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Joe Dante

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.

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Directing

1968

[ ] The Movie Orgy (Director)

1976

[ ] Hollywood Boulevard (Director)

1978

[ ] Piranha (Director)

1981

[ 6/10 ] The Howling (Director)

1983

[ 3/10 ] Twilight Zone: The Movie (Director)

1984

[ ] Gremlins (Director)

1985

[ ] Explorers (Director)

1987

[ ] Innerspace (Director)
[ ] Amazon Women on the Moon (Director)

1989

[ ] The 'Burbs (Director)

1990

[ ] Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Director)

1993

[ ] Matinee (Director)
[ ] Mant! (Director)

1994

[ ] Runaway Daughters (Director)
[ ] The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror - Preshow (Director)

1995

[ ] Picture Windows: Lightning (Director)

1996

[ ] The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (Director)

1997

[ ] The Second Civil War (Director)

1998

[ ] Small Soldiers (Director)

2003

[ ] Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Director)
[ ] Haunted Lighthouse 4-D (Director)

2005

[ ] Homecoming (Director)

2006

[ ] Trapped Ashes (Director)
[ ] The Screwfly Solution (Director)

2009

[ 4/10 ] The Hole (Director)
[ ] Splatter (Director)

2014

[ ] Burying the Ex (Director)

2018

[ 6/10 ] Nightmare Cinema (Director)

????

[ ] Labrintus (Director)
[ ] Fear Paris (Director)
[ ] The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes (Director)

Editing

1968

[ ] The Movie Orgy (Editor)

1974

[ ] The Arena (Editor)

1976

[ ] Hollywood Boulevard (Editor)

1977

[ ] Grand Theft Auto (Editor)

1978

[ ] Piranha (Editor)

1981

[ 6/10 ] The Howling (Editor)

Writing

1979

[ ] Rock 'n' Roll High School (Story)

1991

[ ] Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (Characters)

Production

1994

[ ] Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (Associate Producer)

1996

[ ] The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (Producer)

2011

[ ] Trail of Blood (Producer)

2017

[ ] Trafficked (Executive Producer)

2018

[ ] Camp Cold Brook (Executive Producer)

????

[ ] The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes (Producer)

Crew

2010

[ ] Embryo (Thanks)

2011

[ ] Corman's World (Thanks)

Actor

1975

[ ] Tidal Wave (????)

1976

[ ] Cannonball (Kid)
[ ] Hollywood Boulevard (Party Waiter (uncredited))

1978

[ ] Piranha (Scuba Diver #2 (uncredited))
[ ] Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (Self)

1981

[ ] Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling' (Self)

1982

[ 4/10 ] Eating Raoul (Busboy (uncredited))

1986

[ ] The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (Self)

1987

[ ] Innerspace (Vectorscope Employee (uncredited))

1990

[ ] Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Grandpa Fred Director (uncredited))

1991

[ ] Oscar (Face on the Cutting Room Floor)

1992

[ ] The Magical World of Chuck Jones (Self)
[ ] Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion (Himself)
[ 6/10 ] Sleepwalkers (Lab Assistant)

1994

[ ] Beverly Hills Cop III (Jailer)
[ ] The Silence of the Hams (Dying Man)
[ ] Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (Self)
[ ] A Century of Cinema (Self)

1997

[ ] Hollywood Rated 'R' (Self)

1999

[ ] She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein' (Self / Host)
[ ] Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs (Self)

2000

[ ] Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre (Self)
[ ] Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (Self)

2001

[ ] It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (Self)
[ ] Making The Earth Stand Still (Self)

2002

[ ] Cinerama Adventure (Self)

2003

[ ] Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ (????)

2004

[ ] Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (Self)
[ ] Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (Self)
[ ] Welcome to Werewolfland (????)
[ ] Mario Bava: Operazione paura (Self / Host)
[ ] The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (Self)

2005

[ ] Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (????)
[ ] Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin (Himself)
[ ] The Perfect Scary Movie (Self)
[ ] Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War! (Himself)
[ ] Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White (Himself)
[ ] Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection (Self)

2006

[ ] Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon (Self)
[ ] Hitchcocked! (Self)
[ ] Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (Self)
[ ] Karloff: The Gentle Monster (Self)
[ ] Lugosi: The Dark Prince (Self)

2007

[ ] Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (Self)
[ ] The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness (Self)
[ ] The Hatching of Spider Baby (Himself)
[ ] Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein (Himself)
[ ] Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (Self)

2008

[ ] Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX (Self)
[ ] RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” (Self)

2009

[ ] Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (Self)
[ ] Monsterland (Self)
[ ] Direct Your Own Damn Movie! (Self)
[ ] Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter (Himself)
[ ] Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (Self)

2010

[ ] The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth (Self)
[ ] Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr. (Self)
[ ] Machete Maidens Unleashed! (Self)
[ ] The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry (Self)
[ ] The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus (Self)
[ ] RKO, A Story made in Hollywood (Himself)

2011

[ ] American Grindhouse (Himself)
[ ] A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (Self - Interviewee)
[ ] Corman's World (Self - Filmmaker)
[ ] Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (Self)
[ ] The Future of Fear (Self)

2012

[ ] The Butterfly Room (Cab Driver)
[ ] Trailer War (Himself)
[ ] The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie (Self)
[ ] The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil (????)
[ ] To Be... A Film Favorite (????)
[ ] Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (Self)

2013

[ ] Blast Vegas (Salesman #2)
[ ] House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! (Self)
[ ] A Fuller Life (Self - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and Blue"))

2014

[ ] We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film (Self)
[ ] Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror (Self - Director)
[ ] That Guy Dick Miller (Self)
[ ] Out of Print (Self)
[ ] There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs (Self)
[ ] From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures (Self)
[ ] Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins (Self)

2015

[ ] 42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street (Himself)
[ 4/10 ] Tales of Halloween (Prof. Milo Gottlieb)
[ ] Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex (Self)
[ ] Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film (????)

2016

[ ] 24×36 (Self)
[ ] Long Live the King (himself)
[ ] Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy (Himself)

2017

[ ] Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur (Self)

2018

[ ] The Fear is Real (Self)
[ ] King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (Self)
[ ] Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years (Self)
[ ] Sad Hill Unearthed (Self - Filmmaker)

2019

[ ] In Search of Darkness (Self)
[ ] Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf (Self)
[ ] Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters (Self)
[ ] Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School (????)
[ ] Love, Antosha (Self)
[ ] Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film (Self)

2020

[ ] Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! (Self (archive footage))
[ ] Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness (Host)
[ ] Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi (Host)
[ ] Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (Self)
[ ] Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp (Host)
[ ] In Search of Darkness: Part II (Self)
[ ] Tales of the Uncanny (Self)

2021

[ ] Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida (Self [archival])
[ ] Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema (Self)
[ ] Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (Self)

2022

[ ] In Search of Darkness: Part III (Self)
[ ] Razzennest (Joe Dante)
[ ] Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction (Self)
[ ] Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story (Self - Interviewee)
[ ] In Search of Tomorrow (Self - Interviewee)

2024

[ ] Sharksploitation (Self)
[ ] The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (Self)
[ ] Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (Self)
[ ] Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director (Himself)

2025

[ ] The Creeps (Uncle John)
[ ] Boorman and the Devil (Self)
[ ] The Vincent Price Legacy (Himself)

????

[ ] Mary Woronov: Cult Queen (Self)
[ ] The AckerMonster Chronicles! (????)