Joe Dante - biography

“The dynamic is extremely similar to Gremlins and the hero is very similar, plus the small town atmosphere.  It really is in a way the third Gremlins movie.”

“I don’t think you can ever be ahead of your time with cynicism about that subject.  No, I don’t think it was ahead of its time.  I think it was very much a product of its time.”

“Daffy, of course, wants to go on the journey with him but the studio decides they want Daffy back, so Bugs and a young studio executive heroine have to go out and try to bring him back.”

Joe Dante directed the following films:
Piranha (1978)
The Howling (1981)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Gremlins (1984)
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
Innerspace (1987)
The ’burbs (1989)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Matinee (1993)
Small Soldiers (1998)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
Trapped Ashes (2006)
The Hole (2009)


Joe Dante contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
The ’burbs (1989)
Small Soldiers (1998)
Trapped Ashes (2006)


Joe Dante has appeared in the following films:
Sleepwalkers (1992)