Joe Dante
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.
Filmography
Gremlins, an american nightmare!
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
The Creeps
The Vincent Price Legacy
Boorman and the Devil
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Sharksploitation
Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
In Search of Darkness: Part III
Razzennest
Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction
In Search of Tomorrow
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
Tales of the Uncanny
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
