Holly Dale
Holly Dale |
Born |
December 23, 1953 (1953-12-23) (age 58)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation |
Director, producer, writer |
Years active |
1976–present |
Holly Dale (born December 23, 1953; Toronto) is a Canadian film and television director and film producer. She received a Gemini Award in 2008 for Best Direction in a Dramatic Series (Durham County).
Dale and Janis Cole operate the Toronto-based independent production company Spectrum Films, and shared a Genie Award for P4W: Prison for Women, a 1981 documentary about Canada's only prison for women.
Filmography
Director
- Cream Soda (1976)
- Thin Line (1977)
- Minimum Charge No Cover (1978)
- P4W: Prison for Women (1981)
- Hookers on Davie (1984)
- Calling the Shots (1988)
- Dead Meat (1989)
- Historica Minutes: Agnes Macphail (1994)
- Side Effects (TV series)
- "In Sickness and in Health" (1994)
- Blood & Donuts" (1995)
- Traders (TV series)
- "Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth" (1996)
- Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story (1996)
- Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science (TV series)
- "The Accident" (1997)
- "Bone of Contention" (1997)
- "Motivation" (2000)
- "Blind Witness" (1999)
- "The Heist" (1999)
- "Night Falls" (1999)
- "The Believers" (2000)
- "Raven Nation" (2000)
- "Gulag" (2000)
- "O'er the Ramparts We Watched" (1999)
- "Second Service" (1999)
- "Birds of Paradise" (2000)
- "For Love and Money" (2000)
- "The Sins of our Fathers" (2000)
- "Curveball" (2000)
- "The Escape Artist" (2000)
- "Expose" (2000)
- "Grandma's Shoes" (2000)
- "Door to Death" (2001)
- "Christmas Party" (2001)
- "All Choked Up" (2001)
- "Tracker" (pilot, 2001)
- "Double Down" (2002)
- "A Made Guy" (2002)
- "Thieves' Honor" (2002)
- "Valentine's Day in Jail" (2002)
- "Leaper" (2002)
- "Nina's Muse" (2003)
- "Cat Got Your Tongue" (2003)
- "Above the Law" (2002)
- "Buried Past" (2003)
- "Lies, Speculation & Deception" (2003)
- "Home" 92204)
- "Blindsided" (2004)
- "Diplomatic Immunity" (2003)
- "He Said She Said" (2003)
- "Billy the Kid" (2003)
- "The Sniper" (2003)
- "To Grandmother's House We Go" (2004)
- "Rocket Man" (2004)
- "Adventures in Babysitting" (2004)
- "Fraternity" (2005)
- "Boy Meets World" (2005)
- "Troy Story" (2005)
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- "Last Night" (2005)
- "Have You Seen This Man?" (2005)
- "Exposure" (2006)
- "Double Take" (2006)
- "So Shall Ye Reap" (2006)
- "The Rapper" (2004)
- "The Photographer" (2004)
- "The Actuary" (2004)
- "The Medium" (2004)
- "The Comic" (2005)
- "The Mother" (2005)
- "The Chef" (2006)
- "The V.J." (2006)
- "The Junkie" (2006)
- "Taking Off" (2006)
- "Who Are You" (2006)
- "The Lies That Bind" (2006)
- "Blue-Eyed Blues" (2006)
- "What Lies Beneath" (2007)
- "The Lady of the Lake" (2007)
- "Divide and Conquer" (2007)
- "Guys and Dolls" (2007)
- "Drift" (2007)
- "Stone Cold" (2007)
- "Wrapped" (2007)
- "Who's George?" (2008)
- "Attention Shoppers" (2008)
- "Crushed" (2008)
- "Chapter Eleven 'The Eclipse – Part 2'" (2008)
- "Self Made Man" (2008)
- "Dr. Tom" (2009)
- "The Good-Bye Room" (2007)
- "Running Around" (2007)
- "Thick as Thieves" (2007)
- "Boy Crazy" (2007)
- "The Road" (2008)
- "Roller Girl" (2008)
- "Breaking News" (2009)
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Producer
- Thin Line (1977)
- Starship Invasions (1977; assistant producer)
- Plague (1978)
- P4W Prison for Women (1981)
- Hookers on Davie (1984)
- Calling the Shots (1988)
Awards
- 1982, Winner, Genie Award
Best Theatrical Documentary
P4W: Prison for Women
(shared with Janis Cole)
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
- 1984, Winner, Gold Plaque
Best Documentary
Hookers on Davie
Chicago International Film Festival
- 1985, Nominee, Genie Award
Best Theatrical Documentary
Hookers on Davie
(shared with Janis Cole)
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
- 1988, Winner, Lillian Gish Award
Excellence in Documentary
Calling the Shots
(shared with Janis Cole)
Los Angeles Women in Film Festival
- 1989, Nominee, Genie Award
Best Feature Length Documentary
Calling the Shots
(shared with Janis Cole)
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
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- 1998, Nominee, Gemini Award
Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries
Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
- 2002, Nominee, DGC Craft Award
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
A Nero Wolfe Mystery, "Christmas Party"
Directors Guild of Canada
- 2003, Nominee, DGC Craft Award
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Just Cause, "Buried Past"
Directors Guild of Canada
- 2003, Nominee, Gemini Award
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series
Bliss
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
- 2008, Winner, Gemini Award
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series
Durham County, "What Lies Beneath"
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
- 2009, Winner, DGC Craft Award
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Flashpoint, "Attention Shoppers"
Directors Guild of Canada
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Dale, Holly |
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Date of birth |
December 23, 1953 |
Place of birth |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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