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Television and Film Director. Most recently DR. DEATH for Peacock.
Maggie Kiley is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after creatives in the television arena, and a testament of quality work in the industry today.
Most recently Maggie served as director and executive producer for the upcoming Netlflix/WBTV series Breathe, starring Melissa Barrera, for showrunners Martin Gero and Brendan Gall. Maggie directed the first 3 episodes of the 6 episode event series. Other recent credits include director and executive producer of the first two episodes of Peacock’s critically acclaimed limited series Dr. Death, starring Joshua Jackson, Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater. Dr. Death is nominated for three Critic’s Choice Awards including a Best Actor nomination for Jackson. Maggie also served as director and co-executive producer of Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story, the second installment in the anthology series. Maggie directed four out of the eight episodes of this season, including its premiere and finale, allowing her vision to set the tone for the series.
It was recently announced that Maggie signed a major exclusive, multi-year overall deal at Warner Bros TV. Under the pact, she will render director and executive producer services for the studio, in addition to developing new TV projects for broadcast, cable and streaming services.
Maggie has the honor of being the first individual selected by Ryan Murphy for his coveted Half Initiative. With Ryan’s guidance throughout this program, coupled with her undeniable talent, Maggie rightfully earned her spot directing episodes of television’s most successful series, including American Horror Story: Cult, Scream Queens and 9-1-1.
Other television credits include directing the pilot and finale episodes of The CW’s Katy Keene for showrunners Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Michael Grassi; multiple episodes of The CW’s Riverdale; Marvel’s The Gifted; Netflix’s a n t h o l o g y s e r i e s What/If ; N e t f l i x ’s C h i l l i n g A d v e n t u r e s o f Sabrina; Netflix’s Insatiable; SYFY’s George R.R. Martin series, Nightflyers; and YouTube Red’s Impulse.
On the feature film front, Maggie’s award-winning short Some Boys Don’t Leave starred Jesse Eisenberg and played at more than 50 festivals, garnering awards at both Tribeca and the Palm Springs International Shortsfest. Soon after, Maggie received the Panavision New Filmmaker Grant for her debut feature, Brightest Star, starring Chris Lowell and Allison Janney. Upcoming Maggie will direct the Blacklist script POPULAR from Hannah Hafey and Kaitlin Smith for HBO Max/Berlanti Schecter Productions.