Directing

Joe Dante

born 1946 · Directing

59.9avg grm

30titles

#700best rank

1honors

best title · #700 on siteLegends of Tomorrow2016 · as Director · series64.3

Honors

1

2010Time Machine Award

Bio

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

ranked on this site

2020s4 titles

Boorman and the Devil2025 · as Self59.0 L

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee2024 · as Self - Filmmaker & Friend of Christopher Lee57.6 S

Sharksploitation2023 · as Self57.5 R

Roger Corman: The Pope of Pop Cinema2021 · as Self58.4

2010s18 titles

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time, Parts 1-32019 · as Self · series63.0 L

Love, Antosha2019 · as Self62.0 M

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film2019 · as Self58.9 P

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters2019 · as Self58.1 H

Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros Years2018 · as Self58.4 K

King Cohen2017 · as Self58.5 S

Sad Hill Unearthed2017 · as Self57.6 L

Legends of Tomorrow2016 · as Director · series64.3 M

MacGyver2016 · as Director · series60.6 L

Long Live the King2016 · as Self58.5 4

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street2015 · as Self - Director58.5 C

Creature Designers - The Frankenstein Complex2015 · as Self58.3 S

Salem2014 · as Director · series62.1 W

Witches of East End2013 · as Director · series63.0 BBeast Wishes2012 · as Self59.1 H

Hawaii Five-02010 · as Director · series63.0 M

Machete Maidens Unleashed!2010 · as Self - New World Filmmaker 'Gremlins'57.1 A

American Grindhouse2010 · as Self - Director, 'Gremlins'55.2

2000s3 titles

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film2009 · as Self55.1 C

CSI: NY2004 · as Director · series60.6 E

Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen2004 · as Self58.1

1990s1 title

Eerie, Indiana1991 · as Director · series62.3

1980s3 titles

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal1986 · as Self58.4 G

Gremlins1984 · as Director70.7 P

Police Squad!1982 · as Director · series64.8

1960s1 title

The Movie Orgy1968 · as Director59.0

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Joe Dante

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born1946

known forDirecting

titles on site30

best title rank#700 · Legends of Tomorrow (2016)

avg GRM59.9

honors1 · Time Machine Award, 2010

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

ranked on this site

2020s

4 titles

59.0Boorman and the Devil2025 · as Self L

57.6The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee2024 · as Self - Filmmaker & Friend of Christopher Lee S

57.5Sharksploitation2023 · as Self R

58.4Roger Corman: The Pope of Pop Cinema2021 · as Self

2010s

18 titles

63.0Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time, Parts 1-32019 · as Self · series L

62.0Love, Antosha2019 · as Self M

58.9Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film2019 · as Self P

58.1Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters2019 · as Self H

58.4Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros Years2018 · as Self K

58.5King Cohen2017 · as Self S

57.6Sad Hill Unearthed2017 · as Self L

64.3Legends of Tomorrow2016 · as Director · series M

60.6MacGyver2016 · as Director · series L

58.5Long Live the King2016 · as Self 4

58.542nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street2015 · as Self - Director C

58.3Creature Designers - The Frankenstein Complex2015 · as Self S

62.1Salem2014 · as Director · series W

63.0Witches of East End2013 · as Director · series B59.1Beast Wishes2012 · as Self H

63.0Hawaii Five-02010 · as Director · series M

57.1Machete Maidens Unleashed!2010 · as Self - New World Filmmaker 'Gremlins'A

55.2American Grindhouse2010 · as Self - Director, 'Gremlins'

2000s

3 titles

55.1Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film2009 · as Self C

60.6CSI: NY2004 · as Director · series E

58.1Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen2004 · as Self

1990s

1 title

62.3Eerie, Indiana1991 · as Director · series

1980s

3 titles

58.4The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal1986 · as Self G

70.7Gremlins1984 · as Director P

64.8Police Squad!1982 · as Director · series

1960s

1 title

59.0The Movie Orgy1968 · as Director

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