Joe Dante

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film director film producer human screenwriter

Joe Dante is an American film director best known for his darkly comedic and genre-blending work in movies like Gremlins, The Howling, and Innerspace.

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Joe Dante canonical 16

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
activeIn film industry ⓘ
birthName Joseph James Dante Jr. ⓘ
coFounded Trailers from Hell ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1946-11-28 ⓘ
directed Explorers ⓘ
Gremlins ⓘ
Gremlins 2: The New Batch ⓘ
Innerspace ⓘ
Looney Tunes: Back in Action ⓘ
Matinee ⓘ
Piranha (1978 film) ⓘ
surface form: Piranha

Small Soldiers ⓘ
The Burbs ⓘ
surface form: The 'Burbs

The Howling ⓘ
The Twilight Zone: The Movie ⓘ
surface form: Twilight Zone: The Movie
educatedAt The University of the Arts (Philadelphia) ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia College of Art
genre comedy film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
horror film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
hasWebsite Trailers from Hell ⓘ
influencedBy Roger Corman ⓘ
knownFor dark comedy ⓘ
genre blending ⓘ
name Joe Dante self-link ⓘ
notableWork Explorers ⓘ
Gremlins ⓘ
Gremlins 2: The New Batch ⓘ
Innerspace ⓘ
Matinee ⓘ
Piranha (1978 film) ⓘ
surface form: Piranha

Small Soldiers ⓘ
The Burbs ⓘ
surface form: The 'Burbs

The Howling ⓘ
The Twilight Zone: The Movie ⓘ
surface form: Twilight Zone: The Movie
occupation editor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Morristown, New Jersey ⓘ
surface form: Morristown, New Jersey, United States
spouse Elizabeth Stanley ⓘ
workedFor New World Pictures ⓘ
yearsActive 1970s–present ⓘ

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The Burbs → director → Joe Dante ⓘ
subject surface form: The 'Burbs
Grand Theft Auto (1977 film) → editedBy → Joe Dante ⓘ
Gremlins (1984 film score) → associatedWithDirector → Joe Dante ⓘ
Roger Corman → influenced → Joe Dante ⓘ
Looney Tunes: Back in Action → director → Joe Dante ⓘ
National Lampoon → launchedCareerOf → Joe Dante ⓘ
Paula Wagner → represented → Joe Dante ⓘ
Gremlins → director → Joe Dante ⓘ
The Twilight Zone: The Movie → director → Joe Dante ⓘ
The Twilight Zone: The Movie → segmentDirector → Joe Dante ⓘ
Joe Dante → name → Joe Dante self-link ⓘ
Michael Finnell → collaboratedWith → Joe Dante ⓘ
Ray Peterson → directorOfWork → Joe Dante ⓘ
Hans Klopek → workDirector → Joe Dante ⓘ
Marshall Harvey → collaboratedWith → Joe Dante ⓘ
The Howling → director → Joe Dante ⓘ