Maggie Kiley an American filmmaker and actress.Kiley most recently
directed her second feature, Dial a Prayer, from a script she wrote.
The film stars Brittany Snow, William H Macy and Glenne Headly and was
acquired by Vertical Entertainment for a Spring 2015 release. She is
currently in post on a third feature, thriller titled Caught with
independent producer Jennifer Westin and Mar Vista Entertainment.
Caught stars Anna Camp as a desperate housewife who abducts the
mistress (Stefanie Scott) of her cheating husband and all goes south.
Kiley's first feature, Brightest Star premiered at the Austin Film
Festival and was released via Warner Brothers and Gravitas in early
2014. Brightest Star was made through the support of the Panavision
New Filmmaker Grant and was inspired by the award-winning short film
Some Boys Don't Leave. Cast includes Chris Lowell, Rose McIver,
Allison Janney, Clark Gregg and Jessica Szohr.Kiley was one of eight
women selected to take part in American Film Institute's prestigious
Directing Workshop for Women and it was through her participation in
this program that she made Some Boys Don't Leave. The film stars Jesse
Eisenberg and Eloise Mumford. Kiley received the Student Visionary
Award at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Alexis Award for Best
Emerging Student Filmmaker at Palm Springs International Shortfest for
the film. In November 2014 it was announced that Kiley was included as
one of the 20 accomplished female filmmakers chosen to participate in
the Fox Global Directors Initiative, a new multi-year program by the
studio to develop the talents and networking pools of promising women
directors.As an actress, Kiley has appeared in film, television and on
stage. She has worked extensively at Atlantic Theater Company in New
York City where she is one of just 40 ensemble members. Kiley received
her BFA in Theater from New York University and was invited to join
the critically acclaimed ensemble after graduating. Kiley has worked
with such film and television directors as James Gray, Lesli Linka
Glatter, Andrew Jarecki, Daisy von Scherler Mayer and Documentarian
Nathaniel Kahn.
directed her second feature, Dial a Prayer, from a script she wrote.
The film stars Brittany Snow, William H Macy and Glenne Headly and was
acquired by Vertical Entertainment for a Spring 2015 release. She is
currently in post on a third feature, thriller titled Caught with
independent producer Jennifer Westin and Mar Vista Entertainment.
Caught stars Anna Camp as a desperate housewife who abducts the
mistress (Stefanie Scott) of her cheating husband and all goes south.
Kiley's first feature, Brightest Star premiered at the Austin Film
Festival and was released via Warner Brothers and Gravitas in early
2014. Brightest Star was made through the support of the Panavision
New Filmmaker Grant and was inspired by the award-winning short film
Some Boys Don't Leave. Cast includes Chris Lowell, Rose McIver,
Allison Janney, Clark Gregg and Jessica Szohr.Kiley was one of eight
women selected to take part in American Film Institute's prestigious
Directing Workshop for Women and it was through her participation in
this program that she made Some Boys Don't Leave. The film stars Jesse
Eisenberg and Eloise Mumford. Kiley received the Student Visionary
Award at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Alexis Award for Best
Emerging Student Filmmaker at Palm Springs International Shortfest for
the film. In November 2014 it was announced that Kiley was included as
one of the 20 accomplished female filmmakers chosen to participate in
the Fox Global Directors Initiative, a new multi-year program by the
studio to develop the talents and networking pools of promising women
directors.As an actress, Kiley has appeared in film, television and on
stage. She has worked extensively at Atlantic Theater Company in New
York City where she is one of just 40 ensemble members. Kiley received
her BFA in Theater from New York University and was invited to join
the critically acclaimed ensemble after graduating. Kiley has worked
with such film and television directors as James Gray, Lesli Linka
Glatter, Andrew Jarecki, Daisy von Scherler Mayer and Documentarian
Nathaniel Kahn.
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