One of modern Hollywood's most amiable auteurs, Joe Dante makes witty genre movies and TV projects that are obvious by-products of a youth spent watching too many old movies on TV. Nourished by this experience, and the consumption of volumes of Forrest J. Ackerman's beloved fan mag "Famous Monsters of Filmland", the New Jersey-born youngster grew up to become a learned film buff. The 13-year old Dante even had an article published in "Famous Monsters". As an art student studying cartooning, he collaborated with future film producer Jon Davison on "The Movie Orgy", a seven-hour compilation of
