15 Facts About Jill Messick

Jill Laura Sobel Messick was an American film producer.

Jill Messick worked as an executive producer on several films, including She's All That, Frida, and Mean Girls.

Jill Messick was the daughter of Michael Sobel and actress Laura Nicholson Sobel.

Jill Messick was director of development at Woods Entertainment from 1994 to 1996, working on films including Scream and Teaching Mrs Tingle, both distributed by Dimension Films, a division of Miramax Films.

Jill Messick helped facilitate Miramax distributing M Night Shyamalan's Wide Awake.

At Miramax Jill Messick helped bring She's All That to the company within a month of her hiring, It eventually grossed $60 million.

Jill Messick worked on such films as Boys and Girls, Frida and early development of Cinderella Man.

Jill Messick worked directly with Dimension Films and helped make multipicture deals with screenwriters R Lee Fleming, Jr.

Jill Messick later worked as an executive producer for Lorne Michaels, Paramount Pictures and The Weinstein Company.

Jill Messick made a brief foray into television production with the short-lived NBC sitcom Bad Judge.

Jill Messick was married to producer Kevin Messick, with whom she had two children.

Jill Messick died by suicide in Los Angeles on February 7,2018, one day after the third anniversary of her mother's death.

Jill Messick became collateral damage in an already horrific story.

Jill Messick opted not to add to the feeding frenzy, allowing her name and her reputation to be sullied despite having done nothing wrong.

Jill Messick was among the deceased memorialized at the 90th Academy Awards.