Christie serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Women in Film Vancouver BC. In March 2024, Christie was nominated for Royal Bank of Canada’s Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards, presented by Women of Influence. In 2022, she was selected as one of five best new series creators for RBC's Series Fest, held at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Christie has earned multiple Leo Awards, presented by the esteemed Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of British Columbia, for Best Screenwriting, along with Best Director nominations in 2019, 2020 and 2022. In recent years, she has also garnered accolades such as Best Canadian Female Director, Best Director, Best Film, and Best Sci-Fi Film at international film festivals for various projects she has both written and directed. Additionally, she received a Best Film nomination from Screen Nova Scotia in 2024. In 2020, she was honored with the BC Directors Guild of Canada's Legacy Award. Of special note, Christie was awarded the prestigious Terry Fox Humanitarian Award in her youth, a highly esteemed Canadian honor recognizing individuals who demonstrate outstanding humanitarian service and perseverance in the face of adversity.

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Her early career saw her working for industry veterans like Peter Berg and co-producing films such as Hollywood and Wine (David

Spade, Norm McDonald) and Christmas in Wonderland (Patrick Swayze). Following this work, she started directing  - with her directorial debut, Dysfunction, which earned critical acclaim winning the Audience Award at Rhode Island. Early career Christie was best known for her feature film Slightly Single in L.A., which became a pioneer acquisition for Netflix when the platform first began streaming. After the success of  SSinLA, she  went on to write and direct Boy Toy (acquired by Lionsgate) followed by A Holiday Heist (starring Vivica A. Fox and Lacey Chabert). Of interest, her collaborations with Chabert pre-dated the Hallmark holiday boom, helping shape a genre that would soon dominate television screens. 

 

After her first three feature films,  Christie's  made the difficult choice to leave behind what was then an emerging career in Los Angeles and return to her native Canada as a single mother. Seeking stability while raising her children, she pivoted into television movies—a strategic move that allowed her to continue building her craft within Vancouver’ Canada's rapidly growing production hub, and cross genres as a writer and director.

 

Since then, Christie has carved out one of the most respected and prolific careers in television and streamer movies—directing across genres from comedy and drama to romantic comedies, thrillers, and true crime. Many of her films have become breakout successes, earning praise from both audiences and critics for their emotional depth, originality, and commercial appeal. Her signature style continues to define the space she helped build.

Education
Christie holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Film Production from the University of British Columbia, as well as a BFA in Performing Arts from both The College of Charleston and Emerson College. Raised in Northern Ontario, Canada, and orphaned at the ages of 10 and 14, she went on to attend a prestigious boarding school during its first year of co-education. She now splits her time between Vancouver and Los Angeles, and is the proud mother of two daughters.