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Joe Dante
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 B…
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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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2026
Boorman and the Devil
Movie Self
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2026
Gremlins, an american nightmare!
Movie Himself
- 2026
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2026
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
Movie Self
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2025
The Creeps
Movie Uncle John
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2025
The Vincent Price Legacy
Movie Himself
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2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Movie Self
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2024
Sharksploitation
Movie Self
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2024
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
Movie Himself
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2024
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Movie Self
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2023
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
TV show Consulting Producer
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2022
In Search of Darkness: Part III
Movie Self
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2022
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Movie Self - Interviewee
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2022
Razzennest
Movie Joe Dante
- 2022
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2022
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
TV show Self
More credits
- 2022
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2022
In Search of Tomorrow
Movie Self - Interviewee
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2021
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
Movie Self [archival]
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2021
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Movie Self
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2021
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
Movie Self
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2020
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
Tales of the Uncanny
Movie Self
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2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Movie Self
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2020
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Movie Self
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2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Movie Host
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2020
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Movie Host
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2020
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
TV show Self - Host
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2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Movie Host
- 2019
- 2019
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2019
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Movie Self
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2019
Love, Antosha
Movie Self
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2019
In Search of Darkness
Movie Self
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2019
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Movie Self
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2018
Sad Hill Unearthed
Movie Self - Filmmaker
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2018
The Fear Is Real
Movie Self
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2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV show Self
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2018
Camp Cold Brook
Movie Executive Producer
- 2018
