Christie Will Wolf

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Christie Will Wolf
Born
Christine Will Wolf

Blue Mountain, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater Emerson College (BFA)
The College of Charleston (BA)
University of British Columbia (MFA)
Occupation(s)Director, producer, writer
Years active1987–present

Christie Will Wolf is a Canadian film and television writer, director and producer. [1] [2] [3] She is best known for writing and directing a number of films, including Over The Moon, Her Infidelity, Eat, Play, Love, Boy Toy, Forever Christmas, Slightly Single in L.A. , Yes, I Do, and more. [4] [5] Will has received the Directors Guild of Canada Legacy Award for the film Her Coming. [6]

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Early life

Will was born in Ontario, Canada. Her parents died when she was a child. She went to boarding school at Trinity College School in Ontario Canada, and was in the first class of girls when the all male institution became co-ed. She received the Terry Fox Scholarship upon graduation. Will studied musical theatre at Emerson College in Boston. She subsequently attended the College of Charleston, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Art History, and later completed a Master of Fine Arts in Film and Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.

After her studies, she moved to Los Angeles to work as a director, writer, and actor. She attended Playhouse West in Burbank, California and also worked for theatre. While dividing her time between Canada and Los Angeles, she founded The Beaumont Playhouse, a black box theatre in Vancouver teaching the works of Sanford Meisner.

Career

Will produced, directed, and wrote her debut short film Dysfunction in 2006. She worked as an assistant to actor, director, and producer Peter Berg, and then worked for Paula Abdul developing her reality show Hey Paula . [7] After that, she produced and developed several movies, including Hollywood & Wine , starring David Spade, Chris Kattan, Norm Macdonald, Chazz Palminteri, Chris Parnell, and the Farley brothers. [5] She was a producer of Christmas in Wonderland , starring Patrick Swayze and Tim Curry, as well as Blonde and Blonder starring Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards. In 2009, Will made her first feature film Slightly Single in L.A, starring Jenna Dewan, Lacey Chabert, Chris Kattan, and Kip Pardue. She was the writer, director, and co-producer of the film, which was a pioneer acquisition for Netflix. She then wrote and directed the comedy Boy Toy, starring Mircea Monroe, Vivian Bang, and Morgan Fairchild, which was released by Lionsgate. Later, she wrote and directed A Holiday Heist, starring Vivica A. Fox. She has produced and directed made-for-TV films for the Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, and Up TV, including Becoming Santa, Baby Boot Camp, A Cookie Cutter Christmas, Her Infidelity, A Snow Capped Christmas, Killer Ending, Yes I Do and So You Said Yes, among others. [8] In 2019, Wolf won the award for Best Screenwriting at The West Coast Canadian Screen Awards.

Filmography

NameTV/FilmYearPosition
DysfunctionShort Film2006Producer, director, Writer
Christmas in Wonderland Film2007Co-producer
Blonde and Blonder Film2008Co-producer
That's Amore

V Series

2008Overnight Supervising Producer
A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila TV series2008Overnight Supervising Producer
Canine TheatreTV series2007-08Producer
Tool Academy TV series2009Overnight Supervising Producer
Real Estate 101TV series2011Senior supervising producer
Hollywood & Wine Film2011Co-producer, Actor
FMA WeeklyTV series2011Producer, Host
Boy Toy Video2011Producer, director, Writer
A Holiday HeistFilm2011Producer, director, Writer
Rockstar AcademyTV series2011Senior supervising producer
Baby Boot CampFilm2014Producer, director, Writer
A Cookie Cutter ChristmasFilm2014Producer, director
Her InfidelityFilm2015Producer, director, writer
A Snow Capped Christmas Film2016Producer, director
A Dash of LoveFilm2017Director
Harvest LoveFilm2017Director, writer
A Christmas SoloFilm2017Director
The Christmas TrapShort Film2017Director, writer
Infidelity in SuburbiaFilm2017Producer, director, Writer
Eat, Play, LoveFilm2017Producer, director
Killer EndingFilm2018Director, writer
Yes, I DoFilm2018Producer, director
Poinsettias for ChristmasFilm2018Director, producer
Forever ChristmasFilm2018Director
Over the Moon in LoveFilm2019Director, co-executive producer
Identity Theft of a CheerleaderFilm2019Director, co-executive producer
Love UnleashedFilm2019Co-executive producer, Director, Writer
A Valentine's MatchFilm2020Director, executive producer
Love in the ForecastFilm2020Producer, director
Her ComingShort Film2020Producer, director, Writer
High Flying RomanceFilm2020Director, writer, Executive Producer
Five Star Christmas Film2020Director, supervising producer
Chasing WaterfallsFilm2021Director, writer, Executive Producer
Love on FireFilm2021Director, writer, Producer
In ActionFilm2021Director
Where Your Heart BelongsFilm2022Director, writer, Executive Producer
Don't Forget I Love YouFilm2022Director
Love in Glacier National: A National Park RomanceFilm2023Director, executive producer
Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas Film2023Director

References

  1. ↑ "Life Is As Unpredictable As The Ocean by Christie Will Wolf | As Told By Women". astoldbywomen.com. 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  2. ↑ "Episode Seventy-Six: Christie Will Wolf". YVR Screen Scene. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  3. ↑ "Vancouver Film Sets Are Hiring Doctors and "COVID Captains" to Get the Cameras Rolling". MONTECRISTO. 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  4. ↑ Patel, Varun (2020-06-11). "Where Was Love in the Forecast Filmed? Hallmark Cast Details". The Cinemaholic. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  5. 1 2 "FilmAffinity". FilmAffinity (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  6. ↑ "CHRISTIE WILL FILMS". Directory. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  7. ↑ "Women Behind the Scenes Spotlight: Christie Will Wolf – NiceGirlsTV.com" . Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  8. ↑ "Interview With Director Christie Will". 10 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14.
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