J. Miles Dale
Producer, Director, Actor
January 1, 1961 (65 years)
J. Miles Dale (born 1961) is a Canadian producer and director of film and television. 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. Dale is a regular collaborator of fellow director Guillermo del Toro and formed a creative partnership with Netflix.
Dale was born in Toronto, Ontario, to British-born Canadian jazz musician Jimmy Dale. 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.
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Dale was born in Toronto, Ontario, to British-born Canadian jazz musician Jimmy Dale. 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.
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Known For
Filmography
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| 2021 | Sex/Life · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Shadowhunters · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | The Strain · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Endless Love · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Carrie · as Executive Producer |
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| 2012 | The Vow · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | The Thing · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | Love Happens · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | Pontypool · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | Flash of Genius · as Executive Producer |
| 2007 | Talk to Me · as Executive Producer |
| 2004 | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle · as Co-Producer |
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| 2002 | The Skulls II · as Co-Producer |
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| 2001 | Harvard Man · as Co-ProducerOn Plex |
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| 1990 | |
Fantastic Voyage · as Executive Producer |
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| 2000 | AndromedaOn Plex |
| 1997 | Earth: Final ConflictOn Plex |
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| 1990 |
| 2007 | Talk to Me · as Program Director |
| 2003 | Blizzard · as Additional Reindeer Voices |
| 2001 | Wolf Girl · as Farmer Two |
| 2001 | Harvard Man · as HowieOn Plex |
| 2025 | Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson · as Self - Producer |
| 2022 | The Oscars · as Self |
| 2018 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
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| 2007 | Hollywood Then and Now · as Self - Executive Producer |
| 2007 | Hollywoodland: Re-Creating Old Hollywood · as Self - Executive Producer |
| 2007 | Behind the Headlines · as Self - Executive Producer |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood · as Self |
| 1995 | E! Live from the Red Carpet · as Self |
| 1992 | HBO First Look · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards · as Self |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities · as Unit Production Manager |
| 2007 | Talk to Me · as Second Unit Director |
| 2006 | Hollywoodland · as Second Unit Director |
| 2006 | Hollywoodland · as Unit Production Manager |
| 2001 | Wolf Girl · as Second Unit Director |
| 1996 | F/X: The Series · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 1987 | Friday the 13th: The Series · as Line Producer |