Dante, Joe 1946–

PERSONAL

Born November 28, 1946, in Morristown, NJ; married Sylvia.

Addresses:

Agent—David Gersh, The Gersh Agency, 232 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210–5302.

Career:

Director, editor, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Managing editor, Film Bulletin; creator of advertising campaigns for films.

Member:

Directors Guild of America.

Awards, Honors:

Saturn Award (with Mark Goldblatt), best editing, Academy of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Films, 1979, for Piranha; International Fantasy Film Award nomination (with others), best film, Fantasporto, 1984, for Twilight Zone: The Movie; Saturn Award, best director, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, 1985, for Gremlins; Saturn Award nomination, best director, 1988, for Innerspace; Saturn Award nomination, best director, 1991, for Gremlins 2: The New Batch; Silver Raven Award, Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, 1993, for Matinee; Best Film Award nomination, Catalonian International Film Festival, 1998, for Small Soldiers; Golden FIPA, fiction, Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming, 1998, for The Second Civil War; Leopard of Honor, Locarno International Film Festival, 1998; Emerging Artist Award and American Treasure Award, Chicago International Film Festival, 2000.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Cannonball (also known as Carquake) New World, 1976.

Himself, Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel, Cinegate, 1978.

(Uncredited) Scubadiver, Piranha, New World, 1978.

The Slumber Party Massacre, 1981.

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal, 1985.

(Uncredited) "Grandpa Fred" director, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, 1990.

Face on cutting room floor, Oscar, 1991.

Lab assistant, Sleepwalkers (also known as Sleepstalkers and Stephen King's "Sleepwalkers"), 1992.

Himself, The Magic World of Chuck Jones, 1992.

Himself, Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The Plan 9 Companion (also known as The Ed Wood Story: The Plan 9 Companion), 1992.

(Cameo appearance) Dying man, Il silenzio dei proscutti (also known as The Silence of the Hams), 1994.

Jailer, Beverly Hills Cop III, 1994.

Hollywood Rated "R" (also known as Les denieres du culte), 1997.

Ray Harryhaused: Working with Dinosaurs, 1999.

It Conquered Hollywood: The Story of American International Pictures, 2001.

Cinerama Adventure, 2002.

Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off–Screen, 2004.

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing, 2004.

Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer, 2006.

Film Director:

The Movie Orgy (also known as Cheeseburger Film Sandwich), 1968.

Nippon chinbotsu (also known as Japan Sinks, Submersion of Japan, and Tidal Wave), 1973.

(With Allan Arkush) and editor (with Arkush and Amy Jones), Hollywood Boulevard, New World, 1976.

(With Mark Goldblatt), Piranha, New World, 1978.

(Uncredited) Rock 'n' Roll High School, 1979.

(With Goldblatt), The Howling, AVCO–Embassy, 1981.

"It's a Good Life," Twilight Zone—The Movie, Warner Bros., 1983.

Gremlins, Warner Bros., 1984.

Explorers, Paramount, 1985.

"Hairlooming," "Bullshit or Not," "Critics Corner," "Roast Your Loved One," and "Reckless Youth," Amazon Women on the Moon, Universal, 1987.

Innerspace, Warner Bros., 1987.

The 'Burbs, Universal, 1989.

Gremlins 2: The New Batch, 1990.

Matinee, 1993.

Small Soldiers, DreamWorks Distribution L.L.C., 1998.

Haunted Lighthouse, 2003.

Looney Tunes: Back in Action (also known as Looney Tunes Back in Action: The Movie), 2003.

Trapped Ashes, 2006.

Film Producer:

Malevolence, 1999.

Film Executive Producer:

The Phantom, Paramount, 1996.

Film Editor:

The Movie Orgy (also known as Cheeseburger Film Sandwich), 1968.

Hollywood Boulevard, 1976.

Grand Theft Auto, New World, 1977.

Piranha, New World, 1978.

The Howling, AVCO–Embassy, 1981.

The Arena (also known as Naked Warriors and La rivolta delle gladiatrici), 1983.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Interviewee and presenter, The Horror Hall of Fame, syndicated, 1990.

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror, 1994.

Hollywood Stars: A Century of Cinema, The Disney Channel, 1995.

The Roger Corman Special, Showtime, 1995.

The Reality Trip, 1997.

Masters of Fantasy: Industrial Light & Magic, Sci–Fi Channel, 1998.

Phil Hartman: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1998.

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In–Betweens—A Life in Animation, PBS, 2000.

Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre, 2000.

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing, Starz, 2004.

Manner im trenchcoat, frauen im pelz, 2004.

The Perfect Scary Movie, 2005.

Hitchcocked!, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodes:

Himself, Naked Hollywood, Arts and Entertainment, 1991.

"Small Soldiers: Size Doesn't Matter," HBO First Look, 1998.

"Looney Tunes: Back in Action," HBO First Look, 2003.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

A–Z of Horror (also known as Clive Barker's A–Z or Horror), 1997.

The 100 Scariest Movie Moments, 2004.

Television Director; Movies:

Runaway Daughters, Showtime, 1994.

The Second Civil War, HBO, 1997.

The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (also known as The Osiris Chronicles), UPN, 1998.

Television Executive Producer; Movies:

The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (also known as The Osiris Chronicles), UPN, 1998.

Television Director; Pilots:

Eerie, Indiana, NBC, 1991.

The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (also known as The Osiris Chronicles), CBS, 1995.

Television Executive Producer; Pilots:

The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (also known as The Osiris Chronicles), CBS, 1995.

Television Executive Producer; Episodic:

Jeremiah, 2002.

Television Director; Episodic:

Police Squad!, ABC, 1982.

"The Shadow Man," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1985.

"Boo!" Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986.

"The Greibble," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986.

(5 episodes) Eerie, Indiana, 1991–92.

"Lightning," Pictures Windows (also known as Picture Windows: Language of the Heart), Showtime, 1995.

"The Occupant," Night Visions, 2000.

"Quiet Please," Night Visions, 2000.

"Homecoming," Masters of Horror, 2003.

"The Screwfly Solution," Masters of Horror, 2006.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy (also known as Forrest J. Ackerman's Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy), 1991.

The Vampire Interviews, 1994.

Making the Earth Stand Still, 1995.

Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith, 1995.

100 Years of Horror: Gory Gimmicks, 1996.

100 Years of Horror: Maniacs, 1996.

Unleashing the Beast: Making "The Howling", 2003.

Behind the Tunes: Bugs—A Rabbit for All Seasonings, 2003.

Behind the Tunes: Southern Pride Chicken, 2003.

Welcome to Werewolfland, 2004.

Behind the Tunes: Crash! Bang! Boom!—The Wild Sounds of Treg Brown, 2004.

The Hatching of Spider Boy, 2004.

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy, 2005.

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection, 2005.

RKO Production 601: The Making of "Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World", 2005.

Behind the Tunes: The Charm of Stink—On the Scent of Pepe le Pew, 2005.

Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!, 2005.

Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White, 2005.

Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash—Animated World of Frank Tashlin, 2005.

Back to School: A Retrospective—"Rock 'n' Roll High School" Rock on Edition DVD, 2005.

Playing the Game: Looking Back at "Death Race 2000" —Death Race 2000 Special Edition DVD, 2005.

Karloff, the Gentle Monster, 2006.

Lugosi, the Dark Prince, 2006.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(With others) Rock 'n' Roll High School, 1979.

Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever, 1991.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

The Guardian, October 16, 1998, pp. T10.