J. Miles Dale

J. Miles Dale
J. Miles Dale
Born	1961 (age 62–63); Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)	Producer, director
Years active	1985–present
Known for	Producer 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]

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]

Producer

2nd unit director

Executive producer

Unit production manager

Year	Title	Producer	Director	Notes
1985	Comedy Factory	Yes	No
1986	True Confessions	Yes	No
1987–90	Friday the 13th: The Series	Yes	No
1990	Top Cops	Yes	Yes	1 episode
1994	RoboCop: The Series	Yes	Yes	Episode "Midnight Minus One"
1996–98	F/X: The Series	Co-executive	No
2000	Earth: Final Conflict	No	Yes	Episode "Scorched Earth"
2001–04	Doc	No	Yes	5 episodes
2002–03	Andromeda	No	Yes	Episodes "Dance of the Mayflies" and "The Unconquerable Man"
2002–04	Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye	No	Yes	4 episodes
2007	'Til Death Do Us Part	No	Yes	2 episodes
2016	Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments	Executive	Yes	Directed 3 episodes
2014–17	The Strain	Executive	Yes	Directed 7 episodes; Also unit production manager and 2nd unit director
2021	Sex/Life	Executive	No
2022	Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities	Executive	No

Year	Award	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
2022	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Best Picture	Nightmare Alley	Nominated

^ ^a ^b Ahearn, Victoria (March 5, 2018). "Toronto producer J. Miles Dale on his Oscar win — and spoiled speech". CBC. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
^ "J. Miles Dale". Produced By: New York 2017. 2017-09-28. Archived from the original on 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
^ "Oscars 2018: The list of nominees in full". BBC News. January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
^ 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.
^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (April 19, 2022). "'Nightmare Alley' Producer J. Miles Dale Strikes Creative Partnership With Netflix". Deadline Hollywood.
^ ^a ^b "J. Miles Dale '68". Bayview Glen Independent School. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
^ "Meet the Toronto producer behind 'The Shape of Water'". The National Post. January 22, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2018.

J. Miles Dale
Born	1961 (age 62–63) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)	Producer, director
Years active	1985–present
Known for	Producer of The Shape of Water
Parent	Jimmy Dale (father) Irene Dale (mother)
Awards	Academy Award for Best Picture The Shape of Water (2017)