About
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 location, but unfortunately they had not been tested in water causing a series of delays that have become quite legendary over time.
Filmography
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists2000 · Production Design
Fire Down Below1997 · Production Design
Shadow Conspiracy1997 · Production Design
Drop Zone1994 · Production Design
Geronimo: An American Legend1993 · Production Design
Everybody's All-American1988 · Production Design
Starman1984 · Second Unit Director
Jaws 3-D1983 · Director
Escape from New York1981 · Production Design
Jaws 21978 · Production Design, Second Unit Director
Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977 · Production Design
Embryo1976 · Production Design
Jaws1975 · Production Design, Second Unit Director
The Sugarland Express1974 · Art Direction
Scream, Pretty Peggy1973 · Art Direction
Double Indemnity1973 · Art Direction
Isn't It Shocking?1973 · Art Direction
See the Man Run1973 · Art Direction
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross1971 · Art Direction
Pufnstuf1970 · Art Direction