Greenwald, Maggie 1955–

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GREENWALD, Maggie 1955–

PERSONAL

Born June 22 (some sources cite June 23), 1955. Education: Attended City College of the City University of New York; trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, and School of the Performing Arts, all New York City; attended film school.

Career: Director and writer. Columbia University, instructor in film; Independent Features Project, member of the board of directors. Worked as a dancer and stage actress.

Member: Directors Guild of America.

Awards, Honors: Torino Film Festival Award, best director, and Critics Award nomination, Deauville Film Festival, both 1989, and nomination for grand jury prize, dramatic category, Sundance Film Festival, 1990, all for The Kill-Off; special jury award, Rome-Florence Film Festival, 1994, for The Ballad of Little Jo; Feature Film Prize in Science and Technology, Hamptons International Film Festival, Audience Award and nomination for grand special prize, both Deauville Film Festival, and nomination for grand jury prize, dramatic category, Sundance Film Festival, all 2000, and Dorothy Arzner Prize, Director's View Film Festival, 2002, all for Songcatcher.

CREDITS

Film Director:

Hot Stuff (short film), c. 1980.

Home Remedy, Kino International, 1987.

The Kill-Off, Shapiro, 1989.

The Ballad of Little Jo, Adelphi, 1993.

Songcatcher, 2000, Lions Gate Films, 2001.

Film Work; Other:

Assistant editor and music editor, The Devonsville Terror, 1983.

Assistant automated dialogue replacement editor, Runaway, TriStar, 1984.

Assistant sound editor, Weird Science, Universal, 1985.

Television Director; Movies:

What Makes a Family, Lifetime, 2001.

Get a Clue, The Disney Channel, 2002.

Comfort and Joy, Lifetime, 2003.

Tempted (also known as A Mother's Choice and Returning Lily), Lifetime, 2003.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Hot Seats," The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, Nickelodeon, 1996.

"Hot Seats: Part 2," The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, Nickelodeon, 1996.

"The Mascot Mystery," The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, Nickelodeon, 1996.

"Wipeout," The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, Nickelodeon, 1996.

"The Party," Wildfire, ABC Family Channel, 2005.

Directed episodes of The Adventures of Pete & Pete (also known as Pete and Pete), Nickelodeon.

Television Director; Pilots:

Me & My Friends, Nickelodeon, 1998.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Herself, Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western, TNT, 1997.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Home Remedy, Kino International, 1987.

The Kill-Off (based on a novel by Jim Thompson), Shapiro, 1989.

The Ballad of Little Jo, Adelphi, 1993.

Songcatcher, 2000, Lions Gate Films, 2001.

Nonfiction:

Contributor to periodicals, including Film Quarterly and Sight and Sound.

ADAPTATIONS

The Ballad of Little Jo was adapted as a stage musical by Sarah Schlesinger, with music by Mike Reid, and produced at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, IL, in 2000.