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 l…
Known For
Jaws
Production Design
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Production Design
Escape from New York
Production Design
Starman
Second Unit Director
Jaws 2
Production Design
The Sugarland Express
Art Direction
Geronimo: An American Legend
Production Design
Drop Zone
Production Design
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Filmography
Acting (12)
Movies (12)
The Farmer & the Shark
2025as Self
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025as Self
Sharksploitation
2024as Self
Jaws, a Monstrous Success
2024as Self - set designer
Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York'
2018as Self
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
2016
The Shark Is Still Working
2009as Self
3D: A Brief History
2004
Return to 'Escape from New York'
2003as Himself
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001as Self
The Making of 'Jaws'
1995as Self
Not Your Average Joe
as Self
Crew (25)
Movies (25)
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists
2000Production Design
Fire Down Below
1997Production Design
Shadow Conspiracy
1997Production Design
Drop Zone
1994Production Design
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993Production Design
Everybody's All-American
1988Production Design
Starman
1984Second Unit Director
Jaws 3-D
1983Director
Escape from New York
1981Production Design
Jaws 2
1978Production Design
Jaws 2
1978Second Unit Director
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977Production Design
Embryo
1976Production Design
Jaws
1975Production Design
Jaws
1975Second Unit Director
The Sugarland Express
1974Art Direction
Double Indemnity
1973Art Direction
Isn't It Shocking?
1973Art Direction
See the Man Run
1973Art Direction
Scream, Pretty Peggy
1973Art Direction
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
1971Art Direction
Pufnstuf
1970Art Direction
The Young Country
1970Art Direction
Winning
1969Art Direction
Change of Habit
1969Assistant Art Director
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