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Joe Dante TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
COMEDYFri, Jan 9, 4:30 PMBeverly Hills Cop IIIBuy
TBSSat, Jan 10, 8:10 AMSmall SoldiersBuy
SPIKETue, Jan 13, 3:00 PMCSI: NYBuy
SPIKEWed, Jan 14, 12:00 AMCSI: NYBuy

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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