About

Known credits:
28
Birthday:
1955-06-23
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Maggie Greenwald

Overview

Maggie Greenwald is an award-winning filmmaker who began her career as a picture and sound editor. Her first film, Home Remedy, screened at the Munich, London and Torino Film Festivals before opening at the prestigious Film Forum in New York. Her next film, in 1987, The Kill-Off, a noir thriller based on a novel by Jim Thompson, appeared at film festivals around the world including Sundance (in Dramatic Competition), Munich (opening night, American Independent section), London, Florence, Deauville, Toronto and Edinburgh before winning the Best Director Award at the Torino Film Festival. The film is acknowledged by the British Film Institute as one of the "100 Best American Independents."

Greenwald's acclaimed, groundbreaking Western, The Ballad of Little Jo, was released worldwide by Fine Line Features and Polygram Filmed Entertainment in 1993. It won an Independent Spirit Award. Inspired by early country ballads, Greenwald subsequently wrote and directed her music-based drama, Songcatcher. The film premiered in Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2000 where it garnered a Special Jury Award for Ensemble Performance. The film was the opening night selection of the Hamptons Film Festival and received the first Sloan Foundation Award, Deauville Film Festival Audience Award, two Independent Spirit Award nominations and a GLAAD Award nomination. In 2013 Greenwald directed the teen film The Last Keepers, starring Zosia Mamet, Aidan Quinn, Virginia Madsen and Olympia Dukakis. In 2002 Greenwald was awarded the Dorothy Arzner Award from the Director's View Film Festival. For television, Greenwald has directed the GLAAD Award-winning film What Makes A Family (starring Brooke Shields, Whoopi Goldberg and Cherry Jones - 2000), Tempted (starring Virginia Madsen - 2002 ) and Comfort and Joy (starring Dixie Carter - 2003) for Lifetime Television. Get A Clue, (starring Lindsay Lohan and Brenda Song- 2001) for Disney Channel. Good Morning, Killer (starring Catherine Bell - 2011) for TNT. Episodic work includes The Adventures of Pete & Pete (Cable ACE Award), The Mystery Files Of Shelby Woo and Wildfire.

Known for

Acting
1997 Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western Actor Self N/A
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1993 Made in the USA Actor Self N/A
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Directing
2018 Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane Directing Director 59
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2016 Sophie and the Rising Sun Directing Director 59
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2013 The Last Keepers Directing Director 58
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2011 Good Morning, Killer Directing Director 58
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2003 Comfort and Joy Directing Director 59
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2003 Tempted Directing Director 59
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2002 Get a Clue Directing Director 57
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2001 Songcatcher Directing Director 59
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2001 What Makes a Family Directing Director 59
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1993 The Ballad of Little Jo Directing Director 59
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1989 The Kill-Off Directing Director 58
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1987 Home Remedy Directing Director N/A
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1979 Hot Stuff Directing Director N/A
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1978 AH! Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2016 Sophie and the Rising Sun Writing Screenplay 59
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2001 Songcatcher Writing Writer 59
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1993 The Ballad of Little Jo Writing Writer 59
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1989 The Kill-Off Writing Writer 58
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1987 Home Remedy Writing Screenplay N/A
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1979 Hot Stuff Writing Writer N/A
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1978 AH! Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2016 Sophie and the Rising Sun Production Producer 59
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1979 Hot Stuff Production Producer N/A
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1978 AH! Production Producer N/A
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Sound
1983 The Devonsville Terror Sound Music Editor 58
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Editing
1979 Hot Stuff Editing Editor N/A
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