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.
Also known as
Miles Dale
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
5
Acting credits
10
Directing
0
Writing
32
Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
- 1
★ 7.6Frankenstein
2025 · movie · Producer
- 2
★ 7.6Shadowhunters
2016 · tv · Executive Producer
- 3
★ 7.5Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010 · movie · Executive Producer
- 4
★ 7.5The Strain
2014 · tv · Director
- 5
★ 7.5Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022 · tv · Executive Producer
- 6
★ 7.2The Shape of Water
2017 · movie · Producer
- 7
★ 7.2The Vow
2012 · movie · Executive Producer
- 8
★ 7.1Andromeda
2000 · tv · Director
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
