CHRISTIE WILL WOLF
CHRISTIE WILL WOLF
Christie Will Wolf is an award-winning writer, director, and producer with a career spanning over 40 films. She is best known for her feature film Slightly Single in L.A., which became a pioneer acquisition for Netflix when the platform first began streaming. Throughout her career, Christie has directed, written, or produced films featuring some of Hollywood's most recognized talent, including Patrick Swayze, Tim Curry, Pamela Anderson, Vivica A. Fox, Lacey Chabert, Lindsay Wagner, Alan Thicke, Donna Mills, Sharon Lawrence, Bethany Joy Lenz, Jenna Dewan, Simon Rex, Nicolette Sheridan, Loni Anderson, Morgan Fairchild, David Spade, Norm MacDonald, Chris Kattan, Chris Parnell, Luke McFarlane, Jonathan Bennett, John Reardon, Tony Cavalero, Dawn Olivieri, Meghan Ory, Mircea Monroe, Andrea Barber, Kelli Williams, Lee Majors, Meredith Baxter, and Michael Gross—just to name a few.
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.
Her early career saw her working with industry veterans like Peter Berg and co-producing films such as Hollywood and Wine and Christmas in Wonderland. Her directorial debut, Dysfunction, earned critical acclaim, winning the Audience Award. Her first feature film, Slightly Single in L.A., became a standout success, helping to launch Netflix when the platform first started streaming. Since then, Christie has built a long-standing career in television movies, crossing genres from comedy to drama to romcoms to thrillers. Many of her films have become breakout successes, including the family feature Becoming Santa, which continues to be featured on PEOPLE magazine’s list of all-time favorite Christmas films, alongside classics like Elf and A Christmas Story. Numerous other TV movie hits have followed, though there are far too many to list here.
Christie holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia in Creative Writing and Film along with a BFA from The College of Charleston and Emerson College. Raised in northern Ontario and orphaned at a young age (10 and 14 years respectively), she attended a boarding school during its first year of co-education.