Joe Alves
Born: 1936-05-21
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...
Known For
The Shark Is Still Working
Sharksploitation
The Making of 'Jaws'
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
3D: A Brief History
Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York'
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
Jaws, a Monstrous Success
The Farmer and the Shark
