Dale, Holly 1953-

PERSONAL

Born December 23, 1953, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Education: Sheridan College, degree in media arts, 1977.

Addresses:

Agent—The Kaplan Stahler Gumer Braun Agency, 8383 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 923, Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Manager—Course Management, 15159 Greenleaf St., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403.

Career:

Producer, director, and editor. Spectrum Films, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, cofounder (with Janis Cole) and partner; director of numerous commercials. Canadian Centre for Advanced Film Studies, resident, 1988; member of juries for film competitions; teacher of acting workshops and lectures at universities worldwide. Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, member of arts advisory board, 1992. French Connection (massage parlor), assistant manager, c. 1973.

Awards, Honors:

Genie Award (with Janis Cole), best theatrical documentary, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1982, Red Ribbon, American Film and Video Festival, 1983, both for P4W: Prison for Women; Genie Award nomination (with Cole), best theatrical documentary, Gold Plaque, Chicago International Film Festival, 1985, Red Ribbon, American Film and Video Festival, 1986, all for Hookers on Davie; named best lecture/performing artist, Canadian Organization of Campus Activities, 1986; Theatrical Achievement Award (with Cole), producer of the year, Canadian Film and Television Association, 1988; Genie Award nomination (with Cole), best feature length documentary, Lillian Gish Award, Los Angeles Women in Film, Red Ribbon, American Film and Video Festival, 1989, all for Calling the Shots; Bessie Award, Marketing Awards of Excellence, 1993, for public service announcements for United Way; Toronto Arts Award for Excellence in Media Arts (with Cole), City of Toronto, 1994; Gemini Award nominations, best direction in a dramatic program or miniseries, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1998, for Dangerous Offender; Craft Award nominations, outstanding achievement in direction, Directors Guild of Canada, 2002, for A Nero Wolfe Mystery; Gemini Award nomination, best direction in a dramatic series, 2003, for Bliss.

CREDITS

Film Work:

(With Janis Cole) Producer, director, and editor, Cream Soda (short), Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, 1976.

Editor, Point of No Return, International Film Distributors, 1976.

Assistant producer and casting director, Starship Invasions (also known as Alien Encounter, Project Genocide, and War of the Aliens), Warner Bros., 1977.

Producer, Plague (also known as Induced Syndrome,—3: The Gemini Strain, and Mutation), Group 1 International Distributing Organization, 1978.

(With Cole) Producer, director, and editor, The Thin Line (documentary; also known as The Thin Blue Line), National Film Board of Canada, 1977.

(With Cole) Producer, director, and editor, Minimum Charge, No Cover (documentary), 1978.

Casting director, Firebird 2015 AD, 1981.

(With Cole) Producer, director, and editor, Hookers on Davie (documentary), Pan-Canadian Film Distributors, 1984.

(With Cole) Producer, director, and editor, Calling the Shots (documentary), Pan-Canadian Film Distributors, 1988.

Director, Dead Meat, E.I. Video, 1989.

Associate producer, Ethan Frome, Miramax, 1993.

Director, Blood & Donuts, Live Entertainment, 1995.

Film Appearances:

Television interviewee, Starship Invasions (also known as Alien Encounter, Project Genocide, and War of the Aliens), Warner Bros., 1977.

Television Work; Movies:

Coproducer, codirector, and coeditor, No Place like Home, CHCH, 1991.

Director, Dangerous Offender (also known as Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story), CBC, 1996.

Director, Wolfe Goes Out: A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Arts and Entertainment, 2000.

Director, Absolution, Lifetime, 2006.

Director, Wednesday's Child, Lifetime, 2007.

Television Work; Specials:

(With Cole) Producer, director, and editor, P4W: Prison for Women (documentary), CBC, 1981.

Television Work; Pilots:

(With Cole) Producer, director, and editor, Quiet on the Set: Filming Agnes of God, HBO, c. 1985.

Director, Tracker, 2001.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Agnes Macphail," Heritage Series, CBC, 1991.

"Murphy," Heritage Series, CBC, 1993.

"In Sickness and in Health," Side Effects, CBC, 1994.

"Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth," Traders, Lifetime and Global, 1996.

"The Accident," Exhibit A (also known as Exhibit 2: Secrets of Forensic Science and Secrets of Forensic Science), 1997.

"Bone of Contention," Exhibit A (also known as Exhibit 2: Secrets of Forensic Science and Secrets of Forensic Science), 1997.

The City (also known as Deep in the City), CTV, 1999.

Twice in a Lifetime, CTV and PAX, 1999.

Amazon (also known as Peter Benchley's "Amazon"), syndicated, 1999.

First Wave, Sci-Fi Channel, 1999-2000.

"Door to Death," A Nero Wolfe Mystery (also known as Nero Wolfe), 2001.

"Christmas Party," A Nero Wolfe Mystery (also known as Nero Wolfe), 2001.

"All Chocked Up," Relic Hunter (also known as Relic Hunter—Die Schatzjagerin and Sydney Fox), syndicated, 2001.

"Double Down," Tracker, syndicated, 2002.

"A Made Guy," Tracker, syndicated, 2002.

"Thieves' Honor," Jeremiah, Showtime, 2002.

"Valentine's Day in Jail," Bliss (also known as Bliss II), Oxygen, 2002.

"Leaper," Bliss (also known as Bliss II), Oxygen, 2002.

"Thieves' Honor," Jeremiah, Showtime, 2002.

"Above the Law," Just Cause, PAX, 2002.

"Buried Past," Just Cause, PAX, 2003.

"Lies, Speculation & Deception," Just Cause, PAX, 2003.

"Nina's Muse," Bliss (also known as Bliss II), Oxygen, 2003.

"Cat Got Your Tongue," Bliss (also known as Bliss II), Oxygen, 2003.

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, 2003-2005.

"Home," Stargate: Atlantis (also known as La porte d'Atlantis and Stargate: Atlantis), Sci-Fi Channel, 2004.

"Blindsided," Doc, PAX, 2004.

The Collector, CityTV, 2004-2006.

Wildfire, ABC Family, 2005.

"Last Night," 1-800-MISSING (also known as Missing), Lifetime, 2005.

"Exposure," 1-800-MISSING (also known as Missing), Lifetime, 2006.

"Double Take," 1-800-MISSING (also known as Missing), Lifetime, 2006.

"So Shall Ye Reap," 1-800-MISSING (also known as Missing), Lifetime, 2006.

"The Lies That Bind," Kyle XY, ABC Family, 2006.

"Blue-Eyed Blues," Angela's Eyes, Lifetime, 2006.

"The Good-Bye Room," Cold Case, CBS, 2007.

"Stone Cold," Blood Ties, Lifetime, 2007.

"What Lies Beneath," Durham County, 2007.

"The Lady of the Lake," Durham County, 2007.

"Divide and Conquer," Durham County, 2007.

"Guys and Dolls," Durham County, 2007.

Also directed "Wrapped," Blood Ties, Lifetime.

WRITINGS

Film Scripts:

Coauthor, Calling the Shots (documentary), Pan-Canadian Film Distributors, 1988.

Television Pilots:

(With Cole) Quiet on the Set: Filming Agnes of God, HBO, c. 1985.

Other:

Contributor, Calling the Shots: Profiles of Women Filmmakers, edited by Janis Cole, Quarry Press (Kingston, Ontario), 1993.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Women Filmmakers and Their Films, St. James Press, 1998.

Electronic:

Holly Dale Website,http://www.hollydaledirector.com, July 20, 2007.