FILM DIRECTOR

Joe Dante

1946 - Today

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Joseph James Dante Jr. (; born November 28, 1946) is an American filmmaker, producer, editor and actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Dante has received more than 1,627,427 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Joe Dante is the 382nd most popular film director (up from 394th in 2019), the 2,440th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,543rd in 2019) and the 100th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Joe Dantes by language

Over the past year Joe Dante has had the most page views in the with 224,947 views, followed by Italian (33,069), and French (32,373). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (1,161.11%), Latvian (386.13%), and Malagasy (105.28%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Joe Dante ranks 382 out of 2,041. Before him are Giuseppe De Santis, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, J. Lee Thompson, Saul Bass, Alexander Korda, and Roland Joffé. After him are Yorgos Lanthimos, Patrice Leconte, Lotte Reiniger, Sam Mendes, Robert Benton, and Gerard Damiano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Joe Dante ranks 184. Before him are Héctor Babenco, Ralf Hütter, Joanna Lumley, Piet Schrijvers, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, and Bernd Hölzenbein. After him are Willy van der Kuijlen, Sawao Kato, Alpha Oumar Konaré, Lucien Van Impe, Ellison Onizuka, and André Dussollier.

Others Born in 1946

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Dante ranks 2,440 out of 20,380. Before him are Eddie Money (1949), Saul Bass (1920), Michael Kamen (1948), Vera Wang (1949), Ralph Boston (1939), and James Bond (1900). After him are Frances Arnold (1956), Jaclyn Smith (1945), W. E. B. Du Bois (1868), John Milnor (1931), Henry Winkler (1945), and Dan Quayle (1947).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Joe Dante ranks 100. Before him are John Landis (1950), Stanley Donen (1924), Ray Harryhausen (1920), Clifford Odets (1906), Irvin Kershner (1923), and Saul Bass (1920). After him are Robert Benton (1932), Gerard Damiano (1928), Mervyn LeRoy (1900), John McTiernan (1951), Gene Deitch (1924), and James L. Brooks (1940).

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Filmography

Gremlins
Director
When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, unleashing a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
Jun 8o 19847.1 / 10
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Director
When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?
7.324 / 10
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Director
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!
Jun 15o 19906.4 / 10