Jim Fall(I)
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Jim Fall has had a diversified directing career spanning over 35 years, including theatre, film, and TV. His first feature film, "Trick," starring Christian Campbell and Tori Spelling, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival in Dramatic Competition. Released in the summer of 1999 by Fine Line Features, it became their highest-grossing film of that year. Jim's studio directing debut, "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" - a big-screen adaptation of the Disney Channel series starring Hilary Duff - was a big box-office success for Disney, opening at number two behind "X-Men 2" and earning back its 17 million-dollar budget in its first weekend.
His TV credits include the A&E TV movie "Wedding Wars," starring John Stamos and James Brolin. He directed and co-wrote "Holiday Engagement" (Hallmark's highest-rated Sunday night movie that year), starring Shelley Long, Bonnie Somerville, and Jordan Bridges, "Holly's Holiday" (Lifetime), starring Claire Coffee and Ryan McPartlin, and "Kristin's Christmas Past" (Lifetime), starring Shiri Appleby and Elizabeth Mitchell. All three Christmas movies have continued to return every year, playing in rotation during the holiday season. He also directed episodes of "So NoTORIous", VH1's scripted comedy starring Tori Spelling and Zachary Quinto, and "Grosse Pointe", the Darren Star-produced comedy series that has become a cult favorite.
His recent theatre directing credits include the world premieres of Mark Saltzman's musicals "Alice, Formerly of Wonderland" at ETC in Santa Barbara and "Falling For Make Believe" at the Colony Theater in Burbank, "Primal Scream, The Musical," music by David Foster, book and lyrics by Arthur Janov, at the Smothers Theater, Pepperdine University, Howard Skora's comedies "Miserable With and Ocean View" and "Damaged Furniture" at the Whitefire Theater, and Gary Lennon's drama "The Interlopers" at the Bootleg Theater.
He is developing "The Lord Won't Mind", a TV series based on Gordon Merrick's 1971 New York Times bestseller, "Hate: A Love Story", a feature film based on the true story of Al Snyder who took the Westboro Baptist Church to the Supreme Court after they protested his military son's funeral.
His TV credits include the A&E TV movie "Wedding Wars," starring John Stamos and James Brolin. He directed and co-wrote "Holiday Engagement" (Hallmark's highest-rated Sunday night movie that year), starring Shelley Long, Bonnie Somerville, and Jordan Bridges, "Holly's Holiday" (Lifetime), starring Claire Coffee and Ryan McPartlin, and "Kristin's Christmas Past" (Lifetime), starring Shiri Appleby and Elizabeth Mitchell. All three Christmas movies have continued to return every year, playing in rotation during the holiday season. He also directed episodes of "So NoTORIous", VH1's scripted comedy starring Tori Spelling and Zachary Quinto, and "Grosse Pointe", the Darren Star-produced comedy series that has become a cult favorite.
His recent theatre directing credits include the world premieres of Mark Saltzman's musicals "Alice, Formerly of Wonderland" at ETC in Santa Barbara and "Falling For Make Believe" at the Colony Theater in Burbank, "Primal Scream, The Musical," music by David Foster, book and lyrics by Arthur Janov, at the Smothers Theater, Pepperdine University, Howard Skora's comedies "Miserable With and Ocean View" and "Damaged Furniture" at the Whitefire Theater, and Gary Lennon's drama "The Interlopers" at the Bootleg Theater.
He is developing "The Lord Won't Mind", a TV series based on Gordon Merrick's 1971 New York Times bestseller, "Hate: A Love Story", a feature film based on the true story of Al Snyder who took the Westboro Baptist Church to the Supreme Court after they protested his military son's funeral.
