Joe Dante
Directing
Born 1946-11-28 · Morristown, New Jersey, USA
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.
Filmography
The Creeps
Dec 11, 2025
The Vincent Price Legacy
Oct 9, 2025
Boorman and the Devil
Sep 5, 2025
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Oct 31, 2024
Sharksploitation
Oct 12, 2024
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
Oct 4, 2024
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Aug 9, 2024
In Search of Darkness: Part III
Nov 25, 2022
Razzennest
Sep 29, 2022
Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction
Sep 28, 2022
In Search of Tomorrow
Feb 19, 2022
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
Nov 8, 2021
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Sep 17, 2021
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
Jan 19, 2021
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
Dec 1, 2020
Tales of the Uncanny
Oct 31, 2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Oct 6, 2020
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Aug 18, 2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Jun 23, 2020
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
May 19, 2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Apr 21, 2020
Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
Oct 28, 2019
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Sep 14, 2019
Love, Antosha
Aug 2, 2019
In Search of Darkness
May 1, 2019
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Jan 30, 2019
Sad Hill Unearthed
Oct 19, 2018
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Jul 7, 2018
Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
Feb 13, 2018
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
May 12, 2017