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Maggie Greenwald is a Director, Writer and Music Editor American born on 23 june 1955 at Manhattan (USA)

Maggie Greenwald

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Nationality USA
Birth 23 june 1955 (68 years) at Manhattan (USA)

Maggie Greenwald (born June 23, 1955 in Manhattan, New York) is an American film, television director and screenwriter.

She is most recognized for writing and directing Songcatcher (2000) and The Ballad of Little Jo (1993). She also directed an adaptation of Jim Thompson's The Kill-Off starring an ensemble cast that includes Cathy Haase and the film debut of Jorja Fox.

Greenwald has also directed a number of television films as well as directing episodes of The Adventures of Pete & Pete, The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo and Wildfire

Biography

Maggie Greenwald est mariée depuis 1993 avec le violoniste et compositeur américain David Mansfield avec qui elle a deux enfants.

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Ulli Lommel
Ulli Lommel
(1 films)
Declan Quinn
Declan Quinn
(2 films)
Sam Robards
Sam Robards
(1 films)
John Sloss
John Sloss
(1 films)
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Filmography of Maggie Greenwald (9 films)

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Director

Good Morning, Killer, 1h30
Directed by Maggie Greenwald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Catherine Bell, Cole Hauser, Titus Welliver, Suleka Mathew, James Jordan, Ryan McDonald
Rating50% 2.5200952.5200952.5200952.5200952.520095
L'agent du FBI Ana Grey est sur les traces d'un kidnappeur.
Comfort and Joy, 1h29
Directed by Maggie Greenwald
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Christmas films
Actors Nancy McKeon, Steven Eckholdt, Paul Dooley, Andrew Chalmers, Dixie Carter
Rating61% 3.0506253.0506253.0506253.0506253.050625
Jane Berry is a successful, single entrepreneur. On a Christmas, when she is driving back home in her Jaguar, she has an accident and hits a pole. Sam (Steven Eckholdt) comes to her rescue to take her out from her wagon now and tells her that he's her husband for the last 10 years and she has 2 children with him. 10 years ago she had dumped her boyfriend and left her job for Sam. Jane is confused by her new world, where she is a new Jane who is completely different from the previous Jane.
Tempted
Tempted (2003)

