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Director, Actor, Editor Born: November 28, 1946 in Morristown, NJ Biography:Born and raised in New Jersey, "Joe Dante" was a garrulous, semi-obsessed "movie nut." As a teenager, Dante wrote articles and criticism for "#Castle of Frankenstein," a popular "fanzine" for horror-film aficionados. While attending the Philadelphia College of Art, Dante and his friend "Jon Davidson" put together The Movie Orgy (1968), a 7-hour compilation of kitschy film clips that was screened on the college-campus circuit under the sponsorship of Schlitz beer. Dante went on to write for "The Film Bulletin", then joined "Roger Corman"'s New World Pictures, starting out editing trailers. When Dante made noises about becoming a director, Corman challenged him to whip up a picture for $50,000; the result was "Hollywood Boulevard", an elongated (and frequently sidesplitting) inside joke about low-budget moviemaking. With "Piranha" (1978) and "The Howling" (1980), Dante began attracting critical... Full Biography
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