Joe Dante
Joseph James Dante Jr. (born November 28, 1946) is an American filmmaker, producer, editor and actor. His films—notably Gremlins (1984) alongside its sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)—often mix the 1950s-style B movie genre with 1960s radicalism and cartoon comedy. Dante's output includes the films Piranha (1978), The Howling (1981), Explorers (1985), Innerspace (1987), The 'Burbs (1989), Matinee (1993), Small Soldiers (1998), and Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003). His work for television and cable include the social satire The Second Civil War (1997), episodes of the anthology series Masters of Horror ("Homecoming" and "The Screwfly Solution") and Amazing Stories, as well as Police Squad! and Hawaii Five-0. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Dante, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Gremlins 
Gremlins 2: The New Batch 
Small Soldiers 
The 'Burbs 
Innerspace 
Twilight Zone: The Movie 
The Howling 
Looney Tunes: Back in Action 
Piranha 
Sleepwalkers 
Explorers 
The Hole 
Matinee 
Amazon Women on the Moon 
Burying the Ex 
Nightmare Cinema 
American Grindhouse 
The Butterfly Room 
The Second Civil War 
Camp Cold Brook 
Trafficked 
Sad Hill Unearthed 
Trapped Ashes 
Machete Maidens Unleashed! 
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies 
Razzennest 
That Guy Dick Miller 
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror 
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 
Sharksploitation 
Out of Print 
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters 
A Fuller Life 
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film 
The Movie Orgy 
Trailer War 
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry 
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time- Vol. 1 Midnight Madness 
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time- Vol. 2 Horror and Sci-Fi 
Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy 
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters