J. Miles Dale

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J. Miles Dale
Born1961 (age 63–64)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Producer, director
Years active1985–present
Known forProducer of The Shape of Water
Parent Jimmy Dale (father) Irene Dale (mother)
Awards Academy Award for Best Picture
The Shape of Water (2017)

J. Miles Dale (born 1961) [1] is a Canadian producer and director of film and television. [2] He is best known for producing the critically acclaimed film The Shape of Water , which won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony. [3] [4] Dale is a regular collaborator of fellow director Guillermo del Toro and formed a creative partnership with Netflix. [5]

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Early life

Dale was born in Toronto, Ontario, to British-born Canadian jazz musician Jimmy Dale. [6] [7] Dale attended Bayview Glen School from 1965 to 1968. In 1968, his father moved the family to Hollywood where he worked as a music director for The Smothers Brothers Show , The Andy Williams Show and The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour . The family returned to Toronto in the mid-1970s, and Miles graduated from Jarvis Collegiate Institute. He attended the University of Toronto for a year and later transferred to the University of British Columbia before dropping out to join the film industry. [6] [1]

Filmography

Film

Producer

2nd unit director

Executive producer

Unit production manager

Television

YearTitleProducerDirectorNotes
1985Comedy FactoryYesNo
1986True ConfessionsYesNo
1987–90 Friday the 13th: The Series YesNo
1990 Top Cops YesYes1 episode
1994 RoboCop: The Series YesYesEpisode "Midnight Minus One"
1996–98 F/X: The Series Co-executiveNo
2000 Earth: Final Conflict NoYesEpisode "Scorched Earth"
2001–04 Doc NoYes5 episodes
2002–03 Andromeda NoYesEpisodes "Dance of the Mayflies" and "The Unconquerable Man"
2002–04 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye NoYes4 episodes
2007 'Til Death Do Us Part NoYes2 episodes
2016 Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments ExecutiveYesDirected 3 episodes
2014–17 The Strain ExecutiveYesDirected 7 episodes;
Also unit production manager and 2nd unit director
2021 Sex/Life ExecutiveNo
2022 Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities ExecutiveNo

(citation: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0197703/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2017Awards Circuit Community AwardsBest Motion PictureThe Shape of WaterNominated
2018 Producers Guild of America Best Theatrical Motion Picture Won
Gold Derby Best Motion PictureNominated
Online Film & Television AssociationBest PictureNominated
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture Won
British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Film Nominated
Irish Film & Television Academy Best International FilmNominated
2022 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture Nightmare AlleyNominated

References

  1. 1 2 Ahearn, Victoria (March 5, 2018). "Toronto producer J. Miles Dale on his Oscar win — and spoiled speech". CBC. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
  2. ↑ "J. Miles Dale". Produced By: New York 2017. 2017-09-28. Archived from the original on 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
  3. ↑ "Oscars 2018: The list of nominees in full". BBC News. January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  4. ↑ Laws, Zach (2018-02-12). "J. Miles Dale ('The Shape of Water' producer): The 'Creature from the Black Lagoon' finally gets the girl [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW]". GoldDerby. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  5. ↑ Fleming, Mike Jr. (April 19, 2022). "'Nightmare Alley' Producer J. Miles Dale Strikes Creative Partnership With Netflix". Deadline Hollywood .
  6. 1 2 "J. Miles Dale '68". Bayview Glen Independent School. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Meet the Toronto producer behind 'The Shape of Water'". The National Post. January 22, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2018.

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