| Jim Fall | |
| Birth Date: | 13 December 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Albion, New York, US |
| Alma Mater: | Temple University New York University |
| Occupation: | Director and producer |
| Years Active: | 1999–present |
| Website: | Official site |
James Fall (born December 13, 1962)[1] is an American film and television director and film producer. He is best known as the director of Trick (1999) and The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003).[1] [2] [3] [4]
Fall's directorial debut was the 1999 gay-themed independent film Trick,[1] [2] [3] [4] which was picked up for North American distribution by Fine Line Features soon after its screening at the Sundance Film Festival,[5] where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize.[1] [6] The film also won the Siegessäule Special Jury Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival,[7] and Outfest's Special Programming Committee Award for Outstanding Emerging Talent.
In 2003, Fall directed Disney's The Lizzie McGuire Movie.[1] [3] [4] He later directed several TV movies, including Wedding Wars (2006)[8] [9] and the holiday-themed films Holiday Engagement (2011), Holly's Holiday (2012) and Kristin's Christmas Past (2013).[4] [10] Fall's award-winning short films He Touched Me and Love is Deaf, Dumb and Blind aired on the USA Network and Nickelodeon.[1]
In 2018, Fall announced Trick 2, a sequel to Trick which he had written and will direct.[6] [11]
Fall's television credits include episodes of Grosse Pointe (2000) and So NoTORIous (2006).[1] [4] He has also had a career in theatre, directing a number of stage productions in New York City.[1]
Fall is an alumnus of Temple University and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.[1] [2]
Fall is openly gay.[3] In 2006 he married his then-boyfriend on the Halifax, Nova Scotia, set of Wedding Wars.[9]
| Year | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Trick | Independent film | |
| 2000 | Grosse Pointe | TV series/Episode: "Puppet Master" | |
| 2000 | Damaged Goods | TV series pilot | |
| 2003 | The Lizzie McGuire Movie | Feature film | |
| 2006 | So NoTORIous | TV series/Episodes: "Street" and "Accommodating" | |
| 2006 | Wedding Wars | TV movie | |
| 2011 | Holiday Engagement | TV movie | |
| 2012 | Holly's Holiday | TV movie | |
| 2013 | Kristin's Christmas Past | TV movie | |
| TBA | Trick 2 | Feature film |