# Joe Alves

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American film production designer (born 1936)

Joe Alves Joe Alves in San Francisco 2013 Born Joseph Manuel Alves (1936-05-21) May 21, 1936 (age 90) San Leandro, California, U.S. Occupations Film director production designer Years active 1956–2000 Known for Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3-D

**Joseph Manuel Alves** (born May 21, 1936) is an American film [production designer](/source/Production_designer), perhaps best known for his work on *[Close Encounters of the Third Kind](/source/Close_Encounters_of_the_Third_Kind)* and the first three films of the [*Jaws* franchise](/source/Jaws_(franchise)). He directed the third installment *[Jaws 3-D](/source/Jaws_3-D)*.

## Career

Alves has designed three features for [Steven Spielberg](/source/Steven_Spielberg), firstly for *[The Sugarland Express](/source/The_Sugarland_Express)*. He designed the three mechanical sharks for the movie *Jaws* (1975) with mechanical effects man [Bob Mattey](/source/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.[1]

He was nominated for the [Academy Award](/source/Academy_Awards) for [Best Art Direction](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Production_Design) and won the [BAFTA](/source/BAFTA) for Best Art Direction for his work on *[Close Encounters of the Third Kind](/source/Close_Encounters_of_the_Third_Kind)*.[2]

Alves worked on *[Jaws 2](/source/Jaws_2)* (1978) in the capacity of both production designer and as [second unit director](/source/Second_unit_director). After [John D. Hancock](/source/John_D._Hancock), the initial director of *Jaws 2*, was fired, it was suggested that Alves co-direct it with [Verna Fields](/source/Verna_Fields) (who edited the original *Jaws*). [Jeannot Szwarc](/source/Jeannot_Szwarc) was hired, however, to complete the film.[3]

The model of New York he created for [John Carpenter](/source/John_Carpenter)'s *[Escape from New York](/source/Escape_from_New_York)* (1981) has been described as "memorably derelict",[4] and he was visual consultant on Carpenter's *[Starman](/source/Starman_(film))* (1984).[5]

He directed *[Jaws 3-D](/source/Jaws_3-D)* (1983), which took advantage of the revival in popularity of [3-D](/source/3-D_film) at the time. The film received generally weak critical reception, with *[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))* criticising Alves for failing "to linger long enough on the Great White."[6] He was nominated as 'worst director' in the [1983 Golden Raspberry Awards](/source/1983_Golden_Raspberry_Awards).[7] *Jaws 3-D* was his only film as director.

## Filmography

### Film

Year Title Credited as Notes Production Designer Art Director Director Other 1969 Change of Habit No Yes No No Assistant art director 1974 The Sugarland Express No Yes No No 1975 Jaws Yes No No No 1976 Embryo Yes No No No 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Yes No No No 1978 Jaws 2 Yes No No Yes Also associate producer and second unit director 1981 Escape from New York Yes No No No 1983 Jaws 3-D No No Yes No 1984 Starman No No No Yes Visual consultant and second unit director 1988 Everybody's All-American Yes No No No 1992 Freejack Yes No No Yes Also associate producer 1993 Geronimo: An American Legend Yes No No No 1994 Drop Zone Yes No No No 1997 Shadow Conspiracy Yes No No No Fire Down Below Yes No No No 2000 Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists Yes No No No

### Television (as art director)

Year Title Notes 1969 The Name of the Game 1 episode 1969–1970 Marcus Welby, M.D. 2 episodes 1970–1973 Night Gallery 42 episodes 1970 The Bold Ones: The Protectors 1 episode The Young Country TV movie 1971 Sarge 1 episode The Psychiatrist 6 episodes 1972 Ironside 1 episode 1972–1973 Hec Ramsey 4 episodes 1973 Isn't It Shocking? TV movie Double Indemnity Scream, Pretty Peggy

