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J. Miles Dale

Production

Born January 1, 1961 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Also known as Miles Dale

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article J. Miles Dale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 2022 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 2018 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Picture · nominated

Filmography31 titles

Frankenstein

2025Producer, Unit Production Manager

Shadowhunters

2016Director, Executive Producer

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

2022Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager

The Strain

2014Director

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

2010Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager

Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson

2025as Self - Producer

The Shape of Water

2017Producer

The Vow

2012Executive Producer

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye

2002Director

Andromeda

2000Director

Nightmare Alley

2021Producer

Endless Love

2014Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager

Talk to Me

2007as Program Director

Earth: Final Conflict

1997Director

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

2023Thanks

Flash of Genius

2008Executive Producer

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

2004Co-Producer

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

2019Producer, Unit Production Manager

Pontypool

2008Executive Producer

Mama

2013Producer

RoboCop

1994Producer

Antlers

2021Producer

The Thing

2011Executive Producer

Carrie

2013Executive Producer

Hollywoodland

2006Executive Producer, Second Unit Director, Unit Production Manager

Blizzard

2003as Additional reindeer voices

Love Happens

2009Executive Producer

Wolf Girl

2001Producer, Second Unit Director

The Skulls III

2004Director, Producer

Sideshow

2000Producer

The Skulls II

2002Co-Producer