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.
Awards & recognition
- Time Machine Award · 2010
Filmography50+ titles
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
In Search of Darkness Part II: The Journey Into '80s Horror Continues
Hawaii Five-0
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Eerie, Indiana
In Search of Darkness Part III: The Final Journey Into '80s Horror
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
In Search of Darkness
Amazing Stories
Love, Antosha
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
MacGyver
Witches of East End
CSI: NY
Creature Designers - The Frankenstein Complex
Trailer War
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
Masters of Horror
Night Visions
Gremlins
Sharksploitation
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
The Real History of Science Fiction
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
24×36
American Grindhouse
The 'Burbs
Innerspace
Trafficked
Matinee
In Search of Tomorrow
A Fuller Life
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film
Small Soldiers
The Howling
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Monsterland
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Eating Raoul
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Eli Roth's History of Horror