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J. Miles Dale
Dale in 2026
1961 (age 64–65)Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Producer, director
1985–present
Producer of The Shape of Water
Jimmy Dale (father) Irene Dale (mother)
Academy Award for Best PictureThe Shape of Water (2017)

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.

Producer

2nd unit director

Executive producer

Unit production manager

YearTitleProducerDirectorNotes
1985Comedy FactoryYesNo
1986True ConfessionsYesNo
1987–90Friday the 13th: The SeriesYesNo
1990Top CopsYesYes1 episode
1994RoboCop: The SeriesYesYesEpisode "Midnight Minus One"
1996–98F/X: The SeriesCo-executiveNo
2000Earth: Final ConflictNoYesEpisode "Scorched Earth"
2001–04DocNoYes5 episodes
2002–03AndromedaNoYesEpisodes "Dance of the Mayflies" and "The Unconquerable Man"
2002–04Sue Thomas: F.B.EyeNoYes4 episodes
2007'Til Death Do Us PartNoYes2 episodes
2016Shadowhunters: The Mortal InstrumentsExecutiveYesDirected 3 episodes
2014–17The StrainExecutiveYesDirected 7 episodes;Also unit production manager and 2nd unit director
2021Sex/LifeExecutiveNo
2022Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of CuriositiesExecutiveNo

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

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2017Awards Circuit Community AwardsBest Motion PictureThe Shape of WaterNominated
2018Producers Guild of AmericaBest Theatrical Motion PictureWon
Gold DerbyBest Motion PictureNominated
Online Film & Television AssociationBest PictureNominated
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesBest PictureWon
British Academy of Film and Television ArtsBest FilmNominated
Irish Film & Television AcademyBest International FilmNominated
2022Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesBest PictureNightmare AlleyNominated
2026Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesBest PictureFrankensteinPending
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