Joe dante biography
Joe dante biography
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Dante, Joe
PERSONAL
Born November 28, 1946, in Morristown, NJ; married Sylvia.
Addresses:
Agent—David Gersh, The Gersh Agency, 232 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210–5302.
Career:
Director, editor, producer, screenwriter, and actor.
Managing editor, Film Bulletin; creator of advertising campaigns for films.
Member:
Directors Guild of America.
Awards, Honors:
Saturn Award (with Mark Goldblatt), best editing, Academy of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Films, 1979, for Piranha; International Fantasy Film Award nomination (with others), best film, Fantasporto, 1984, for Twilight Zone: The Movie; Saturn Award, best director, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, 1985, for Gremlins; Saturn Award nomination, best director, 1988, for Innerspace; Saturn Award nomination, best director, 1991, for Gremlins 2: The New Batch; Silver Raven Award, Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, 1993, for Matinee; Best Film Award nomination, Cat