Joe Dante
DirectorProducerAdditional Crew
- Born
- November 28, 1946
Joe Dante is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Art. After a stint as a film reviewer, he began his filmmaking apprenticeship in 1974 as trailer editor for Roger Corman's New World Pictures. He made his directorial debut in 1976 with Hollywood Boulevard (1976) (co-directed with Allan Arkush),…
Director
| Nightmare Cinema(2018) |
| Hawaii Five-0(2010) |
| Salem(2014) |
| MacGyver(2016) |
| Legends of Tomorrow(2016) |
Writer
| Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever(1991) |
| Rock 'n' Roll High School(1979) |
Actor
| The Creeps(2025)as Uncle John |
| The Wish Fish(2025)as Narrator |
| Ah My Goddess: Bad Goddess Let's Save Vic Morrow(2023)as Joe Dante |
| Razzennest(2022)as Joe Dante |
| Tales of Halloween(2015)as Prof. Milo Gottleib (segment: Bad Seed) |
Producer
| Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai(2022) |
| Trailers from Hell(2007) |
| Camp Cold Brook(2018) |
| Trafficked(2017) |
| Dark(2015) |
Editor
| The Howling(1981) |
| Piranha(1978) |
| Grand Theft Auto(1977) |
| Hollywood Boulevard(1976) |
| The Arena(1974) |
Editorial Department
| Tex(1982) |
| The Island of the Fishmen(1979) |
Additional Crew
| This Island Earth: 2 1/2 Years in the Making(2013) |
| Jeremiah(2002) |
| Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror(1994) |
| Time Machine: The Journey Back(1993) |
| Eerie, Indiana(1991) |
Thanks
| The Puppetoon Movie: A Legacy Revisited(2026) |
| The Creeps(2025) |
| Solvent(2024) |
| Beyond the Dark(2022) |
| Ditched(2021) |
Self
| Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace(2026)as Self |
| The Movies That Made Me(2018)as Self - Host, Self - Guest |
| Trailers from Hell(2007)as Self - Narrator, Self, Self - Director, Self - Host |
| The Puppetoon Movie: A Legacy Revisited(2026)as Self |
| Svengoolie(1995)as Self - Interviewee |
Archive Footage
| Minty Comedic Arts(2015)as Self |
| FRO Thizzle Reviews(2022)as Self |
| Les Chroniques du Mea(2012)as Self |
| Behind the Attraction(2021)as Self |
| Écouter les Films: Jerry Goldsmith(2019)as Self |
Archive Sound
| The Movies That Made Me(2018)as Self - Host |
Credit Score: Joe Dante
| # | Name | Score | Year | Win | Nom | Known | ★ | Wins | Noms | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Innerspace | 5.00 | 1987 | • | 6.8 | 1 | 1 | 69816 | ||
| 2 | Gremlins | 4.50 | 1984 | • | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 274185 | ||
| 3 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | 2.50 | 1990 | • | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 120530 | ||
| 4 | Piranha | 2.38 | 1978 | • | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 27963 | ||
| 5 | Oscar | 1.00 | 1991 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 36685 | |||
| 6 | Eating Raoul | 1.00 | 1982 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 9944 | |||
| 7 | Rock 'n' Roll High School | 1.00 | 1981 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 12248 | |||
| 8 | Tales of Halloween | 0.95 | 2015 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 15542 | |||
| 9 | Beverly Hills Cop III | 0.95 | 1994 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 100467 | |||
| 10 | Sleepwalkers | 0.95 | 1992 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 27236 |