---
name: "James Orr"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-orr"
fi1m_id: "james-orr"
imdb_id: "nm0650561"
tmdb_id: 27444
wikidata_id: "Q1680918"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "23 March 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T21:43:49.651102+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# James Orr

## Identity

James Orr

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-orr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-orr
- **IMDb ID:** nm0650561
- **TMDB ID:** 27444
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1680918
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Orr_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1680918, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0650561/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27444

Producer. Born 23 March 1953 in Noranda, Québec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 23 March 1953, Noranda, Québec, Canada
- **Active:** 1987–1991
- **Also known as:** James Joseph Orr
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 producing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 71 (1), 1990s 65 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Orr_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1680918, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0650561/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27444

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*3 Men and a Baby*](https://film.one/film/3-men-and-a-baby.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

James Orr is a Canadian writer, director and producer of motion pictures. Born in Noranda, Quebec, in 1953, he grew up in Toronto. He studied journalism at Carleton University and film at York University, and in 1977 became the first Canadian accepted as a Director Fellow at the American Film Institute Conservatory in Los Angeles.

Orr's screenplay credits include *Three Men and a Baby* (1987), *Tough Guys* (1986) and *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit* (1993), frequently in collaboration with Jim Cruickshank. He has directed *Mr. Destiny* (1990) and *Man of the House* (1995), among other films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1)

- *3 Men and a Baby* (1987), Fi1m 71, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/3-men-and-a-baby.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Father of the Bride* (1991), Fi1m 65, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/father-of-the-bride-1991.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Change of Heart* (2017), Writer
- *My Future Boyfriend* (2011), Writer
- *The Night Before the Night Before Christmas* (2010), Director, Executive Producer, Writer
- *The Unwinking Gaze: The Inside Story of the Dalai Lama's Struggle for Tibet* (2008), Cinematography
- *Christmas in Wonderland* (2007), Writer, Director
- *Blowing Smoke* (2004), Director, Writer
- *Father of the Bride Part II* (1995), Co-Executive Producer
- *It Takes Two* (1995), Producer
- *Man of the House* (1995), Screenplay, Director
- *Love on the Run* (1994), Writer
- *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit* (1993), Screenplay
- *Father of the Bride* (1991), Executive Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/father-of-the-bride-1991.md)
- *Mr. Destiny* (1990), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *14 Going on 30* (1988), Writer
- *Hellbent* (1988), as Spike
- *3 Men and a Baby* (1987), Screenplay — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/3-men-and-a-baby.md)
- *They Still Call Me Bruce* (1987), Screenplay, Producer
- *Young Harry Houdini* (1987), Director, Writer
- *Tough Guys* (1986), Screenplay
- *Breaking All the Rules* (1985), Director
- *The Wonderful World of Disney* (1954), series, Producer

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