J. Miles Dale

J. Miles Dale
J. Miles Dale
Born	1961 (age 59–60); Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Producer, director
Years active	1985–present
Parent(s)	Jimmy Dale (father)
Awards	Academy Award for Best Picture; 2018 The Shape of Water

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

Early life

Dale was born in Toronto, Ontario, to British-born Canadian jazz musician Jimmy Dale.[5][6] 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.[5][1]

Key
	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Credited as			Director	Notes
Year	Title	Producer	Executive Producer	Director	Director	Notes
2001	Harvard Man	Yes	No	No	James Toback
2002	The Skulls II	Yes	No	No	Joe Chappelle
2003	Blizzard	Yes	No	No	LeVar Burton
2004	The Skulls III	Yes	No	Yes	Himself	Directorial Debut
2004	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Yes	No	No	Danny Leiner
2006	Hollywoodland	No	Yes	2nd unit	Allen Coulter	Also unit production manager
2007	Talk to Me	No	Yes	2nd unit	Kasi Lemmons
2008	Pontypool	No	Yes	No	Bruce McDonald
2008	Flash of Genius	No	Yes	2nd unit	Marc Abraham	Also unit production manager
2009	Love Happens	No	Yes	2nd unit	Brandon Camp
2010	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World	No	Yes	No	Edgar Wright	Also unit production manager
2011	The Thing	No	Yes	2nd unit	Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.	Also unit production manager
2012	The Vow	No	Yes	No	Michael Sucsy
2013	Mama	Yes	No	No	Andy Muschietti
2013	Carrie	No	Yes	No	Kimberly Peirce
2014	Endless Love	No	Yes	No	Shana Feste
2017	The Shape of Water	Yes	No	No	Guillermo del Toro	Academy Award for Best Picture PGA Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Film Nominated–Gold Derby Award for Best Motion Picture Nominated–IFTA Award for Best International Film
2019	Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark	Yes	No	No	André Øvredal
2021	Antlers	Yes	No	No	Scott Cooper	In post-production
2021	Nightmare Alley	Yes	No	No	Guillermo del Toro	In post-production

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
Year	Title	Producer	Executive Producer	Director	Notes
1985	Comedy Factory	Yes	No	No	7 episodes
1986	True Confessions	Yes	No	No	6 episodes
1987–90	Friday the 13th: The Series	Yes	No	No	70 episodes
1990	Top Cops	Yes	No	Yes	Producer - 1 episode Director - 1 episode
1994	RoboCop: The Series	Yes	No	Yes	Producer - 23 episodes Director - 1 episode
1996–98	F/X: The Series	No	Yes	No	Co-executive producer - 10 episodes
2000	Earth: Final Conflict	No	No	Yes	1 episode
2001	Wolf Girl	No	No	2nd Unit	Television film
2001–04	Doc	No	No	Yes	5 episodes
2002–03	Andromeda	No	No	Yes	2 episodes
2002–04	Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye	No	No	Yes	4 episodes
2007	'Til Death Do Us Part	No	No	Yes	2 episodes
2016	Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments	No	Yes	Yes	Executive producer - 9 episodes Director - 3 episodes
2014–17	The Strain	Yes	Yes	Yes	Executive producer - 22 episodes Producer - 13 episodes Director - 7 episodes Also unit production manager - 30 episodes Also 2nd unit director - 3 episodes

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
2017	Awards Circuit Community Awards	Best Motion Picture	The Shape of Water	Nominated
2018	Directors Guild of America	Outstanding Directing – Feature Film		Won
	Producers Guild of America	Best Theatrical Motion Picture		Won
	Gold Derby	Best Motion Picture		Nominated
	Online Film & Television Association	Best Picture		Nominated
	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 Film		Nominated

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