Joe Dante
Birthday
1946/11/28 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
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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 televis...Read more
Acting
(1994) Beverly Hills Cop III
as Jailer
(1999) She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'
as Self / Host
(1994) The Silence of the Hams
as Dying Man
(2022) In Search of Darkness: Part III
as Self
(1981) Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'
as Self
(1976) Cannonball
as Kid
(1997) Hollywood Rated 'R'
as Self
(2021) Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
as Self [archival]
(1978) Piranha
as Scuba Diver #2 (uncredited)
(2013) Blast Vegas
as Salesman #2
(1987) Innerspace
as Vectorscope Employee (uncredited)
(2004) Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
as Self
(2018) The Fear is Real
as Self
(1994) Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
as Self
(2010) The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
as Self
(1976) Hollywood Boulevard
as Party Waiter (uncredited)
(2009) Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
as Self
(2005) Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
as ---
(2008) Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
as Self
(2014) We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film
as Self
(2011) American Grindhouse
as Himself
(2020) Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
as Himself (archive footage)
(2012) The Butterfly Room
as Cab Driver
(2021) Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
as Self
(2024) Sharksploitation
as Self
(2012) Trailer War
as Himself
(2016) 24×36
as Self
(1990) Gremlins 2: The New Batch
as Grandpa Fred Director (uncredited)
(1992) The Magical World of Chuck Jones
as Self
(2006) Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
as Self
(2009) Monsterland
as Self
(2022) Razzennest
as Joe Dante
(2002) Cinerama Adventure
as Self
(2024) The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
as Self
(2025) The Creeps
as ---
(2014) Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
as Self - Director
(1978) Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
as Self
(2015) 42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
as Himself
(2001) It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
as Self
(2014) That Guy Dick Miller
as Self
(2005) RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World'
as Self
(2010) Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
as Self
(2009) Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
as Self
(2007) Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self
(2004) Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
as Self
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
as ---
(2014) Out of Print
as Self
(2014) There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs
as Self
(2012) The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
as Self
(2006) Hitchcocked!
as Self
(1992) Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
as Himself
(2022) Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction
as Self
(2022) Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
as Self - Interviewee
(1999) Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
as Self
The Reality Trip
as self
(2015) Tales of Halloween
as Prof. Milo Gottlieb
(2001) Making The Earth Stand Still
as Self
(1986) The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
as Self
(2017) Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
as Self
(2007) The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
as Self
(2011) A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
as Self - Interviewee
(2015) Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
as Self
(2012) The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
as ---
(2024) Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Self
(2000) Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
as Self
(2016) Long Live the King
as himself
(2016) Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy
as Himself
(2011) Corman's World
as Self - Filmmaker
(2018) King Cohen
as Self
(2007) The Hatching of Spider Baby
as Himself
(2007) Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein
as Himself
(1982) Eating Raoul
as Busboy (uncredited)
(2004) Welcome to Werewolfland
as ---
(2004) Mario Bava: Operazione paura
as Self
(2018) Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
as Self
(2010) Machete Maidens Unleashed!
as Self
(2009) Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter
as Himself
(2010) The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
as Self
(2018) Sad Hill Unearthed
as Self - Filmmaker
(2012) To Be... A Film Favorite
as ---
(2019) In Search of Darkness
as Self
(2007) Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self
(2022) In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee
(2019) Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
as Self
(2019) Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
as Self
(1992) Sleepwalkers
as Lab Assistant
(2012) Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
as Self
(2019) Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School
as ---
(1994) A Century of Cinema
as Self
(2019) Love, Antosha
as Self
(2019) Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
as Self
(2013) House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
as Self
(1991) Oscar
as Face on the Cutting Room Floor
(2000) Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
as Self
(2013) A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and Blue")
(2020) Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as Host
(2020) Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
as Host
(2020) Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
as Self
(2020) Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as Host
(2005) Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
as Himself
(2020) In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self
(2006) Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
as Self
(2005) The Perfect Scary Movie
as Self
(2003) Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
as ---
(2020) Tales of the Uncanny
as Self
(2014) From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
as Self
(2014) Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
as Self
(2005) Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
as Himself
(2006) Karloff: The Gentle Monster
as Self
(2006) Lugosi: The Dark Prince
as Self
(2009) Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
as Self
(2011) Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
as Self
(2021) Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
as Self
(2005) Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
as Himself
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
as Himself
(2011) The Future of Fear
as Self
(2015) Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
as ---
(1975) Tidal Wave
as ---
(2010) The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus
as Self
(1991) Eerie, Indiana
as Director
(2004) 100 Scariest Movie Moments
as Self
(2004) Leçon de Cinéma
as Self
(2022) The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
as Self
(2022) Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
as ---
(2014) The Real History of Science Fiction
as Himself
(2018) Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Self