Overview
Joe Dante
Known For
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
A look at Hammer’s progression from a back office in...
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
A documentary film that delves into the life and cinematic...
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Aristocratic Italian roots, a close family connection to James Bond...
In Search of Darkness: Part III
The conclusion to the ‘In Search of Darkness’ '80s trilogy....
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story takes a deeper...
Razzennest
South African enfant terrible filmmaker and artiste-cineaste Manus Oosthuizen meets...
Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction
The story of the making of Soylent Green, a masterpiece...
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
In this Shudder Original series, master filmmakers and genre experts...
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.