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Joe Dante
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Age 79
Also known asJoseph James Dante Jr.GenderMaleBorn28/11/1946 (79)Born inMorristown, New Jersey, USAWikidataQ455279 ↗TMDb#4600 ↗

Filmography100 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2026Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce DernMovie—80
2025The CreepsMovieUncle John79
2024The Life and Deaths of Christopher LeeMovieSelf78
2024SharksploitationMovieSelf78
2024Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film DirectorMovieHimself78
2024Hammer: Heroes, Legends and MonstersMovieSelf78
2022In Search of Darkness: Part IIIMovieSelf76
2022The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All TimeSeriesSelf76
2022Charles Band’s Full Moon FreakshowSeries—76
2022Boris Karloff: The Rest of the StoryMovieSelf - Interviewee76
2022In Search of TomorrowMovieSelf - Interviewee76
2021Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the MonsterMovieSelf75
2021Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop CinemaMovieSelf75
2020Skin: A History of Nudity in the MoviesMovieSelf74
2020In Search of Darkness: Part IIMovieSelf74
2020Tales of the UncannyMovieSelf74
2020Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-FiMovieHost74
2020Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!MovieSelf (archive footage)74
2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight MadnessMovieHost74
2020Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All TimeSeriesSelf - Host74
2019Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed FilmMovieSelf73
2019Love, AntoshaMovieSelf73
2019Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High SchoolMovie—73
2019Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal WerewolfMovieSelf73
2018Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. YearsMovieSelf72
2018Eli Roth's History of HorrorSeriesSelf72
2018King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry CohenMovieSelf72
2018The Fear Is RealMovieSelf72
2017Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieurMovieSelf71
201624×36MovieSelf70
2015Creature Designers: The Frankenstein ComplexMovieSelf69
201542nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious StreetMovieSelf69
2015Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal FilmMovie—69
2014The Real History of Science FictionSeriesHimself68
2014Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish HorrorMovieSelf - Director68
2014Out of PrintMovieSelf68
2014From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the CreaturesMovieSelf68
2014Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making GremlinsMovieSelf68
2014That Guy Dick MillerMovieSelf68
2013House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!MovieSelf67
2013A Fuller LifeMovieSelf - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and Blue")67
2013Blast VegasMovieSalesman #267
2012The Butterfly RoomMovieCab Driver66
2012Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects TitanMovieSelf66
2012The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of EvilMovieSelf - Director66
2012The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster MovieMovieSelf66
2011A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!MovieSelf - Interviewee65
2011Corman's WorldMovieSelf - Filmmaker65
2011Produce Your Own Damn Movie!MovieSelf65
2011The Future of FearMovieSelf65
2011American GrindhouseMovieHimself65
2010The Man Who Saw Frankenstein CryMovieSelf64
2010Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.MovieSelf64
2009Direct Your Own Damn Movie!MovieSelf63
2009MonsterlandMovieSelf63
2009Nightmares in Red, White and BlueMovieSelf63
2009Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of SplatterMovieSelf63
2008Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFXMovieSelf62
2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”MovieSelf62
2007Spine Tingler! The William Castle StoryMovieSelf61
2007Spider Stravinsky: The Cinema Sounds of Ronald SteinMovieHimself61
2007The Hatching of Spider BabyMovieHimself61
2007The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of DarknessMovieSelf61
2006Karloff: The Gentle MonsterMovieSelf60
2006Hitchcocked!MovieSelf60
2005The Perfect Scary MovieMovieSelf59
2004Mario Bava: Operazione pauraMovieSelf / Host58
2004The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie EditingMovieSelf58
2004Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-ScreenMovieSelf58
2004Il castello dell'orroreMovieself58
2002Cinerama AdventureMovieSelf56
2001It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International PicturesMovieSelf55
2000Mario Bava: Maestro of the MacabreMovieSelf54
2000Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in AnimationMovieSelf54
1999Ray Harryhausen: Working with DinosaursMovieSelf53
1997Hollywood Rated 'R'MovieSelf51
1994The Silence of the HamsMovieDying Man48
1994Beverly Hills Cop IIIMovieJailer48
1994Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of HorrorMovieSelf48
1994A Century of CinemaMovieSelf48
1992SleepwalkersMovieLab Assistant46
1992Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' CompanionMovieHimself46
1992The Magical World of Chuck JonesMovieSelf46
1991OscarMovieFace on the Cutting Room Floor45
1991Eerie, IndianaSeriesDirector45
1991The Horror Hall of Fame IIMovieSelf45
1991Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and FantasyMovieSelf45
1990Gremlins 2: The New BatchMovieGrandpa Fred Director (uncredited)44
1987InnerspaceMovieVectorscope Employee (uncredited)41
1986The Fantasy Film Worlds of George PalMovieSelf40
1984GremlinsMovieMogwai / Gremlins (voice) (uncredited)38
1982Eating RaoulMovieBusboy (uncredited)36
1981Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'the Howling'MovieSelf35
1979The Orson Welles ShowMovieMember of Studio Audience33
1978PiranhaMovieScuba Diver #2 (uncredited)32
1978Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild AngelMovieSelf32
1976CannonballMovieKid30
1976Hollywood BoulevardMovieParty Waiter (uncredited)30
1975Tidal WaveMovie—29
0Mary Woronov: Cult QueenMovieSelf—