Joe Dante
DirectingTotal Credits
187
Acting
140
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
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self
2007
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
Self
2015
Hawaii Five-0
Director
2010
The Twilight Zone
Director
1985
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
2020
Cinerama Adventure
Self
2002
Eerie, Indiana
Director
1991
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Self
2024
In Search of Darkness
Self
2019
In Search of Darkness: Part III
Self
2022
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
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Self · Associate Producer
1994
MacGyver
Director
2016
Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros. Years
Self
2018
Witches of East End
Director
2013
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Director
2016
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Self
2015
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
Himself
1992
Gremlins
Mogwai / Gremlins (voice) (uncredited) · Director
1984
Night Visions
Director
2001
Masters of Horror
Director
2005
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
Tales of the Uncanny
Self
2020
That Guy Dick Miller
Self
2014
The Real History of Science Fiction
Himself
2014
Sad Hill Unearthed
Self - Filmmaker
2018
24×36
Self
2016
Innerspace
Vectorscope Employee (uncredited) · Director
1987
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Self
2019
American Grindhouse
Himself
2011
The 'Burbs
Director
1989
Matinee
Director
1993
Trafficked
Executive Producer
2017
The Movie Orgy
Director · Editor
1968
The Howling
Editor · Director
1981
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
2022
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Self
2010
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
Self
2009
A Fuller Life
Self - Reader (segment "Sicily Black and Blue")
2013
Small Soldiers
Director
1998
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Self
2020
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Grandpa Fred Director (uncredited) · Director
1990
Eating Raoul
Busboy (uncredited)
1982
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Director
1983
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
2018
Oscar
Face on the Cutting Room Floor
1991
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Self
2018
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Director
2003
Rock 'n' Roll High School
Story
1979