
Person
Maria Maggenti
Writing · Washington, USA
Biography
Maria Maggenti (born 1962) is a film director and screenwriter for film and television. She has been the script editor and has written many episodes of the American television series, Without a Trace (2003), but is perhaps best known for her feature film, The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995). Her film Puccini for Beginners was in competition at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2006. She was also an activist with ACT UP for many years. She attended Smith College and majored in Philosophy and Classics.
Known for

Supergirl
Teleplay

Without a Trace
Writer

90210
Writer

UnREAL
Writer

Before I Fall
Screenplay

Motherland: Fort Salem
Executive Producer

Finding Carter
Writer

Monte Carlo
Screenplay

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
Director

The Love Letter
Screenplay
Filmography
- 2020Motherland: Fort SalemExecutive Producer
- 2017Before I FallScreenplay
- 2015SupergirlTeleplay
- 2015UnREALWriter
- 2014Finding CarterWriter
- 2011Monte CarloScreenplay
- 200890210Writer
- 2006Puccini for BeginnersDirector
- 2002Without a TraceWriter
- 1999The Love LetterScreenplay
- 1998Lavender LimelightSelf
- 1995The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in LoveDirector
- 1995At SundanceSelf
- 1988Doctors, Liars, and Women: AIDS Activists Say No to CosmoDirector
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