Joe Dante
DirectingTotal Credits
186
Acting
139
First Credit
1968
Latest Credit
2026
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Actor
2005
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
Consulting Producer
2023
Police Squad!
Director
1982
100 Scariest Movie Moments
Self
2004
She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'
Self / Host
1999
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
Self
2015
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self
2007
Hawaii Five-0
Director
2010
The Twilight Zone
Director
1985
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
2020
Cinerama Adventure
Self
2002
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Self
2024
Eerie, Indiana
Director
1991
In Search of Darkness: Part III
Self
2022
In Search of Darkness
Self
2019
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Self
2019
Amazing Stories
Director
1985
Love, Antosha
Self
2019
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Self
2012
CSI: NY
Director
2004
Witches of East End
Director
2013
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Self · Associate Producer
1994
Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
Self
2018
MacGyver
Director
2016
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Director
2016
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Self
2015
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
Himself
1992
Masters of Horror
Director
2005
Gremlins
Mogwai / Gremlins (voice) (uncredited) · Director
1984
Night Visions
Director
2001
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
Self
2022
Corman's World
Self - Filmmaker · Thanks
2011
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
2004
The Real History of Science Fiction
Himself
2014
Sad Hill Unearthed
Self - Filmmaker
2018
Tales of the Uncanny
Self
2020
That Guy Dick Miller
Self
2014
24×36
Self
2016
Innerspace
Vectorscope Employee (uncredited) · Director
1987
American Grindhouse
Himself
2011
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Self
2019
The 'Burbs
Director
1989
The Movie Orgy
Director · Editor
1968
Matinee
Director
1993
Trafficked
Executive Producer
2017
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
2022
A Fuller Life
Self - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and Blue")
2013
The Howling
Editor · Director
1981
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Self
2010
Small Soldiers
Director
1998
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
Self
2009
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Grandpa Fred Director (uncredited) · Director
1990
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Director
1983
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Self
2020
Eating Raoul
Busboy (uncredited)
1982
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
2018
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Self
2018
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Director
2003
Oscar
Face on the Cutting Room Floor
1991
Rock 'n' Roll High School
Story
1979