
Joe Dante
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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Acting (109 movies)

Beverly Hills Cop III
1994

She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'
1999

The Silence of the Hams
1994

In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022

Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'
1981

Cannonball
1976

Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997

Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
2021

Piranha
1978

Blast Vegas
2013

Innerspace
1987

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
2010

Hollywood Boulevard
1976

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
2009

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
2008

We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film
2014

American Grindhouse
2011

Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
2020

The Butterfly Room
2012

Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
2021

Sharksploitation
2024

Trailer War
2012

24×36
2016

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990

The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992

Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
2006

Monsterland
2009

Razzennest
2022

Cinerama Adventure
2002

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024

The Creeps
2025

Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
2014

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
2015

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001

That Guy Dick Miller
2014

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010

Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
2009

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007

Edgar G. Ulmer – Der Mann im Off
2004

Out of Print
2014

The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
2012

Hitchcocked!
2006

Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
1992

Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction
2022

Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
1999

Tales of Halloween
2015

Making The Earth Stand Still
2001

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986

Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
2017

The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007

A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
2011

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015

The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
2012

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024

Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
2000

Long Live the King
2016

Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy
2016

Corman's World
2011

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018

The Hatching of Spider Baby
2007

Eating Raoul
1982

Welcome to Werewolfland
2004

Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004

Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
2018

Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010

Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter
2009

The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
2010

Sad Hill Unearthed
2018

In Search of Darkness
2019

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007

In Search of Tomorrow
2022

Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
2019

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019

Sleepwalkers
1992

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012

A Century of Cinema
1994

Love, Antosha
2019

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019

House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013

Oscar
1991

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000

A Fuller Life
2013

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020

Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
2005

In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006

Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003

The Perfect Scary Movie
2005

Tales of the Uncanny
2020

From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
2014

Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
2014

Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
2005

Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006

Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006
Directing (27 movies)

Innerspace
1987

Gremlins
1984

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990

Amazon Women on the Moon
1987

Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003

The Howling
1981

Small Soldiers
1998

The 'Burbs
1989

Piranha
1978

Matinee
1993

Explorers
1985

Trapped Ashes
2006

Hollywood Boulevard
1976

The Second Civil War
1997

The Hole
2009

The Screwfly Solution
2006

Runaway Daughters
1994

The Movie Orgy
1968

The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
1996

Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
2003

Burying the Ex
2014

Homecoming
2005

Picture Windows: Lightning
1995

Nightmare Cinema
2018

Splatter
2009

Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror - Preshow
1994
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy | 1996 | Producer |
| Trail of Blood | 2011 | Producer |
| Trafficked | 2017 | Executive Producer |
| Camp Cold Brook | 2018 | Executive Producer |