---
name: "J. Miles Dale"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/j-miles-dale"
fi1m_id: "j-miles-dale"
imdb_id: "nm0197703"
tmdb_id: 44138
wikidata_id: "Q40663946"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-04T04:30:31.798857+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# J. Miles Dale

## Identity

J. Miles Dale

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/j-miles-dale
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** j-miles-dale
- **IMDb ID:** nm0197703
- **TMDB ID:** 44138
- **Wikidata ID:** Q40663946
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Miles_Dale, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40663946, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0197703/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44138

Producer. Born 1 January 1961 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1961, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Also known as:** Miles Dale
- **Frequently works with:** [Guillermo del Toro](https://film.one/person/guillermo-del-toro.md), [Richard Jenkins](https://film.one/person/richard-jenkins.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as producer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 71 (1), 2010s 72 (3), 2020s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 70 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Fantasy 2, Horror 2, Romance 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $396m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Miles_Dale, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40663946, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0197703/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44138

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Shape of Water*](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md) (83)
- **Netflix:** [*Frankenstein*](https://film.one/film/frankenstein.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

J. Miles Dale is a Canadian film and television producer and director. He is best known for producing *The Shape of Water* (2017), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Dale is a frequent collaborator of director Guillermo del Toro. Their joint projects include *Mama* (2013), the television series *The Strain*, *Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark* (2019), *Nightmare Alley* (2021) and *Frankenstein* (2025). He has also served as executive producer or unit production manager on films including *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* (2010), *The Vow* (2012) and *Carrie* (2013).

Born in Toronto in 1961, Dale is the son of British-born Canadian jazz musician Jimmy Dale. He attended the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia before entering the film industry.

*Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Frankenstein* (2025), Fi1m 74, Producer, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/frankenstein.md)
- *Nightmare Alley* (2021), Fi1m 66, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/nightmare-alley-2021.md)
- *The Shape of Water* (2017), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md)
- *Carrie* (2013), Fi1m 52, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/carrie-2013.md)
- *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* (2010), Fi1m 81, Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world.md)
- *Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle* (2004), Fi1m 71, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/harold-and-kumar-go-to-white-castle.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Frankenstein* (2025), Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/frankenstein.md)
- *The Last Voyage of the Demeter* (2023), Thanks — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-voyage-of-the-demeter.md)
- *Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Nightmare Alley* (2021), Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/nightmare-alley-2021.md)
- *Antlers* (2021), Producer
- *Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark* (2019), Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *The Shape of Water* (2017), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md)
- *Shadowhunters* (2016), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *The Strain* (2014), series, Director
- *Endless Love* (2014), Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Iris* (2013), Producer
- *Carrie* (2013), Executive Producer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/carrie-2013.md)
- *Mama* (2013), Producer
- *The Vow* (2012), Executive Producer
- *The Thing* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* (2010), Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world.md)
- *Love Happens* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Pontypool* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Flash of Genius* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Talk to Me* (2007), Program Director, Second Unit Director, Executive Producer
- *'Til Death Do Us Part* (2007), series, Director
- *Hollywoodland* (2006), Second Unit Director, Unit Production Manager, Executive Producer
- *Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle* (2004), Co-Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/harold-and-kumar-go-to-white-castle.md)
- *The Skulls III* (2004), Producer, Director
- *Blizzard* (2003), as Additional reindeer voices · Producer
- *Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye* (2002), series, Director
- *The Skulls II* (2002), Co-Producer
- *Wolf Girl* (2001), Second Unit Director, Producer
- *Harvard Man* (2001), Co-Producer
- *Andromeda* (2000), series, Director
- *Sideshow* (2000), Producer
- *Earth: Final Conflict* (1997), series, Director
- *RoboCop: The Series* (1994), series, Producer
- *The Comedy Factory* (1985), series, Associate Producer, Producer
- *Mockingbird*, Producer
- *The Boy in the Iron Box*, Producer
- *Fury*, Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 2026: Best Picture (nominated), for *Frankenstein*
- 2022: Best Picture (nominated), for *Nightmare Alley*
- 2018: Best Picture (nominated), for *The Shape of Water*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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