Dale is an accomplished professional with 30+ years’ experience in business; managing companies, finances, and business development. Dale has two university degrees in architecture and worked as a buildings architect for 15 years. He transitioned to Information Technology in 1993, founding and selling a web hosting startup. After selling that company Dale worked in investment banking assessing, packaging and financing technology company startups.
Dale has a keen interest in film making and in 2010 started Aventus Films, with it’s head office in Victoria, BC. He has applied his entrepreneurial vision, business management skills and energetic enthusiasm to the film industry, fulfilling a lifelong dream to be a master storyteller with film.
Director Statement
As soon a I met Ed Kwan (China Doll), I saw and felt immediately his love. I new I had to tell his story.
He has a great family story of immigration, struggling to get ahead in a new world, and as powerful desire to serve and help the community and she does it all as an amazing drag diva: China Doll.
LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival 