
Joe Alves
Biography
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).
Personal Info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-05-21
Place of Birth
San Leandro, California, USA
Cast
Not Your Average Joe
TBA0.0 / 10
Sharksploitation
20240.0 / 10
The Making of 'Jaws'
19956.7 / 10
3D: A Brief History
20045.7 / 10
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
20160.0 / 10
The Farmer & the Shark
20250.0 / 10
Crew
Escape from New York
19817.1 / 10
Jaws
19757.7 / 10
Jaws 2
19786.0 / 10
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
19777.3 / 10
The Sugarland Express
19746.6 / 10
The Young Country
19708.0 / 10
Jaws 3-D
19834.5 / 10
Starman
19846.9 / 10
Isn't It Shocking?
19736.1 / 10
Change of Habit
19695.4 / 10
Scream, Pretty Peggy
19736.0 / 10
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
19710.0 / 10
Embryo
19764.6 / 10
Double Indemnity
19734.8 / 10
Fire Down Below
19975.7 / 10
Drop Zone
19945.7 / 10
Geronimo: An American Legend
19936.3 / 10
See the Man Run
19738.7 / 10
Shadow Conspiracy
19975.0 / 10
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists
20004.3 / 10
Winning
19695.9 / 10
Everybody's All-American
19885.4 / 10
Pufnstuf
19706.1 / 10