Person profile
Maria Maggenti
Woke Score
61/ 100
Lower is better
80 personal • 25 work
- Published titles
- 1
- Crew roles
- 1
- Cast roles
- 0
- Profile updated
- June 7, 2026
- TMDB person ID
- 86035
Creator Context
Summary
Screenwriter and director with a history of queer activism and filmmaking. Participated in direct actions and co-authored materials with ACT UP during the AIDS crisis in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Directed the 1995 independent feature The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love, a lesbian coming-of-age story. Early career included activist documentary work focused on political and social structures around AIDS discrimination. Later moved into mainstream television and film writing.
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