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