Directed by Maggie Greenwald
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Virginia Madsen, Lainie Kazan, Jason Momoa, Kieu Chinh, Andrew McFarlane, Brooke Harman
Rating55% 2.76312.76312.76312.76312.7631
Emma (Virginia Madsen) est une avocate qui, lorsqu'elle ne travaille pas, s'occupe de son mari et de ses deux jeunes enfants. Un jour, elle apprend le décès de Lily, la femme qui s'était occupé d'elle lors de son enfance et vivait avec son père. Dans une lettre, Lily lui demande de répandre ses cendres à Hawaï, la terre de ses ancêtres.
Get a Clue
Get a Clue (2002)
, 1h20
Directed by Maggie Greenwald
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Lindsay Lohan, Brenda Song, Ian Gomez, Bug Hall, Charles Shaughnessy, Amanda Plummer
Rating51% 2.553422.553422.553422.553422.55342
C'est l'histoire de Lexy (Lindsay), une ado de 16 ans, « privilégiée » par la vie. La jeune fille qui a passé la moitié de son temps parmi les riches à Manhattan, toujours en Prada, se vante de sa capacité à toujours trouver le "scoop" et de le servir dans la colonne "rumeurs" du journal de l'école. Quand un article de Lexy est publié dans le journal (un article sur la relation qu'entretiennent deux de ses professeurs), c'est le début de choses étranges. Lorsque l'un de leurs professeurs disparaît, Lexy et ses amis (Jack, Jen, Gabe) commencent à mener l'enquête.
Songcatcher, 1h49
Directed by Maggie Greenwald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Janet McTeer, Aidan Quinn, Jane Adams, Emmy Rossum, Pat Carroll, Rhoda Griffis
Rating72% 3.642753.642753.642753.642753.64275
In 1907, Dr. Lily Penleric (Janet McTeer), a professor of musicology, is denied a promotion at the university where she teaches. She impulsively visits her sister Eleanor (Jane Adams), who runs a struggling rural school in Appalachia. There, she discovers a treasure trove of traditional English ballads, which have been preserved by the secluded mountain people since the colonial period of the 1600s and 1700s. Lily decides to record and transcribe the songs and share them with the outside world.
What Makes a Family, 2h
Directed by Maggie Greenwald
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Brooke Shields, Cherry Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, Anne Meara, Al Waxman, Melanie Nicholls-King
Rating65% 3.2938253.2938253.2938253.2938253.293825
En Floride, Sandy Cataldi vit en couple avec Janine Nielssen. Très amoureuses l'une de l'autre, Sandy et Janine décident de se marier. Rapidement, elles désirent avoir un enfant et ont recours à l'insémination artificielle. Si la famille de Sandy est enthousiaste à cette idée, celle de Janine, qui n'a toujours pas accepté son homosexualité, réagit violemment et la rejette.
The Ballad of Little Jo, 2h1
Directed by Maggie Greenwald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Suzy Amis, Bo Hopkins, Ian McKellen, Heather Graham, René Auberjonois, Carrie Snodgress
Rating66% 3.343213.343213.343213.343213.34321
Josephine Monaghan (Amis) is a young society woman who is seduced by her family's portrait photographer, and as a result, bears an illegitimate child. She is expelled from her family and home in disgrace, and with no other resources, she leaves her newborn son under the care of her sister and heads West.
The Kill-Off, 1h50
Directed by Maggie Greenwald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jorja Fox, Steve Monroe, William Russell
Rating59% 2.9972352.9972352.9972352.9972352.997235
The film is set in a small coastal community in New Jersey where the only action in town is a nightclub called The Pavilion. The owner, Pete (played by Jackson Sims), can barely make the payroll so in an effort to bring in more business, he hires a sultry stripper named Danny Lee (Cathy Haase).

Scriptwriter

Songcatcher, 1h49
Directed by Maggie Greenwald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Janet McTeer, Aidan Quinn, Jane Adams, Emmy Rossum, Pat Carroll, Rhoda Griffis
Roles Writer
Rating72% 3.642753.642753.642753.642753.64275
In 1907, Dr. Lily Penleric (Janet McTeer), a professor of musicology, is denied a promotion at the university where she teaches. She impulsively visits her sister Eleanor (Jane Adams), who runs a struggling rural school in Appalachia. There, she discovers a treasure trove of traditional English ballads, which have been preserved by the secluded mountain people since the colonial period of the 1600s and 1700s. Lily decides to record and transcribe the songs and share them with the outside world.
The Ballad of Little Jo, 2h1
Directed by Maggie Greenwald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Suzy Amis, Bo Hopkins, Ian McKellen, Heather Graham, René Auberjonois, Carrie Snodgress
Roles Writer
Rating66% 3.343213.343213.343213.343213.34321
Josephine Monaghan (Amis) is a young society woman who is seduced by her family's portrait photographer, and as a result, bears an illegitimate child. She is expelled from her family and home in disgrace, and with no other resources, she leaves her newborn son under the care of her sister and heads West.
The Kill-Off, 1h50
Directed by Maggie Greenwald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jorja Fox, Steve Monroe, William Russell
Roles Writer
Rating59% 2.9972352.9972352.9972352.9972352.997235
The film is set in a small coastal community in New Jersey where the only action in town is a nightclub called The Pavilion. The owner, Pete (played by Jackson Sims), can barely make the payroll so in an effort to bring in more business, he hires a sultry stripper named Danny Lee (Cathy Haase).

Sound

The Devonsville Terror, 1h22
Directed by Ulli Lommel
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Suzanna Love, Donald Pleasence, Robert Walker Jr., Paul Willson
Roles Music Editor
Rating49% 2.456872.456872.456872.456872.45687
The film opens in 1683 Massachusetts where three women in the town of Devonsville are kidnapped by the townsfolk and systematically tortured and executed. After the final woman's execution, her apparition appears in the sky and a thunderstorm begins.