Joe Alves
- Scenografia
- 21 maggio 1936 · San Leandro, California, USA
Biografia
Joe Alves (born 21 May 1936, San Leandro, California) is an American film production designer, perhaps best known for his work on three of the Jaws films. He directed Jaws 3-D. Alves has designed three features for Steven Spielberg, firstly for The Sugarland Express. He designed the three mechanical sharks for the movie Jaws (1975) with mechanical effects man Bob Mattey supervising their physical construction in Sun Valley CA. After the sharks were completed, they were trucked to the shooting location, but unfortunately they had not been tested in water causing a series of delays that have become quite legendary over time. He was nominated for the Academy Award and won the BAFTA for Best Art Direction for his work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Alves worked on Jaws 2 (1978) in the capacity of both production designer and as second unit director. After John D. Hancock, the initial director of Jaws 2, was sacked, it was suggested that Alves co-direct it with Verna Fields (who edited the original Jaws). Jeannot Szwarc was hired, however, to complete the film. The model of New York he created for John Carpenter's Escape from New York (1981) has been described as "memorably derelict", and he was visual consultant on Carpenter's Starman (1984).
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Filmografia
- The Farmer and the Shark · In persona
- Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story · In persona
- Les dents de la mer, un succès monstre · In persona
- Sharksploitation · In persona
- Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York' · In persona
- Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
- The Shark Is Still Working · In persona
- 3D: A Brief History
- Return to 'Escape from New York' · In persona
- The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' · In persona
- Sinbad - Un'avventura di spada e magia · Production Design
- Fire Down Below - L'inferno sepolto · Production Design
- Shadow Program - Programma segreto · Production Design
- E! True Hollywood Story · In persona
- The Making of 'Jaws' · In persona
- Omicidio nel vuoto · Production Design
- Geronimo · Production Design
- Freejack - In fuga nel futuro · Production Design
- Un amore una vita · Production Design
- Starman · Second Unit Director
- Lo squalo 3 · Regia
- 1997: Fuga da New York · Production Design
- Lo squalo 2 · Production Design, Second Unit Director
- Incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo · Production Design
- Embryo · Production Design
- Lo squalo · Production Design, Second Unit Director
- Sugarland Express · Art Direction
- L'ombra di Jennifer · Art Direction
- Double Indemnity · Art Direction
- Compagni di scuola · Art Direction
- See the Man Run · Art Direction
- Sarge: The Badge or the Cross · Art Direction
- Pufnstuf · Art Direction
- The Young Country · Art Direction
- Change of Habit · Assistant Art Director
- Indianapolis, pista infernale · Art Direction