Jim Fall

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 and The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003).

Career Fall's directorial debut was the 1999 gay-themed independent film Trick, 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. 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.

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

Filmography Film Trick (1999) (Also producer) The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)

TV series Year Title Notes 2000 Grosse Pointe Episode "Puppet Master" 2000 Damaged Goods Pilot 2006 So NoTORIous Episodes "Street" and "Accommodating"

TV movies Wedding Wars (2006) Holiday Engagement (2011) Holly's Holiday (2012) Kristin's Christmas Past (2013)