Joe Alves
Born in San Leandro, California, USA — May 21 1936
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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…
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Joe Alves's Credits
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Jaws
Art
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Art
Escape from New York
Art
Jaws 2
Art
Jaws 3-D
Directing
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
Starman
Directing
Fire Down Below
Art
Geronimo: An American Legend
Art
Drop Zone
Art
Winning
Art
The Sugarland Express
Art
Shadow Conspiracy
Art
Change of Habit
Art
Everybody's All-American
Art
Double Indemnity
Art
Jaws, a Monstrous Success
Self - set designer
The Making of 'Jaws'
Self
The Shark Is Still Working
Self
Embryo
Art
Pufnstuf
Art
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists
Art
Sharksploitation
Self
The Farmer and the Shark
Self
Scream, Pretty Peggy
Art
Isn't It Shocking?
Art
Return to 'Escape from New York'
Himself
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Self
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
Art
The Young Country
Art
See the Man Run
Art
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
Not Your Average Joe
Self
3D: A Brief History
Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York'
Self