Joe Alves
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| Joe Alves | |
| Born | Joseph M. Alves 21 May 1936  San Leandro, California, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Film director and production designer |
Joe Alves (born 21 May 1936, San Leandro, California) is an American film production designer, perhaps best known for his work on the Jaws films. He directed Jaws 3-D.
Alves has designed three feature for Steven Spielberg, firstly for The Sugarland Express. He supervised the construction of the three mechanical sharks for Jaws (1975) with special effects artist Bob Mattey. After the sharks were completed, they were shipped to the shooting location, but unfortunately they had not been tested in water, and when placed in the ocean the full model sank straight to the ocean floor.[1]
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.[2]
Alves worked on Jaws 2 (1978) in the capacity of both production designer and as second unit director. After John 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.[3]
The model of New York he created for John Carpenter's Escape from New York (1981) has been described as "memorably derelict",[4] and he was visual consultant on Carpenter's Starman (1984).
He directed Jaws 3-D (1983), which took advantage of the revival in popularity of 3-D at the time. The film received generally weak critical reception, with Variety criticising Alves for failing "to linger long enough on the Great White."[5] He was nominated as 'worst director' in the 1983 Golden Raspberry Awards.[6] Jaws 3-D was his first and final film as director.
[edit] References
- ^ Spotlight on Location: The Making of Jaws, Jaws 30th Anniversary DVD documentary, [2005]
- ^ Joe Alves Awards & Nominations. Yahoo Movies. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.
- ^ Loynd, Ray (1978) The Jaws 2 Log. London: W.H. Allen. ISBN 0-426-18868-3 pg74
- ^ Joe Alves biography. Yahoo Movies. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.
- ^ Jaws 3-D. Variety (1983-01-01). Retrieved on 2006-11-28.
- ^ 1983 Archive. Razzies.com. Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
[edit] External links
- Joe Alves at the Internet Movie Database
