Adriana Maggs

Adriana Maggs
OccupationScreenwriter, Director, Producer
NationalityCanadian
Years active2004-present
Notable worksGrown Up Movie Star
Goalie

Adriana Maggs is a Canadian film and television director, writer, and producer. She is best known for writing and directing the award winning films, Goalie [1], starring Mark O'Brien, and Grown Up Movie Star [2], starring Tatiana Maslany, which was nominated for the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the Sundance Film Festival [3].

Maggs co-directed Hey Lady! [4] alongside Sarah Polley and directed season two of the popular web series How to Buy a Baby.[5]. She has worked as both a writer and producer on Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent [6], Pretty Hard Cases [7], and Coroner [8] among others.

In 2021, she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction, Web Program or Series for Hey Lady! [9], and was a nominee in the same category the previous year for How to Buy a Baby [10]. She was a Genie Award nominee for Best Screenplay at the 31st Genie Awards in 2011 for Grown Up Movie Star,[11] and was a co-winner of the Gemini Award for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series at the 24th Gemini Awards in 2009 for Three Chords from the Truth.[12]


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References

  1. ^ https://reelcanada.ca/film/goalie/
  2. ^ "She knows no boundaries". The Globe and Mail, January 24, 2010.
  3. ^ https://www.oddsockfilms.com/fims/grownupmoviestar
  4. ^ https://playbackonline.ca/2019/12/11/cbc-gem-series-hey-lady-to-world-premiere-at-sundance/
  5. ^ Wilner, Norman (2019-11-06). "The 10 best TV shows to stream on CBC Gem". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  6. ^ https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/adriana-maggs/credits/3000758043/
  7. ^ https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/adriana-maggs/credits/3000758043/
  8. ^ https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/adriana-maggs/credits/3000758043/
  9. ^ https://www.academy.ca/2021/adriana-maggs-2/
  10. ^ https://mediacentre.cbc.ca/announcement/4311/cbc-radio-canada-2020-canadian-screen-awards-nominations-by-program-cont/
  11. ^ "Genie Awards go from 'huh' to 'wow'". National Post, February 3, 2011.
  12. ^ "Local actor wins Gemini as part of show she wrote". The Western Star, November 19, 2009.
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