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Maggie Greenwald

Maggie Greenwald

Known For Directing
Birthday Jun 23, 1955 (70)
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 07, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Maggie Greenwald (born June 23, 1955) is an American 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 n ... oir 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.

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Sophie and the Rising Sun

Sophie and the Rising Sun

2016

Screenplay

Songcatcher

Songcatcher

2001

Writer

The Kill-Off

The Kill-Off

1989

Writer

Home Remedy

Home Remedy

1987

Screenplay

The Devonsville Terror

The Devonsville Terror

1983

Music Editor

The Last Keepers

The Last Keepers

2013

Director

Good Morning, Killer

Good Morning, Killer

2011

Director

Tempted

Tempted

2003

Director

Comfort and Joy

Comfort and Joy

2003

Director

Get a Clue

Get a Clue

2002

Director

Songcatcher

Songcatcher

2001

Director

What Makes a Family

What Makes a Family

2001

Director

The Ballad of Little Jo

The Ballad of Little Jo

1993

Director

The Kill-Off

The Kill-Off

1989

Director

Home Remedy

Home Remedy

1987

Director

Organization Category Movie
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