Joe Dante

1946 (79) • Directing

Born: 11/28/1946 (79) in Morristown, New Jersey, USA

Known for: Directing

Joe Dante

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.

Known For

Gremlins

71%

Director

1984

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

65%

Director

1990

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

72%

Director

2016

Small Soldiers

66%

Director

1998

Hawaii Five-0

77%

Director

2010

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

64%

Director

2003

Innerspace

68%

Director

1987

The 'Burbs

68%

Director

1989

Boorman and the Devil

85%

Self

2026

The Creeps

45%

Uncle John

2025

The Vincent Price Legacy

90%

Himself

2025

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

82%

Self

2024

Sharksploitation

67%

Self

2024

Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director

75%

Himself

2024

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

75%

Self

2024

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

84%

Consulting Producer

2023

In Search of Darkness: Part III

75%

Self

2022

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

100%

Self - Interviewee

2022

Razzennest

57%

Joe Dante

2022

Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction

69%

Self

2022

The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time

67%

Self

2022

Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow

70%

Unknown

2022

In Search of Tomorrow

67%

Self - Interviewee

2022

Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida

70%

Self [archival]

2021

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

63%

Self

2021

Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema

70%

Self

2021

Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!

80%

Self (archive footage)

2020

Tales of the Uncanny

70%

Self

2020

In Search of Darkness: Part II

77%

Self

2020

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

65%

Self

2020

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

68%

Host

2020

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

57%

Host

2020

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

60%

Host

2020

Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School

2019

Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf

Self

2019

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

74%

Self

2019