Joe Dante (I)

Director | Producer | Additional Crew

Joe Dante is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Art. After a stint as a film reviewer, he ...

Born: November 28, 1946

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Filmography

Known For

Innerspace Director (1987)
Gremlins Director (1984)
The Howling Director (1981)
Known For

Small Soldiers Director (1998)
Director

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai (2022)
Nightmare Cinema (2018)
Hawaii Five-0 (2011-2017)
Salem (2015-2016)
MacGyver (2016)
DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016)
Witches of East End (2014)
Burying the Ex (2014)
Splatter (2009)
The Hole (2009)
The Greatest Show Ever (2007)
CSI: NY (2007)
Masters of Horror (2005-2006)
Trapped Ashes (2006)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
Haunted Lighthouse (2003)
Night Visions (2001)
Small Soldiers (1998)
The Osiris Chronicles (1998)
The Second Civil War (1997)
Picture Windows (1995)
Rebel Highway (1994)
Matinee (1993)
Eerie, Indiana (1991-1992)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
The 'Burbs (1989)
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
Innerspace (1987)
Amazing Stories (1986)
The Twilight Zone (1985)
Explorers (1985)
Gremlins (1984)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Police Squad! (1982)
The Howling (1981)
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
Piranha (1978)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
Director

The Movie Orgy (1968)
Actor

What's Under the Bed? with Dax Guest (2022)
Tales of Halloween Prof. Milo Gottleib (segment "Bad Seed") (2015)
Destruction: Las Vegas Salesman #2 (2013)
The Butterfly Room Taxi Driver (2012)
Beverly Hills Cop III Jailer (1994)
The Silence of the Hams Dying Man (1994)
Eerie, Indiana Director (1992)
Sleepwalkers Lab Assistant (1992)
Oscar Face on the Cutting Room Floor (1991)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch Grandpa Fred Director / Beanie Gremlin (1990)
Innerspace Vectorscope Employee (1987)
Eating Raoul Busboy (1982)
A Time to Die Bodyguard (1982)
Rock 'n' Roll High School Riot Cop with Sunglasses (1979)
Piranha Scuba Diver #2 (1978)
Cannonball Kid (1976)
Hollywood Boulevard Party Waiter (1976)
Actor

Submersion of Japan (US version) (1973)
Producer

Camp Cold Brook (2018)
Trafficked (2017)
Dark (2015)
Trail of Blood (2011)
Trailers from Hell (2007)
Jeremiah (2002-2003)
The Osiris Chronicles (1998)
The Phantom (1996)
Producer

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
Writer

Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (1991)
Writer

Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
Archive footage

Les Chroniques du Mea (2017-2021)
Behind the Attraction (2021)
Minty Comedic Arts (2018-2020)
Écouter les Films: Jerry Goldsmith (2019)
L'antre du Mea (2017)
Chroma (2017)
Hangin' with Hoyt on the Set of 'Gremlins' (2014)
Archive footage

Omnibus (2001)
Troldspejlet (1999)
Additional Crew

This Island Earth: 2 1/2 Years in the Making (2013)
Jeremiah (2003-2004)
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
Time Machine: The Journey Back (1993)
Additional Crew

Eerie, Indiana (1991-1992)
Fly Me (1973)
Editor

The Howling (1981)
Piranha (1978)
Grand Theft Auto (1977)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
Editor

The Movie Orgy (1968)
Editorial Department

Tex (1982)
The Island of the Fishmen (1979)

Videos

Awards

20 wins & 13 nominations.

Did You Know

Is a major fan of 1950s science fiction films, and often contains references to them in his movies. Since he is considered an authority on the subject, he is also frequently interviewed about them for documentaries, television specials, and DVD ...

Quotes

[on Gremlins (1984)] What I like in movies especially are movies that do things that you can't do in real life and show you things that you can't see by walking out in the street. And there have been a lot of great movies that show you real life as ...