Joe Dante first gained cult notoriety for his now legendary movie-mash-up, The Movie Orgy.  His first feature was Hollywood Blvd. which he co-directed with Allan Arkush for mentor Roger Corman. He made a splash with Piranha and then a slash with the werewolf thriller, The Howling. A well-received segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie led to the smash hit Gremlins for Steven Spielberg.

Subsequent films include:  Explorers, Innerspace, The ‘Burbs, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Matinee, Small Soldiers, Looney Tunes: Back in Action (featuring one of Dante’s favorite actors, Bugs Bunny), The Hole 3D and Burying the Ex.

Dante has directed television episodes of Amazing Stories, Twilight Zone, Police Squad!, Night Visions, Picture Windows, CSI: New York, Hawaii Five-O, Salem, MacGyver, Witches of East End, and Legends of Tomorrow, as well as pilots for The Osiris Chronicles and Eerie, Indiana, on which he was also creative consultant.  He received Cable Ace nominations for his direction of the Showtime movie Runaway Daughters and HBO’s The Second Civil War.

His politically-charged Homecoming episode of Showtime’s Masters of Horror received rave reviews and was named to numerous critics lists.  He also directed The Screwfly Solution for that show’s second season.  Dante currently produces the acclaimed new media series Trailers from Hell, and is the co-host (with Josh Olson) of TFH’s flagship podcast The Movies That Made Me.

Dante has two new projects slated for release this year: the horror anthology film Nightmare Cinema, for which Joe directed the segment Mirari, and Camp Cold Brook, which Joe executive produced through his company Renfield Productions.

He has been honored with lifetime achievement awards and career retrospectives  at prestigious film festivals, museums and cinematheques around the world.

After 7 years as the Directors Guild of America’s Assistant Executive Director, Elizabeth Stanley established Elizabeth Stanley Pictures in 2005. Since then, she has produced the feature documentary, The Doctor, The Tornado and The Kentucky Kid and The Dark Path Chronicles, an original webisode series for FEARnet.  She also produces the award-winning multi-platform series Trailers from Hell (www.trailersfromhell.com).  Future projects include: Trafficked,  a thriller set in the world of the sex slave trade; The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes and Monster Love, both to be directed by Joe Dante; and The Dark Path, a gothic fairy tale.

Jonas Hudson is an entertainment and new media entrepreneur who connects brands, distributors and content and syndicates through disruptive distribution channels. Mr. Hudson is a Co-Founder of 360 AdSpots, the worlds first dedicated 360/VR ad platform and CausePlay, LLC, a provider of mobile solutions for retailers brands.

360 AdSpots provides pre-roll, 360 and VR ads within a white label, global publishing network.

CausePlay provides mobile solution for retailers and brands, targeting grocery.

Before 360 AdSpots, Mr. Hudson co-founded The Nickels Group (TNG) – a new media company focused on mobile distribution and online music and video syndication. TNG was sold to London-based Mobile Streams (MOS) in 2006.

Prior to forming TNG, Jonas worked in marketing and distribution at Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema. At Warner Bros., he planned and executed marketing and promotional strategies for the launch of the patented, new DVD technology, under Warren Lieberfarb.

Indiana native Charlie Largent does all the illustration and design for Trailers From Hell. He received his BFA at the John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and his MFA at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. After graduation, he created commercial illustrations for advertisers and publishers while also developing his fine art. He began a series of one man and group shows (in New York, Chicago, Indianapolis and Los Angeles) that continue to this day.

In 1997, Largent developed Charlie Hill Illustration which provides digital illustration to the advertising and editorial world and includes Coca-Cola, Microsoft and A&E Network among his clients.

In 2000 Largent moved to California, beginning a stint as film reviewer (for Video Watchdog) and writing screenplays. He sold an original story, Tagged, to UPN for the most recent incarnation of The Twilight Zone hosted by Forest Whitaker and co-wrote the original screenplay The Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes, which will be directed by Joe Dante. In addition to his illustration and design for Trailers From Hell, Charlie is currently working on a series of drawings for an upcoming exhibition, as well as a book on film. Charlie’s writing is represented by Judy Coppage of The Coppage Company and his commercial art is represented by Mendola Artists (in the US) and Meiklejohn Artists (in the UK).

Kris heads the TFH interactive division from his office in Lawrence, KS.

Kris has collaborated with leading software and app companies, bioscience and technology innovators and Fortune 500 brands worldwide including Coca-Cola, AMC Theaters, Walmart, Wendy’s, McDonalds and others through his freelance creative efforts via NMS3.

With 20 years of bi-coastal industry experience under his belt, Mark Alan has worked his way from Creative Executive and Director of Development to eventually partnering with Joe Dante and Mike Finnell’s Renfield Productions in Los Angeles. Under the Renfield banner, Mark Alan has produced the multi award-winning feature DARK, starring Alexandra Breckenridge & Whitney Able as well as Shriekfest’s ‘Best Horror of 2018’ CAMP COLD BROOK, starring Chad Michael Murray & Danielle Harris. He joined TRAILERS FROM HELL at it’s inception – a film schooling like no other. Alan is dad to the office mascot (and TFH Dog Guru), a Bernedoodle named Raine. 🐶

Danny Mears lives in Los Angeles.

Alex Kirschenbaum helps the Trailers From Hell social media push and contributes to the site as a writer with reviews and opinion pieces concerning the film scene. He’s pretty sure movies peaked in 1984, but he’s going to keep watching the new ones anyway.