Joe Dante
Joseph James Dante Jr. is an American film director. 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.
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Gremlins 3
director
2027
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
actor
2026
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
actor
2026
The Creeps
actor
2025
Boorman and the Devil
actor
2025
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
actor
2024
Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction
actor
2022
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
actor
2021
Tales of the Uncanny
actor
2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II
actor
2020
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
actor
2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
actor
2020
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
actor
2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
actor
2020
In Search of Darkness
actor
2019
Sad Hill Unearthed
actor
2018
The Fear Is Real
actor
2018
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
actor
2018
Nightmare Cinema
director
2018
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
actor
2015
Tales of Halloween
actor
2015
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
actor
2015
Burying the Ex
director
2014
A Fuller Life
actor
2013
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
actor
2012
Corman's World
actor
2011
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
actor
2010
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
actor
2010
Splatter
director
2009
The Hole
director
2009
Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
actor
2008
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
actor
2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
actor
2007
Trapped Ashes
director
2006
Hitchcocked!
actor
2006
The Perfect Scary Movie
actor
2005
Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
actor
2005
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
actor
2005
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
director
2003
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
actor
2003
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
actor
2000
Small Soldiers
director
1998
The Second Civil War
director
1997
Runaway Daughters
director
1994
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
actor
1994
A Century of Cinema
actor
1994
Matinee
director
1993
Mant!
director
1993