Being Your Own Gatekeeper with Maggie Levin

First Draft Episode #233: Maggie Levin

Maggie Levin is a director & screenwriter with rock n’ roll
roots.  She recently completed her debut feature My
Valentine for Hulu &  Blumhouse’s Into the Dark horror
anthology series. She worked as a director and staff writer on
Season 2 of Miss 2059, and is  the director of The
Friendless Five and  more.


This episode of First Draft is brought to you by Lovely War, the
national bestselling historical young adult novel by Julie Berry,
now available in paperback.


Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode


Maggie’s dad is Tony Levin, bass player for Peter Gabriel and
King Crimson

Robert Lepage directed Peter Gabriel’s tours, and is well
known for the Cirque du Soleil show Ka

Bard College at Simon’s Rock

Marie Kondo (author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up)
does not apply to Maggie’s childhood journals

The Writer’s Panel with Ben Blacker (formerly The Nerdist
Writer’s Panel) is a great podcast to listen to for
screenwriters, as is Scriptnotes with Craig Mazin and John August
(listen to his First Draft podcast here!)

Lovesick is the first short she wrote and starred in, and
Braeden Herrera directed it

Melanie Recker, creator of digital series, “The Friendless
Five”

The Queen (film)

Diva, a short directed by Maggie and starred Helen Highfield

Dangerous Liaisons (film)

Anna Akana, actress, filmmaker, singer, musician, author, and
comedian widely known for her YouTube channel. She is also a
frequent collaborator with Maggie.

Scott Derickson, writer and director of The Exorcism of Emily
Rose and writer, director, and producer on the new Snowpiercer TV
show, and C. Robert Cargill, author of books like Dreams and
Shadows, and screenwriter of Sinister, Sinister 2, and Doctor
Strange, were producers on My Valentine, along with Blumhouse.



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