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Joe Alves

Joe Alves

Actor, Art Director, Production Designer

Born May 21, 1936 in San Leandro, California, USA

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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 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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Sharksploitation | Official Trailer | Horror Brains

'The Shark is Still Working' trailer

Filmography

Actor

21

Type

Year

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story Poster

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story Feature Film2025Self - Production Designer

Les dents de la mer - Un succès monstre Poster

Les dents de la mer - Un succès monstre TV Movie2025Self

Unmasking Monsters Below Poster

Unmasking Monsters Below Feature Film2024Self

Sharksploitation Poster

Sharksploitation Feature Film2023Self

Return of the ORCA Poster

Return of the ORCA Documentary2021Self

Live from Detroit: The Jeff Dwoskin Show Poster

Live from Detroit: The Jeff Dwoskin Show TV Series2020Self - Guest

Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York' Poster

Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York' Video2018Self

Spielberg, un wonderboy à Hollywood Mini-Series2017Self

Viaggio nel Cinema in 3D: Una Storia Vintage Poster

Viaggio nel Cinema in 3D: Una Storia Vintage Documentary2016Self

Jaws: The Inside Story Poster

Jaws: The Inside Story Documentary2010Self

The Real Story Poster

The Real Story TV Series2008Self

The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of 'Jaws' Poster

The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of 'Jaws' Documentary2007Self

3D: A Brief History Poster

3D: A Brief History Documentary2004Self - Director, 'Jaws 3D'

Return to 'Escape from New York' Poster

Return to 'Escape from New York' Documentary2003Self

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' Poster

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' Documentary2001Self

The Making of 'Jaws 2' Poster

The Making of 'Jaws 2' Documentary2001Self

E! True Hollywood Story Poster

E! True Hollywood Story TV Series1996Self

The Making of 'Jaws' Poster

The Making of 'Jaws' Documentary1995Self

Movie Magic Poster

Movie Magic TV Series1994Self

Sightings Poster

Sightings TV Series1992Self - Production Designer

The Making of 'Jaws 3-D': Sharks Don't Die Poster

The Making of 'Jaws 3-D': Sharks Don't Die Documentary1983Self

Art Director

18

Type

Year

The Sugarland Express Poster

The Sugarland Express Feature Film1974

Double Indemnity Poster

Double Indemnity TV Movie1973

Isn't It Shocking? Poster

Isn't It Shocking? TV Movie1973

Scream, Pretty Peggy Poster

Scream, Pretty Peggy TV Movie1973

Hec Ramsey Poster

Hec Ramsey TV Series1972

Sarge TV Series1971

See the Man Run Poster

See the Man Run TV Movie1971

The Impatient Heart Poster

The Impatient Heart TV Movie1971

Company of Killers Poster

Company of Killers TV Movie1970

Pufnstuf Poster

Pufnstuf Feature Film1970

The Psychiatrist Poster

The Psychiatrist TV Series1970

The Young Country Poster

The Young Country TV Movie1970

Marcus Welby, M.D. Poster

Marcus Welby, M.D. TV Series1969

Night Gallery Poster

Night Gallery TV Series1969

The Bold Ones: The Protectors Poster

The Bold Ones: The Protectors TV Series1969

Winning Feature Film1969

The Name of the Game Poster

The Name of the Game TV Series1968

Ironside Poster

Ironside TV Series1967

Production Designer

13

PC and the Web Poster

PC and the Web Feature Film2001

Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists Poster

Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists Feature Film2000

Fire Down Below Poster

Fire Down Below Feature Film1997

Shadow Conspiracy Poster

Shadow Conspiracy Feature Film1997

Drop Zone Poster

Drop Zone Feature Film1994

Geronimo: An American Legend Poster

Geronimo: An American Legend Feature Film1993

Freejack Poster

Freejack Feature Film1992

Everybody's All-American Poster

Everybody's All-American Feature Film1988

Escape from New York Poster

Escape from New York Feature Film1981

Jaws 2 Feature Film1978

Close Encounters of the Third Kind Poster

Close Encounters of the Third Kind Feature Film1977

Embryo Feature Film1976

Jaws Feature Film1975

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5

Type

Year

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story Poster

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story Feature Film2025

Running Amok in Hollywood Poster

Running Amok in Hollywood Short Film2013

3D: A Brief History Poster

3D: A Brief History Documentary2004

Return to 'Escape from New York' Poster

Return to 'Escape from New York' Documentary2003

The Making of 'Jaws' Poster

The Making of 'Jaws' Documentary1995

Art Department

3

Starman Feature Film1984

Change of Habit Poster

Change of Habit Feature Film1969

Torn Curtain Poster

Torn Curtain Feature Film1966

2nd Unit / Asst Director

3

Starman Feature Film1984

Jaws 2 Feature Film1978

Jaws Feature Film1975

Producer

2

Freejack Poster

Freejack Feature Film1992

Jaws 2 Feature Film1978

Visual Effects

2

Sleeping Beauty Poster

Sleeping Beauty Feature Film1959

Forbidden Planet Poster

Forbidden Planet Feature Film1956

Other Crew

2

Type

Year

Jaws: The Inside Story Poster

Jaws: The Inside Story Documentary2010

The Challengers Poster

The Challengers TV Movie1970

Director

1

Jaws 3-D Poster

Jaws 3-D Feature Film1983

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