Joe Alves
Art Department
- Born
- May 21, 1936 (age 90)
- From
- 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…
Filmography (13)
The Farmer and the Shark (2025)Self
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025)Self
Jaws, a Monstrous Success (2024)Self - set designer
Sharksploitation (2024)Self
Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York' (2018)Self
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage (2016)
The Shark Is Still Working (2009)Self
3D: A Brief History (2004)- Return to 'Escape from New York'Return to 'Escape from New York' (2003)Himself
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (2001)Self
The Making of 'Jaws' (1995)Self
Jaws 3-D (1983)Director
Not Your Average JoeSelf