Holly Dale is a renowned Canadian director, celebrated globally for her outstanding and award-winning work in television and cinema, spanning over twenty-five years. Her impressive career has seen her direct a wide range of projects, including movies, mini-series, pilots, and episodic content, across various genres.
Ms. Dale has recently been tapped to serve as the Producer Director for Nick Santora's upcoming Netflix/Skydance series FUBAR, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Monica Barbaro, and Fortune Feimster. The series is set to premiere on Netflix in the summer of 2023.
Prior to this, Ms. Dale worked as the Producer Director on the Warner Bros/Berlanti Productions series Batwoman, directing 13 episodes over three seasons.
Ms. Dale was also the Producer Director of the international hit series Transplant, which she block shot, creating its visually stunning template. The series tells the story of a Syrian trauma surgeon who is himself a transplant recipient. Transplant achieved the distinction of becoming the #1 drama series of the year in both its Canadian run and US network run on NBC.
Throughout her illustrious career, Ms. Dale has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture and Best Director for the groundbreaking serial killer miniseries Durham County. She was also honored with a Canadian Screen Award for Best Director for Mary Kills People, a limited series that delves into the complex issues surrounding euthanasia, which she directed and co-executive produced for the entire first season of six hours. Variety selected Mary Kills People as one of its top ten series of the year.
The Directors Guild of Canada has recognized Ms. Dale as the Best Director of Drama series on four separate occasions for her work on acclaimed one-hour shows such as Flashpoint, Durham County, Mary Kills People, and most recently for Transplant.
Ms. Dale has also guest directed several exceptional series, including Dexter, The Americans, Chris Carter's X-Files, Joan Allen's The Family, Dick Wolf's Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Law & Order: SVU, Halle Berry's Extant, Bradley Cooper's Limitless, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Steven Spielberg's Falling Skies, and 12 individual hours of the Jerry Bruckheimer anthological series Cold Case, to name a few.
