Maggie Greenwald

Maggie Greenwald is an awardwinning 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 KillOff 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 Greenwalds 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 musicbased 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 Directors View Film Festival For television Greenwald has directed the GLAAD Awardwinning 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