Christie Will Wolf

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, , Forever Christmas, Slightly Single in L.A. and Yes, I Do and more.^[4][5] Will has received the Directors Guild of Canada "Legacy Award" for the film Her Coming.^[6]

Early life[]

Will was born in Ontario, Canada. Her parents died when she was 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 introduced co-education. She received the Terry Fox Scholarship upon highschool graduation. Will studied musical theatre at Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts USA. She attended The College of Charleston earning a Bachelor of Arts in theatre and art history and later she completed a Master of Fine Arts in Film and Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.

After studies, she moved to Los Angeles to work as a director and writer and actor. She attended Playhouse West in Burbank, California, also worked for theatre and kept moving between Canada and Los Angeles during this time founding 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, 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 and Wine starring David Spade, Chris Kattan, Norm McDonald, Chaz Palmetarri, Chris Parnell and the Farley Brothers.^[8] She was a producer on Christmas In Wonderland starring Patrick Swayzee and Tim Currie, 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, 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 Lions Gate. Later, she wrote and directed A Holiday Heist starring Vivica Fox. She has produced and directed Made of Television films for Hallmark, Lifetime, and UPTV including Becoming Santa, Baby Boot Camp, A Cookie Cutter Christmas, Her Infidelity, , Killer Ending, Yes I Do and So You Said Yes, and more.^[9] In 2019, Wolf won Best Screenwriting at The West Coast Canadian Screen Awards.

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