J. Miles Dale

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 Britishborn 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 mid1970s 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia