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Joe Dante: Biography

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Birth Name: Joseph Dante Jr.
Birth Place: Morristown, NJ
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 11/28/1946, Sagittarius
Profession: Director; producer; editor

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Joe Dante Fast Facts:

Wrote for the horror fanzine Castle of Frankenstein; later became managing editor and a writer 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 that was popular on college campuses.
Got his start in the film business working as an editor of trailers for B-movie producer Roger Corman's New World Pictures.
Won Saturn Awards for Best Editing in 1978 for horror-comedy Piranha and Best Director for Gremlins in 1984; was nominated for Best Director in 1987 for sci-fi comedy Innerspace and in 1989 for Gremlins 2: The New Batch.
Has cast character actor Dick Miller in many of his projects.
In 2007, helped create Trailers From Hell, a Web site that features filmmakers' commentary on vintage movie trailers, mostly in the horror and science-fiction genres; the site has released several DVD collections since then.

Joe Dante Relationships:
Sylvia Dante - Wife
Joe Dante Sr. - Father
College:
Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

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Masters of Horror, Joe Dante, Jason Priestley Diyah Pera/Showtime

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