Joe Dante
Birthday: 1946-11-28
Place of Birth: Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Biography: 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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Beverly Hills Cop III
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She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'
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The Silence of the Hams
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In Search of Darkness: Part III
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Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'
Making-of featurette for 'The Howling' (1981)...
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Cannonball
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Hollywood Rated 'R'
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Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
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Piranha
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Blast Vegas
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Innerspace
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Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
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The Fear is Real
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Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
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The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
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Hollywood Boulevard
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Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
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Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
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Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
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We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film
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American Grindhouse
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Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
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The Butterfly Room
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Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
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Sharksploitation
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Trailer War
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24×36
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch
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Monsterland
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Razzennest
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Cinerama Adventure
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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
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The Creeps
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Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
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Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
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42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
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It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded...
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That Guy Dick Miller
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Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
A short documentary about the classic Universal Monster actor, Lon Chaney, Jr....
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Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
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Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
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Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
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Out of Print
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There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs
An in depth look at the making of The 'Burbs, from High Rising Productions. This feature-length docu...
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The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
This documentary short explores the origins of the monster movie and how Alfred Hitchcock's "The Bir...
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Hitchcocked!
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Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
A documentary detailing the making of the cult favorite "Plan 9 from Outer Space," featuring intervi...
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Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction
The story of the making of Soylent Green, a masterpiece of social science fiction, released in 1973....
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Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
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Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
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Tales of Halloween
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Making The Earth Stand Still
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The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
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The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
A look at the horror movies of the 1980's....
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A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
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Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
The Frankenstein Complex takes a historical as well as a creative perspective, with a mix of fascina...
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The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil
The shocking true story behind the making of Hammer Films notorious vampire saga....
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Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
A look at Hammer’s progression from a back office in London’s Regent Street to its iconic status wit...
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Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
Director Garry S. Grant’s insightful documentary celebrates the work and legacy of auteur filmmaker ...
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Long Live the King
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Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy
An in-depth look at the hidden meanings and blistering truth buried within Ed Wood's PLAN 9 FROM OUT...
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Corman's World
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King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
A feature-length documentary focusing on the acclaimed work and eclectic career of maverick filmmake...
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The Hatching of Spider Baby
Documentary focusing on Jack Hill's classic film, Spider Baby. Featured on the new Special Edition D...
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Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein
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Eating Raoul
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Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Mario Bava Operazione Paura", hosted by Joe Dante, is an hommage of the Master of the Terror, the it...
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Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
The untold story of Hammer at Warner Bros, and the relationship that produced some of the British co...
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Machete Maidens Unleashed!
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The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
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Sad Hill Unearthed
Province of Burgos, northern Spain, October 2015. A group of fans undertake the titanic task of rest...
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To Be... A Film Favorite
In this video piece, director Joe Dante discusses To Be or Not to Be, the era it was made in, and it...
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In Search of Darkness
An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and...
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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who becam...
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In Search of Tomorrow
A nostalgic journey through ’80s Sci-Fi-films, exploring their impact and relevance today, told by t...
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Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
A newly produced, feature-length documentary by filmmaker Daniel Griffith, featuring interviews with...
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Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
An in-depth, sad, and beautiful documentary about the stop motion and VFX artist Phil Tippett, a man...
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Sleepwalkers
Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world....
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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film, and that m...
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Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School
Retrospective documentary about Rock 'N' Roll High School....
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Love, Antosha
From a prolific career in film and television, Anton Yelchin left an indelible legacy as an actor. T...
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Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Fifty years after its release, the special effects makeup team behind Planet of the Apes reflect on ...
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House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Documentary on the making and impact of "House of Wax"....
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Oscar
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world o...
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Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
This biography, shown on American television as part of the PBS "Great Performances" series, examine...
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A Fuller Life
Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconven...
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Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to "The Big Lebowski" and everything in between, this fascinati...
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Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
The greatest cult horror and science fiction films of all-time are studied in vivid detail in the se...
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Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to t...
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Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
The final volume of Time Warp digs deep into what makes us laugh over and over again as we reveal th...
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Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
A documentary about Frank Tashlin's cartoons....
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In Search of Darkness: Part II
The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hou...
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Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
A documentary about the making of, and legacy of, the Forbidden Planet movie....
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The Perfect Scary Movie
A documentary looking at the various conventions and scare techniques of the horror genre....
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Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
Documentary featuring director Joe Dante, screenwriter John Sayles, producer Mike Finnell, stars Dee...
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From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
Chris Walas and Howie Mandel, the voice of Gizmo, describe the laborious development of Gizmo and th...
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Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
This new retrospective features new interviews with director Joe Dante, star Zach Galligan, writer C...
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Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
A Documentary about the Looney Tunes war cartoons...
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Karloff: The Gentle Monster
Film historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Boris ...
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Lugosi: The Dark Prince
Film historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Bela L...
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Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
A 100 year history of the development of movie marketing, reflecting technical improvements, audienc...
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Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
When it comes to producing, no one speaks with more authority than Lloyd Kaufman creator of The Toxi...
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Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Beginning just before his debut as Frankenstein’s creation, this documentary compellingly explores t...
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Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
Documentary short about the black & white Looney Tunes cartoons...
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Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
A documentary film that delves into the life and cinematic career of one of Japan's most prolific di...
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The Future of Fear
Join some of the most talented legends of the Horror Film genre for discussion of what scared us bef...
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Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
A High Rising Productions documentary on the short-lived craze of Italian cannibal films in the '70s...
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Tidal Wave
Two hundred million years ago, Earth had a single continent. As the millennia progressed, the single...
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The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus
A series of interviews about the history behind the 1972 Hammer Films production "Vampire Circus"....
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RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
The astonishing story of the genesis, production, worldwide success, and legacy of King Kong (1933),...
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RKO, A Story made in Hollywood
The history of RKO - one of the legendary "Big Five" studios of the Hollywood’s Golden Age, from its...
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The AckerMonster Chronicles!
Nudism. Esperanto. KING KONG. Sci-Fi. What do all of these things have in common? Simple: Forrest J...
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Boorman and the Devil
Featuring commentary from surviving participants, as well as other filmmakers and critics, this docu...
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The Vincent Price Legacy
The Legacy of Vincent Price, the first feature-length documentary about the Master of Menace, explor...
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Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
For over a half century, Ray Harryhausen has amazed and inspired countless filmmakers and fans aroun...
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innov...
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