Joe Alves
Personal Info
Know For
Art
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-05-21 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
San Leandro, California, USA
Also known As
Joseph Alves Jr.
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 ...
Acting
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as Self
2024
as Self
1995
as Self
2024
as Self - set designer
2025
as Self
2025
Production
1981
as Production Design
1975
as Production Design
1978
as Production Design
1977
as Production Design
1974
as Art Direction
1970
as Art Direction
1983
as Director
1984
as Second Unit Director
1973
as Art Direction
1969
as Assistant Art Director
1973
as Art Direction
1971
as Art Direction
1976
as Production Design
1973
as Art Direction
1997
as Production Design
1994
as Production Design
1993
as Production Design
1973
as Art Direction
1997
as Production Design
2000
as Production Design
1969
as Art Direction
1988
as Production Design
1970
as Art Direction
1978
as Second Unit Director
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