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Jaws_1-0)** *Spotlight on Location: The Making of Jaws*, *Jaws* 30th Anniversary DVD documentary, [2005]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Joe Alves Awards & Nominations"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110522073504/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800048770/awards). *Yahoo Movies*. Archived from [the original](https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800048770/awards) on May 22, 2011. Retrieved 2006-12-11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Loynd, Ray (1978) *The Jaws 2 Log*. London: W.H. Allen. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-426-18868-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-426-18868-3) pg74

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Escape From New York Blu-ray Details Fit for The Duke"](http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/90520/escape-new-york-blu-ray-details-fit-duke/). *Dread Central*. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-19.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Joe Alves biography"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120122044400/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/3103%7C84021/Joe-Alves/). *Turner Classic Movies*. Archived from [the original](https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/3103%7C84021/Joe-Alves/) on January 22, 2012. Retrieved 2018-04-11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Jaws 3-D"](https://variety.com/1982/film/reviews/jaws-3-d-1200425516/). *Variety*. 1983-01-01. Retrieved 2006-11-28.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["1983 Archive"](https://web.archive.org/web/20061028195413/http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=23). *Razzies.com*. Archived from [the original](http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=23) on 2006-10-28. Retrieved 2006-12-10.

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Awards for Joe Alves v t e BAFTA Award for Best Production Design 1964–1967 Black and White Ken Adam (1964) Ray Simm (1965) Tambi Larsen (1966) No Award (1967) Colour John Bryan (1964) Ken Adam (1965) Wilfred Shingleton (1966) John Box (1967) 1968–present Ernest Archer, Harry Lange, and Anthony Masters (1968) Donald M. Ashton (1969) Mario Garbuglia (1970) Ferdinando Scarfiotti (1971) Rolf Zehetbauer (1972) Natasha Kroll (1973) John Box (1974) John Box (1975) Geoffrey Kirkland (1976) Danilo Donati and Federico Fellini (1977) Joe Alves (1978) Michael Seymour (1979) Stuart Craig (1980) Norman Reynolds (1981) Lawrence G. Paull (1982) Gianni Quaranta and Franco Zeffirelli (1983) Roy Walker (1984) Norman Garwood (1985) Brian Ackland-Snow and Gianni Quaranta (1986) Santo Loquasto (1987) Dean Tavoularis (1988) Dante Ferretti (1989) Richard Sylbert (1990) Bo Welch (1991) Catherine Martin (1992) Andrew McAlpine (1993) Dante Ferretti (1994) Michael Corenblith (1995) Tony Burrough (1996) Catherine Martin (1997) Dennis Gassner (1998) Rick Heinrichs (1999) Arthur Max (2000) Aline Bonetto (2001) Dennis Gassner (2002) William Sandell (2003) Dante Ferretti (2004) Stuart Craig (2005) Jim Clay, Geoffrey Kirkland, and Jennifer Williams (2006) Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer (2007) Donald Graham Burt and Victor J. Zolfo (2008) Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, and Kim Sinclair (2009) Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, and Doug Mowat (2010) Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo (2011) Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson (2012) Catherine Martin and Beverly Dunn (2013) Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock (2014) Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson (2015) Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock (2016) Paul D. Austerberry, Jeff Melvin, and Shane Vieau (2017) Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton (2018) Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales (2019) Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale (2020) Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos (2021) Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino (2022) Shona Heath, James Price, and Zsuzsa Mihalek (2023) Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales (2024) Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau (2025) v t e Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award 1996—2014 Robert F. Boyle Henry Bumstead Harold Michelson Jan Scott Albert Brenner Sir Ken Adam William J. Creber John B. Mansbridge Dean Tavoularis Stuart Craig Paul Sylbert Terence Marsh Patricia Norris Tony Walton Herman Zimmerman Camille Abbott Jim Bissell John P. Bruce Rick Carter Will Ferrell 2015—2020 Bill Anderson Harrison Ellenshaw Patrizia Von Brandenstein Cate Bangs Albert Obregon Joseph Musso Rene Lagler William J. Newmon II James J. Murakami John Moffitt Marty Kline Norm Newberry Joe Alves Denis Olsen Stephen Berger Jack Johnson John Eaves Patrick DeGreve Martha Johnson Stuart Wurtzel

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