years_active birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
1983 -- present manhattan , new york , u.s. 23 june 1955 david -rrb- mansfield -lrb- 1993 -- present ; 2 children maggie greenwald
 maggie greenwald film director , television director , screenwriter
maggie greenwald

maggie greenwald -lrb- born june 23 , 1955 in manhattan , new york -rrb- is an american film , television director and screenwriter .
she is most recognized for writing and directing `` songcatcher '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- and `` the ballad of little jo '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- .
she also directed an adaptation of jim thompson 's `` the kill-off '' starring an ensemble cast that includes cathy haase and the film debut of jorja fox .
greenwald has also directed a number of television films as well as directing episodes of `` the adventures of pete & pete '' , `` the mystery files of shelby woo '' and `` wildfire '' .
according to film scholar gwendolyn audrey foster , greenwald 's `` sense of macabre humor '' was apparent in her 1989 film `` the kill-off '' , which foster described as a `` well-acted adaptation of a hard-boiled novel '' about a `` bedridden , evil gossip . ''
