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Joe Dante

Directing Born 28 Nov 1946 — 79.661186445098 years old Morristown, New Jersey, USA

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)...

Latest credit Gremlins, an american nightmare! (2026)

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115 titles

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Gremlins, an american nightmare!

2026 · 52 min

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Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern

2026 · 111 min

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Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace

2026 · 59 min

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The Creeps

2025 · 96 min

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The Vincent Price Legacy

2025 · 136 min

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Boorman and the Devil

2025 · 112 min

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Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

2024 · 90 min

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Sharksploitation

2024 · 106 min

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Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director

2024 · 75 min

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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

2024 · 103 min

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story DOC Watched In progress

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

2022 · 120 min

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Razzennest

2022 · 81 min

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

2022 · 56 min

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

2021 · 127 min

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Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

2021 · 103 min

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Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema

2021 · 52 min

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

2020 · 61 min

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Tales of the Uncanny

2020 · 104 min

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In Search of Darkness: Part II

2020 · 263 min

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Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

2020 · 131 min

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Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

2020 · 128 min

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Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

2020 · 83 min

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Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

2020 · 101 min

Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School DOC Watched In progress

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

2019 · 75 min

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Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf

2019 · 77 min

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Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

2019 · 80 min

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In Search of Darkness

2019 · 264 min

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Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

2019 · 86 min

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Sad Hill Unearthed

2018 · 83 min

The Fear Is Real DOC Watched In progress

The Fear Is Real

2018 · 13 min

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King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

2018 · 110 min

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Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years

2018 · 101 min

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Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur

2017

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Long Live the King

2016 · 82 min

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24×36

2016 · 81 min

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Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy

2016 · 75 min

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Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

2015 · 104 min

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Tales of Halloween

2015 · 97 min

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42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

2015 · 82 min

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Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

2015 · 84 min

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From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures

2014 · 18 min

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Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins

2014 · 29 min

There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs DOC Watched In progress

There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs

2014 · 66 min

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Out of Print

2014 · 86 min

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Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror

2014 · 64 min

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We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film

2014 · 12 min

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That Guy Dick Miller

2014 · 91 min

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House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

2013 · 48 min

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A Fuller Life

2013 · 80 min

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Blast Vegas

2013 · 86 min

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Trailer War

2012 · 113 min

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The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie

2012 · 14 min

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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

2012 · 90 min

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The Butterfly Room

2012 · 87 min

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The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil

2012 · 89 min

To Be... A Film Favorite DOC Watched In progress

To Be... A Film Favorite

2012 · 10 min

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Corman's World

2011 · 91 min

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A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!

2011 · 58 min

The Future of Fear DOC Watched In progress

The Future of Fear

2011 · 88 min

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Produce Your Own Damn Movie!

2011 · 300 min

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American Grindhouse

2011 · 82 min

The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus DOC Watched In progress

The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus

2010 · 33 min

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Machete Maidens Unleashed!

2010 · 85 min

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The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry

2010 · 75 min

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RKO, A Story made in Hollywood

2010 · 109 min

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Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.

2010 · 37 min

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The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth

2010 · 10 min

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Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

2009 · 96 min

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Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter

2009 · 17 min

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Direct Your Own Damn Movie!

2009 · 118 min

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Monsterland

2009 · 80 min

Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer DOC Watched In progress

Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer

2009 · 128 min

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RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”

2008 · 159 min

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Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX

2008 · 59 min

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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

2007 · 82 min

Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein DOC Watched In progress

Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald Stein

2007 · 11 min

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The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness

2007 · 23 min

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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

2007 · 48 min

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The Hatching of Spider Baby

2007 · 32 min

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Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

2006 · 14 min

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Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

2006 · 27 min

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Lugosi: The Dark Prince

2006 · 36 min

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Hitchcocked!

2006 · 24 min

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Karloff: The Gentle Monster

2006 · 38 min

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The Perfect Scary Movie

2005 · 102 min

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Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin

2005 · 17 min

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Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!

2005 · 10 min

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Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White

2005 · 9 min

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Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

2005 · 53 min

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Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

2005 · 233 min

Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz DOC Watched In progress

Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

2004 · 60 min

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Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen

2004 · 76 min

The Art of Crime DOC Watched In progress

The Art of Crime

2004 · 20 min

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Mario Bava: Operazione paura

2004 · 54 min

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Welcome to Werewolfland

2004 · 49 min

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Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’

2003 · 48 min

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Making The Earth Stand Still

2001 · 70 min

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It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

2001 · 60 min

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Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

2000 · 90 min

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Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre

2000 · 60 min

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Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs

1999 · 38 min

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She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'

1999 · 39 min

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Hollywood Rated 'R'

1997 · 90 min

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Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

1994 · 147 min

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A Century of Cinema

1994 · 72 min

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The Magical World of Chuck Jones

1992 · 93 min

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Sleepwalkers

1992 · 89 min

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Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion

1992 · 111 min

The Horror Hall of Fame II DOC Watched In progress

The Horror Hall of Fame II

1991 · 120 min

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The Orson Welles Show

1979 · 74 min

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The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time

2022 · 48 min

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Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time

2020

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Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

Unknown · 90 min

The AckerMonster Chronicles! DOC Watched In progress

The AckerMonster Chronicles!

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Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell DOC Watched In progress

Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell

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