Joe Dante (I)

Director | Producer | Miscellaneous 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

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 Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (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

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)
A Time to Die Bodyguard (1982)
Eating Raoul Busboy (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

Tidal Wave (US version) (1973)
Producer

Camp Cold Brook (2018)
Trafficked (2017)
Dark (2015)
Trail of Blood (2011)
Trailers from Hell (2007)
Jeremiah (2002-2003)
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1998)
The Phantom (1996)
Producer

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

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

Chroma (2017)
Hangin' with Hoyt on the Set of 'Gremlins' (2014)
Archive footage

Omnibus (2001)
Troldspejlet (1999)
Editorial Department

Tex (1982)
Screamers (1979)

Awards

19 wins & 12 nominations.

Did You Know

His favorite films are Bride of Frankenstein (1935), To Be or Not to Be (1942), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Touch of Evil (1958) and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). He often cites The Innocents (1961) as his favorite horror film, and one of...

Quotes

[in "Halliwell's Filmgoers and Video Viewers Companion", on producing movie trailers for Roger Corman] We did all kinds of things in trailers to help sell films. We had a famous exploding helicopter shot from one of those Filipino productions that ...