Joe Dante
b. 1946 (age 80)
Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Director
Joseph "Joe" Dante, Jr. is an American film director and producer of films generally with humorous and science fiction content. His films include Piranha (1978) and The Howling (1981), both from scripts by John Sayles; Segment 3 of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); Gremlins (1984), his first major hit, and its sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); Explorers (1985), Innerspace (1987), Amazon Women on the Moon (1987); The 'Burbs (1989), Matinee (1993), Runaway Daughters (1994), The Second Civil War (1997), The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1998), Small Soldiers (1998), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), and Homecoming (2005). In 1995-1996, Dante worked on The Phantom, and when he was removed from the film, he chose screen credit (as executive producer) rather than pay. He was creative consultant on Eerie, Indiana (1991–1992) and directed five episodes. He played himself in the series finale.
Known For
Filmography
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Gremlins (The Rough Cut)
2026 Director
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The Thunder Road: Making 'Explorers'
2026 Self
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Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026 Self
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Walking with Animators
2026 Self
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★ 4.4
The Creeps
2025 Actor
Uncle John
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★ 8.4
Boorman and the Devil
2025 Self
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★ 6.7
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
2025 Self
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★ 6.2
The Wish Fish
2025 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.6
The Vincent Price Legacy
2025 Self
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★ 7.2
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024 Self
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★ 6.6
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024 Self
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★ 7.1
Sharksploitation
2023 Self
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Ah My Goddess: Bad Goddess Let's Save Vic Morrow
2023 Actor
Joe Dante
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Severin Cellar
2023 Self
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★ 5.2
Razzennest
2022 Actor
Joe Dante
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★ 6.8
Blood, Guts and Sunshine
2022 Actor
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★ 7.4
2022 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
2022 Self
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★ 7.3
Roger Corman: The Pope of Pop Cinema
2021 Self
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Casser la baraque
2021 Self
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★ 6.7
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020 Self
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★ 7.2
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time, Parts 1-3
2020 Self
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Frankenstein and the Two Faces of Eve
2020 Self
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The Birth of Hammer Horror
2020 Self
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A Science Fiction Fairy Tale: The Story of Explorers
2020 Self
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★ 5.5
Nightmare Cinema
2019 Director
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★ 8.1
Love, Antosha
2019 Self
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★ 7.2
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019 Self
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★ 7.7
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019 Self
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Une Histoire Moderne De La Pop Culture
2019 Actor
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★ 7.4
Sad Hill Unearthed
2018 Self
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★ 7.1
Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros Years
2018 Self
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Updating Dracula
2018 Self
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★ 7.4
King Cohen
2017 Self
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Monstres, Ennemis intérieurs
2017 Self
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★ 6.7
Legends of Tomorrow
2016 Director
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★ 5.5
MacGyver
2016 Director
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★ 6.5
24x36: A Movie About Movie Posters
2016 Self
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★ 7.3
Long Live the King
2016 Self
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★ 4.9
Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy
2016 Self
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The 42th Annual Saturn Awards
2016 Self
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Jamais sur vos écrans
2016 Self
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★ 7.4
Creature Designers - The Frankenstein Complex
2015 Self
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★ 7.0
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015 Actor
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★ 7.4
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
2015 Self
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★ 7.1
Salem
2014 Director
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★ 5.4
Burying the Ex
2014 Director
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★ 6.7
Out of Print
2014 Self
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★ 7.4
We Come in Pieces
2014 Self
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That $#!% Will Rot Your Brain: How the Monster Kids Transformed Popular Culture
2014 Self
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As Timeless as Infinity: The Twilight Zone Legacy
2014 Self
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★ 7.5
Witches of East End
2013 Director
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★ 7.0
A Fuller Life
2013 Self
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★ 6.1
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
2013 Self
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Psycho's Sister: Making 'the Name of the Game Is Kill'
2013 Self
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Violence, sexe, drogue & rock'n'roll: un voyage avec Joe Dante à travers le cinema d'exploitation
2013 Self
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★ 8.6
Beast Wishes
2012 Self
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★ 7.3
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
2012 Self
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★ 8.7
The AckerMonster Chronicles!
2012 Self
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★ 7.2
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
2011 Self
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★ 7.7
The Future of Fear
2011 Self
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★ 6.5
The Legend of Ivan Tors
2011 Self
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Zombies
2011 Actor
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Herschell Gordon Lewis and the Making of the Uh-Oh Show
2011 Self
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★ 7.4
Hawaii Five-0
2010 Director
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★ 7.1
American Grindhouse
2010 Self
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★ 7.3
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010 Self
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★ 6.9
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
2010 Self
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★ 6.8
The Making of Piranha
2010 Self
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★ 5.7
The Hole
2009 Director
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★ 7.1
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film
2009 Self
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★ 3.1
Splatter
2009 Director
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★ 6.2
Monsterland
2009 Self
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★ 7.4
Starz Inside: Fantastic Flesh
2008 Self
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★ 8.6
Trailers from Hell
2007 Self
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★ 7.8
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007 Self
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★ 7.0
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
2007 Self
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★ 5.8
The Greatest Show Ever
2007 Director
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★ 4.7
Trapped Ashes
2006 Director
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★ 7.2
Hitchcocked!
2006 Self
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Screamography
2006 Self
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★ 7.4
Masters of Horror
2005 Director
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★ 7.0
CSI: NY
2004 Director
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★ 7.1
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
2004 Self
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The Art of Crime
2004 Self
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★ 5.8
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003 Director
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★ 5.4
Haunted Lighthouse
2003 Director
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★ 7.4
Night Visions
2001 Director
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★ 7.6
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001 Self
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★ 6.9
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
2000 Self
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★ 7.7
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
1999 Self
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★ 6.3
Small Soldiers
1998 Director
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★ 5.2
The Osiris Chronicles
1998 Director
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The Making of Small Soldiers
1998 Self
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★ 6.6
The Second Civil War
1997 Director
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★ 5.8
Les deniers du culte
1997 Self
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★ 7.8
A-Z of Horror
1997 Self
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★ 5.7
The Reality Trip
1997 Self
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Close-Up
1995 Self
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★ 7.5
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994 Self
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★ 5.9
Rebel Highway
1994 Director