
The Hatching of Spider Baby
2007
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007
She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'
1999
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein
2007
The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
2012
Cinerama Adventure
2002
There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs
2014
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
2004
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006
Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'
1981
24×36
2016
The AckerMonster Chronicles!
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978
The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus
2010
RKO, A Story made in Hollywood
2010
To Be... A Film Favorite
2012
Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy
1991
On the crew 55
Hawaii Five-0
2010
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016
CSI: NY
2004
MacGyver
2016
The Twilight Zone
1985
Amazing Stories
1985
Masters of Horror
2005
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
2023
Gremlins
1984
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
Witches of East End
2013
Small Soldiers
1998
Night Visions
2001
Innerspace
1987
Rebel Highway
1994
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
Police Squad!
1982
Eerie, Indiana
1991
Trafficked
2017
The 'Burbs
1989
The Howling
1981
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
The Hole
2009
Piranha
1978
The Arena
1974
Nightmare Cinema
2018
Explorers
1985
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
Picture Windows
1995
Burying the Ex
2014
Matinee
1993
Hollywood Boulevard
1976
The Movie Orgy
1968
Grand Theft Auto
1977
Corman's World
2011
The Second Civil War
1997
Rock 'n' Roll High School
1979
Embryo
2010
Trapped Ashes
2006
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994
Labrintus
Splatter
2009
Runaway Daughters
1994
Camp Cold Brook
2018
Picture Windows: Lightning
1995
Splatter
2009
Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever
1991
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
1996
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
2003
Homecoming
2005
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror - Preshow
1994
The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
Trail of Blood
2011
The Screwfly Solution
2006
Fear Paris