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HBOSGeThu, Feb 11, 4:20 AMMatineeBuy
HBOSGeFri, Feb 12, 8:00 AMMatineeBuy
SyfyThu, Feb 18, 10:00 PMMasters of HorrorBuy
COMEDYSat, Feb 20, 5:00 PMBeverly Hills Cop IIIBuy
HBOeTue, Feb 23, 6:00 AMMatineeBuy

Joe Dante Biography

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  • Birth Place: Morristown, NJ
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 11/28/1946, Sagittarius
  • Profession: Director; producer; editor
Joe Dante Fast Facts:
  • Wrote for the horror fanzine Castle of Frankenstein and later became the managing editor for the trade magazine Film Bulletin.
  • His first film — made with friend and producer Jon Davison — was the seven-hour The Movie Orgy (1968), a compilation of movie trailers, commercials and clips.
  • Launched his film career as a trailer editor for Roger Corman's New World Pictures.
  • Won Saturn Awards for Best Editing in 1978 for the horror-comedy Piranha and Best Director for Gremlins in 1984. He also received directing nods for the 1987 sci-fi comedy Innerspace and 1989's Gremlins 2: The New Batch.
  • Cast character actor Dick Miller in many of his projects.
    Joe Dante Relationships:
  • Sylvia Dante - Wife

  • College:
  • Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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