Biography
Joe Dante
Directing
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).…
Career works
140
Movies
131
Series
9
Career average
6.9/10
Birth date
11/28/1946
Place of birth
Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
2026
The Creeps
2025 · 4.5
The Vincent Price Legacy
2025 · 9.0
Boorman and the Devil
2025
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024 · 8.2
Sharksploitation
2024 · 7.0
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
2024 · 7.5
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024 · 7.6
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022 · 7.5
Razzennest
2022 · 5.8
Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction
2022 · 7.2
In Search of Tomorrow
2022 · 6.6
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
2021 · 7.0
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021 · 7.0
Series
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
2022 · 7.1
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022 · 7.0
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020 · 7.2
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018 · 6.4
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014 · 7.0
100 Scariest Movie Moments
2004 · 7.9
Leçon de Cinéma
2004 · 7.0
Eerie, Indiana
1991 · 7.6
Great Performances
1971 · 6.1