Adriana Maggs

Adriana Maggs
OccupationsScreenwriter, Director, Producer
Writing career
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, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival,[5] and directed season two of the popular web series How to Buy a Baby.[6] She has worked as both a writer and producer on Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent,[7] Pretty Hard Cases,[7] and Coroner,[7] for which she was nominated in Best Writing, Drama Series at the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards,[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]

Awards

Work Award Category Result Year Ref.
I Dare Not Go Atlantic Film Festival; Atlantic Canadian Award Outstanding Writers Award Winner 2003 [13]
Skin Cream for Mermaid Leg Scars Arts and Letters Awards Program Senior Division Short Fiction Winner 2004 [14]
Three Chords From The Truth Gemini Awards Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series Winner 2009 [15]
Gemini Awards Best Comedy Series Nominee 2009 [16]
Grown Up Movie Star Bird's Eye Film Festival Best Debut Feature Winner 2010 [17]
Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema, Dramatic Nominee 2010 [18]
Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize - Breakout Performance for Tatiana Maslany, World Cinema Dramatic Winner 2010 [19]
Genie Awards Best Screenplay, Original Nominee 2011 [18]
Writer's Guild of Canada; WGC Screenwriting Award Best Writing in a Feature Film Nominee 2011 [20]
How To Buy A Baby New Media Film Festival Festival Award Nominee 2020 [21]
Canadian Screen Award Best Direction, Web Program or Series Nominee 2020 [22]
Goalie Writer's Guild of Canada; WGC Award Feature Film Nominee 2020 [23]
Hey Lady! Director's Guild of Canada Outstanding Directorial Achievement - Comedy Series Nominee 2020 [24]
Canadian Screen Award Best Direction, Web Program or Series Winner 2021 [25]
Coroner Canadian Screen Awards Best Writing, Drama Series Nominee 2023 [8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Goalie".
  2. ↑ "She knows no boundaries". The Globe and Mail, January 24, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Grown Up Movie Star". ODD SOCK FILMS.
  4. ↑ Townsend, Kelly. "CBC Gem series Hey Lady! to world premiere at Sundance".
  5. ↑ Townsend, Kelly. "CBC Gem series Hey Lady! to world premiere at Sundance". Retrieved 2026-04-15.
  6. ↑ Wilner, Norman (2019-11-06). "The 10 best TV shows to stream on CBC Gem". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  7. 1 2 3 "Adriana Maggs". TVGuide.com.
  8. 1 2 alex (2023-02-22). "Adriana Maggs". Academy.ca. Retrieved 2026-04-15.
  9. ↑ https://www.academy.ca/2021/adriana-maggs-2/
  10. ↑ "CBC/RADIO-CANADA 2020 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS - NOMINATIONS BY PROGRAM (cont)". CBC Media Centre.
  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.
  13. ↑ Staff, Playback. "Playback 10 to Watch: Writers". Retrieved 2026-04-14.
  14. ↑ Best, Regina (June 11, 2004). ""Minister presents awards to 2004 Arts and Letters recipients"".
  15. ↑ Punter, Jennie (2009-11-17). "'Flashpoint' tops Canada TV awards". Variety. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
  16. ↑ "24th Annual Gemini Awards Nominations Announced". Broadcaster Magazine. 2009-08-25. Retrieved 2026-04-15.
  17. ↑ "awards". POPE PRODUCTIONS. Retrieved 2026-04-15.
  18. 1 2 "Grown Up Movie Star". ODD SOCK FILMS. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
  19. ↑ Critic, Peter Howell Movie (2010-01-31). "Canadian actress picks up prize for 'breakout performance' at Sundance festival". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
  20. ↑ Wild, Diane (2011-02-22). "Writers Guild announces screenwriting award nominations". TV, eh?. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
  21. ↑ "2020 Fest - New Media Film Festival". www.newmediafilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
  22. ↑ "CBC/RADIO-CANADA 2020 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS - NOMINATIONS BY PROGRAM (cont)". CBC Media Centre. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
  23. ↑ "2020 WGC Screenwriting Awards Finalists Announced | Writers Guild of Canada". www.wgc.ca. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
  24. ↑ Thiessen, Connie (2020-09-04). "DGC announces 2020 Television award nominees led by Cardinal, Hey Lady!". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
  25. ↑ alex (2021-03-30). "Adriana Maggs, Sarah Polley, Will Bowes". Academy.ca. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
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