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Joe Dante

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Joe Dante

Born Nov 28, 1946 · 79 years186 titles 163 movies · 23 TV
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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.

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Joseph James Dante Jr.

Born

Nov 28, 1946

Morristown, New Jersey, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

139

Acting credits

44

Directing

2

Writing

15

Other crew

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Career timeline

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1971 1 title(s)

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2014 9 title(s)

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Undated 6 title(s)