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