Jim Fall

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::summary American film and television director and producer ::

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Field	Value
name	Jim Fall
birth_date
birth_place	Albion, New York, US
alma_mater	Temple University
New York University
occupation	Director and producer
years_active	1999–present
website	Official site
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James Fall (born December 13, 1962) 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).

Career

Fall's directorial debut was the 1999 gay-themed independent film Trick, which was picked up for North American distribution by Fine Line Features soon after its screening at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. The film also won the Siegessäule Special Jury Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, and Outfest's Special Programming Committee Award for Outstanding Emerging Talent.

In 2003, Fall directed Disney's The Lizzie McGuire Movie. He later directed several TV movies, including Wedding Wars (2006) and the holiday-themed films Holiday Engagement (2011), Holly's Holiday (2012) and Kristin's Christmas Past (2013). Fall's award-winning short films He Touched Me and Love is Deaf, Dumb and Blind aired on the USA Network and Nickelodeon.

In 2018, Fall announced Trick 2, a sequel to Trick which he had written and will direct.

Fall's television credits include episodes of Grosse Pointe (2000) and So NoTORIous (2006). He has also had a career in theatre, directing a number of stage productions in New York City.

Fall is an alumnus of Temple University and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

Personal life

Fall is openly gay. In 2006 he married his then-boyfriend on the Halifax, Nova Scotia set of Wedding Wars.

Filmography

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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
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References

References

1. "Jim Fall biography and filmography".
2. "Sundance Archives: 1999 Film Festival - ''Trick''". [[Sundance Film Festival]].
3. Vary, Adam B.. (May 13, 2003). "And for his next ''Trick'' ... how Jim Fall, the out director of the sexy gay comedy ''Trick'', went to work for Disney to make the family-friendly ''Lizzie McGuire Movie''".
4. Halterman, Jim. (December 7, 2012). "Exclusive: Director Jim Fall On His New Holiday Film And (Finally) The ''Trick'' Sequel". AfterElton.com.
5. (January 26, 1999). "''Trick'' pic treated to release by Fine Line".
6. Voss, Brandon. (September 15, 2018). "Hot Go-Go Boy From ''Trick'' Still Looks Sexy Shirtless in Sequel".
7. "Teddy Award Winner: ''Trick''". [[Berlin International Film Festival]].
8. "''Wedding Wars'': About the Movie". [[A&E (TV channel).
9. Hundley, Jessica. (November 20, 2006). "John Stamos pops our cork!".
10. "Movie Details: ''Kristin's Christmas Past''".
11. Garner, Glenn. (August 11, 2018). "Director Jim Fall Talks ''Trick 2'' and 20 Years Since the Original".

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