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Zale Dalen
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, sou…
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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.
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1999
Passion
Movie Director
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1995
Expect No Mercy
Movie Director
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1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
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1991
Street Justice
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1990
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
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1990
Terminal City Ricochet
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1990
Anything to Survive
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1987
Friday the 13th: The Series
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1987
J.J. Starbuck
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1987
Wiseguy
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1987
21 Jump Street
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1985
Danger Bay
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1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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1984
Airwolf
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1980
Hounds of Notre Dame
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1977
Skip Tracer
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1975
Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance
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