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Joe Dante

Directing

Born November 28, 1946 · Morristown, New Jersey, USA

Also known as Joseph James Dante Jr.

Biography

Joe Dante is an American film director, 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.

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Awards & recognition

  • Time Machine Award · 2010

Filmography50+ titles

Boorman and the Devil

2026as Self

Police Squad!

1982Director

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

2015as Self

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

2007as Self

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

2024as Self

In Search of Darkness Part II: The Journey Into '80s Horror Continues

2020as Self

Hawaii Five-0

2010Director

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

2024as Self

Eerie, Indiana

1991as Director

Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director

2024as Himself

In Search of Darkness Part III: The Final Journey Into '80s Horror

2022as Self

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

2019as Self

In Search of Darkness

2019as Self

Amazing Stories

1985Director

Love, Antosha

2019as Self

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

2011as Self

MacGyver

2016Director

Witches of East End

2013Director

CSI: NY

2004Director

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

1994as Self

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

2016Director

Creature Designers - The Frankenstein Complex

2015as Self

Trailer War

2012as Himself

The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time

2022as Self

Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel

2011as Self - Filmmaker

Masters of Horror

2005Director

Night Visions

2001Director

Gremlins

1984as Mogwai / Gremlins (voice) (uncredited)

Sharksploitation

2023as Self

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

2021as Self

The Real History of Science Fiction

2014as Himself

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

2004as Self

In Search of Tomorrow

2022as Self - Interviewee

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

2020as Host

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

2020as Host

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

2019as Self

24×36

2016as Self

American Grindhouse

2010as Himself

The 'Burbs

1989Director

Innerspace

1987as Vectorscope Employee (uncredited)

Matinee

1993Director

Trafficked

2017Executive Producer

A Fuller Life

2013as Self - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and Blue")

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

2010as Self

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film

2009as Self

Small Soldiers

1998Director

The Howling

1981Director, Editor

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

2020as Self

Monsterland

2009as Self

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990as Grandpa Fred Director (uncredited)