Zale Dalen

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Zale Dalen

Biography

Zale Dalen, AKA David James Scott, started his career in the film business as a script writer (“Another Smith for Paradise” directed by Tom Shandell in 1972) assistant editor, soundman, editor, and sponsored/educational film director. His big break came in 1976 with the funding of his first feature film, “Skip Tracer”. Since then he has directed four more Canadian features – “The Hounds of Notre Dame”, “Terminal City Ricochet”, “Expect No Mercy”, and “Passion” – two of which are considered Canadian classics, one of which was a job of work made for the exploitation market in third world countries, and one of which, “Passion”. is a work of pure genius that remains totally unrecognized. Along the way he directed two made for TV movies – “Anything to Survive” and “On Thin Ice, the Tai Babalonia Story” – and quite a few episodes of television series like Alfred Hitchcock, Wiseguy, Scene of the Crime, Friday’s Curse, Kung Fu the Legend Continues, Beachcombers and For the Record.

Known For

Director

1999
Passion

as Director

1995
Expect No Mercy

as Director

1991
Street Justice

as Director

1990
1990
1987
Wiseguy

as Director

1987
21 Jump Street

as Director

1987
J.J. Starbuck

as Director

1985
Danger Bay

as Director

1984
Airwolf

as Director

1980
1977
Skip Tracer

as Director

Sound

Editor

1977
Skip Tracer

as Editor

Writer

1977
Skip Tracer

as Screenplay