Jimmie Fails (born November 10, 1994) is an American actor. His first
lead role in a feature film was the titular role in the
semi-autobiographical film The Last Black Man in San Francisco.Fails
was born and raised in San Francisco. Until he was three years old, he
lived in a Victorian house that his grandfather, a Baptist preacher,
had bought in the predominantly Black middle-class Fillmore district
of San Francisco. After his grandfather died, the house was foreclosed
on because his relatives could not afford the expense, and he spent
the remainder of his childhood in foster care and public housing. Only
he and his father remained in the city; the rest of the relatives
moved out. Fails attended Archbishop Riordan High School, and later
attended college but left after one year.Growing up, Fails met Joe
Talbot at the park that divided their neighborhoods. They soon became
close friends and first began making short movies together during high
school. Their short film, Last Stop Livermore, made in collaboration
with Joe's brother Nat, was a finalist in the Golden Gate Awards.
Their second, official short, American Paradise, premiered at the 2017
Sundance Film Festival.Talbot and Fails conceived of the film The Last
Black Man in San Francisco as teenagers. Fails and Talbot created a
Kickstarter campaign in 2015 to fund it. Danny Glover, a San Francisco
native, called Fails directly to express his interest in the film. The
film is semi-autobiographical and tells the story of a fictionalized
version of Fails, played by the actor, who attempts to reclaim a
Victorian home built by his grandfather in a gentrified area of San
Francisco. The film was Fails' first professional acting role. The
film received positive critical reviews.
lead role in a feature film was the titular role in the
semi-autobiographical film The Last Black Man in San Francisco.Fails
was born and raised in San Francisco. Until he was three years old, he
lived in a Victorian house that his grandfather, a Baptist preacher,
had bought in the predominantly Black middle-class Fillmore district
of San Francisco. After his grandfather died, the house was foreclosed
on because his relatives could not afford the expense, and he spent
the remainder of his childhood in foster care and public housing. Only
he and his father remained in the city; the rest of the relatives
moved out. Fails attended Archbishop Riordan High School, and later
attended college but left after one year.Growing up, Fails met Joe
Talbot at the park that divided their neighborhoods. They soon became
close friends and first began making short movies together during high
school. Their short film, Last Stop Livermore, made in collaboration
with Joe's brother Nat, was a finalist in the Golden Gate Awards.
Their second, official short, American Paradise, premiered at the 2017
Sundance Film Festival.Talbot and Fails conceived of the film The Last
Black Man in San Francisco as teenagers. Fails and Talbot created a
Kickstarter campaign in 2015 to fund it. Danny Glover, a San Francisco
native, called Fails directly to express his interest in the film. The
film is semi-autobiographical and tells the story of a fictionalized
version of Fails, played by the actor, who attempts to reclaim a
Victorian home built by his grandfather in a gentrified area of San
Francisco. The film was Fails' first professional acting role. The
film received positive critical reviews.
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