Joe Alves

{{short description|American film production designer (born 1936)}}

{{Infobox person

| name =Joe Alves

| image =Joe_Alves_in_San_Francisco,_2013.jpg

| other_names =

| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1936|5|21}}

| birth_place =San Leandro, California, U.S.

| birth_name =Joseph Manuel Alves

| known = Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3-D

| occupation = Film director and production designer

| years_active = 1956–2000

}}

Joseph Manuel Alves (born May 21, 1936) is an American film production designer, perhaps best known for his work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the first three films of the Jaws franchise. He directed the third installment Jaws 3-D.

Career

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.Spotlight on Location: The Making of Jaws, Jaws 30th Anniversary DVD documentary, [2005]

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction and won the BAFTA for Best Art Direction for his work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind.{{cite web|title=Joe Alves Awards & Nominations |work=Yahoo Movies |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800048770/awards |access-date=2006-12-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522073504/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800048770/awards |archive-date=May 22, 2011 }}

Alves worked on Jaws 2 (1978) in the capacity of both production designer and as second unit director. After John D. Hancock, the initial director of Jaws 2, was fired, 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.Loynd, Ray (1978) The Jaws 2 Log. London: W.H. Allen. {{ISBN|0-426-18868-3}} pg74

The model of New York he created for John Carpenter's Escape from New York (1981) has been described as "memorably derelict",{{cite web |title=Escape From New York Blu-ray Details Fit for The Duke|work=Dread Central |date=19 February 2015 |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/90520/escape-new-york-blu-ray-details-fit-duke/|access-date=2015-02-19}} and he was visual consultant on Carpenter's Starman (1984).{{cite web |title=Joe Alves biography|work=Turner Classic Movies |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/3103%7C84021/Joe-Alves/|access-date=2018-04-11}}

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."{{cite web|title=Jaws 3-D |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/1982/film/reviews/jaws-3-d-1200425516/ |date=1983-01-01 |access-date=2006-11-28}} He was nominated as 'worst director' in the 1983 Golden Raspberry Awards.{{cite web |title=1983 Archive |work=Razzies.com |url=http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=23 |access-date=2006-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061028195413/http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=23 |archive-date=2006-10-28 |url-status=dead }} Jaws 3-D was his only film as director.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable"
style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"\|Year ! rowspan="2" \|Title ! colspan="4" \|Credited as ! rowspan="2" \|Notes
width="65"\| Production Designer ! width="65"\| Art Director ! width="65"\| Director ! width="65"\| Other
1969 \| style="text-align:left"\| Change of Habit \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| Assistant art director
1974 \| style="text-align:left"\| The Sugarland Express \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
1975 \| style="text-align:left"\| Jaws \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
1976 \| style="text-align:left"\| Embryo \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
1977 \| style="text-align:left"\| Close Encounters of the Third Kind \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
1978 \| style="text-align:left"\| Jaws 2 \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| Also associate producer and second unit director
1981 \| style="text-align:left"\| Escape from New York \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
1983 \| style="text-align:left"\| Jaws 3-D \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|
1984 \| style="text-align:left"\| Starman \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| Visual consultant and second unit director
1988 \| style="text-align:left"\| Everybody's All-American \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
1992 \| style="text-align:left"\| Freejack \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| Also associate producer
1993 \| style="text-align:left"\| Geronimo: An American Legend \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
1994 \| style="text-align:left"\| Drop Zone \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
rowspan="2" \|1997 \| style="text-align:left"\| Shadow Conspiracy \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
style="text-align:left"\| Fire Down Below \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|
2000 \| style="text-align:left"\| Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|

class="wikitable"

style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"

! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"|Year

! rowspan="2" |Title

! colspan="4" |Credited as

! rowspan="2" |Notes

width="65"| Production Designer

! width="65"| Art Director

! width="65"| Director

! width="65"| Other

1969

| style="text-align:left"| Change of Habit

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Assistant art director

1974

| style="text-align:left"| The Sugarland Express

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1975

| style="text-align:left"| Jaws

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1976

| style="text-align:left"| Embryo

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1977

| style="text-align:left"| Close Encounters of the Third Kind

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1978

| style="text-align:left"| Jaws 2

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| Also associate producer and second unit director

1981

| style="text-align:left"| Escape from New York

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1983

| style="text-align:left"| Jaws 3-D

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1984

| style="text-align:left"| Starman

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| Visual consultant and second unit director

1988

| style="text-align:left"| Everybody's All-American

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1992

| style="text-align:left"| Freejack

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| Also associate producer

1993

| style="text-align:left"| Geronimo: An American Legend

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

1994

| style="text-align:left"| Drop Zone

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

rowspan="2" |1997

| style="text-align:left"| Shadow Conspiracy

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

style="text-align:left"| Fire Down Below

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

2000

| style="text-align:left"| Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

=Television (as art director)=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"\|Year ! rowspan="2" \|Title ! rowspan="2" \|Notes
1969 \| style="text-align:left"\| The Name of the Game \| 1 episode
1969–1970 \| style="text-align:left"\| Marcus Welby, M.D. \| 2 episodes
1970–1973 \| style="text-align:left"\| Night Gallery \| 42 episodes
rowspan="2" \|1970 \| style="text-align:left"\| The Bold Ones: The Protectors \| 1 episode
style="text-align:left"\| The Young Country \| TV movie
rowspan="2" \|1971 \| style="text-align:left"\| Sarge \| 1 episode
style="text-align:left"\| The Psychiatrist \| 6 episodes
1972 \| style="text-align:left"\| Ironside \| 1 episode
1972–1973 \| style="text-align:left"\| Hec Ramsey \| 4 episodes
rowspan="3" \|1973 \| style="text-align:left"\| Isn't It Shocking? \| rowspan="3" \|TV movie
style="text-align:left"\| Double Indemnity
style="text-align:left"\| Scream, Pretty Peggy

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"|Year

! rowspan="2" |Title

! rowspan="2" |Notes

1969

| style="text-align:left"| The Name of the Game

| 1 episode

1969–1970

| style="text-align:left"| Marcus Welby, M.D.

| 2 episodes

1970–1973

| style="text-align:left"| Night Gallery