DANTE Joe

DANTE (Dante), Joe (p. 28. 11. 1946), American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor.
After graduation he was chief editor of 'Film Bulletin'. In the early 70-ies did an editor in the company 'New World Pictures'. With the support of P. Korman was a director, withdrew in 1978 fiction thriller 'Piranha' (Piranha) enjoyed some success. In 1981, after the success of a purely commercial horror film 'The Howling' (The Howling) signed a contract with the company 'Emblin Enterteynment' N. Spielberg. In producing the latter's participation was the author of the popular fantasy-film 'Gremlins' (Gremlins, 1984), which combined elements of fairy tale with a caricature of contemporary America. After 6 years I did a sequel of the film 'Gremlins 2' (Gremlins 2: The New Batch), not losing in ingenuity and acuteness of vision. With varying degrees of success working in a genre of fiction in the film 'researchers' (Explorers, 1985); 'Innerspace', (Innerspace, 1987) and the provincial drama ( 'Suburbs', 1989; 'Night Session', 1993). In 1997, raised a fantastic TV movie 'The Second Civil War'.
. Dmitry Karavaev
. 1957 THE JOKER IS WILD / ALL THE WAY Artist
. 1962 TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN singer
. 1973 THE ARENA / NAKED WARRIORS editor
. 1976 CANNONBALL Artist
. 1976 HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD director, editor
. 1977 GRAND THEFT AUTO editor
. 1978 Piranha / PIRANHA director, editor
. 1978 ROGER CORMAN: HOLLYWOOD'S WILD ANGEL singer
. 1981 Howling / THE HOWLING director, editor
. 1982 SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE Executive
. 1983 TWILIGHT ZONE-THE MOVIE directed
. 1984 Gremlin / GREMLINS director
. 1985 RESEARCHERS / EXPLORERS director
. 1986 THE FANTASY FILM WORLD OF GEORGE PAL assistant, Executive
. 1987 AMAZONS ON THE MOON / AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON director
. 1987 Innerspace / INNERSPACE director
. 1987 THE PUPPETOON MOVIE Assistant
. 1989 THE 'BURBS director
. 1990 Gremlin-2 / GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH director
. 1991 OSCAR Executive
. 1991 ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL FOREVER director
. 1992 THE MAGICAL WORLD OF CHUCK JONES Executive
. 1992 STEPHEN KING'S SLEEPWALKERS / SLEEPWALKERS Executive
. 1993 DAY SESSION / MATINEE director
. 1994 Beverly Hills Cop III / BEVERLY HILLS COP III Executive
. 1994 RUNAWAY DAUGHTERS director
. 1994 SILENCE OF THE HAMS Executive
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