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Joe Dante: Biography

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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 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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Joe Dante's Homecoming
Masters of Horror - Movie Clip
Network: VH1
Posted: 11/17/2007

Homecoming - Joe Dante
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Network: Amazon Unbox
Posted: 1/24/2008 Length: 59m 0s

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Network: Video Detective
Posted: 3/17/2008

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