Zale Dalen was a

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film and television director. He is known for the 1980 film ''

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'', for which he garnered a

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nomination for

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at the

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in 1981, the cult films '' Skip Tracer'' (1977) and ''

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'' (1990)."Ricochet hit". ''

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'', August 31, 1990. His television credits have included episodes of '' For the Record'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Wiseguy'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'' and '' Call of the Wild''. In addition he directed two made for TV movies: "

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" (1990) for ABC and "On Thin Ice, the Tai Babalonia Story" (1990) for NBC. His non-television work includes educational and sponsored films, plus the Saskatchewan Pavilion film for Expo '86. Zale Dalen granted Jesse Savath, a son of the late writer/producer

Phil Savath Phil Savath (December 28, 1946 - November 3, 2004) was an United States, American-born Canadians, Canadian film and television writer and producer. He was most noted as a two-time Genie Award nominee for Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Aw ...

, an option that would allow a remake of his first feature film, "Skip Tracer" (1976). "Skip Tracer" won an Etrog, the Wendy Michener award for emerging directors at the Canadian Film Awards in 1977. It was presented at the Montreal, Toronto, New York, London, Moscow, Thesolonika (Greece), and Sidney (Australia) film festivals. Zale Dalen died on September 25, 2024, survived by his by wife, three children and two grandchildren.

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