Fresh out of college, a young man (Chris Lowell) is left devastated when the girl of his dreams dumps him. Refusing to move on, he devises a plan to transform himself into the man she desires. After resigning himself to working for the head of a company in corporate mediocrity (Clark Gregg), he falls for a hipster songstress (Jessica Szohr) who likes him as he is. As his path continues to unfold unexpectedly, the counsel of a kindred spirit astronomer (Allison Janney) helps him understand how to truly carve out a place in the universe.
Maggie Kiley came up as an emerging director via AFI’s prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. Her award winning short Some Boys Don’t Leave, starred Jesse Eisenberg and played over 50 festivals, garnering awards at both Tribeca Film Festival and the Palm Springs International Shortsfest. Soon after, Maggie received the Panavision New Filmmaker Grant for her debut feature, Brightest Star. The film, starring Chris Lowell and Academy Award winner Allison Janney, was released by Gravitas. She next wrote and directed the feature film Dial a Prayer starring Brittany Snow and William H Macy as well as thriller Caught for Mar Vista starring Anna Camp. Maggie made the transition to episodic directing after being selected as the first participant in Ryan Murphy’s Half Initiative. Her debut episode of Scream Queens was well received and launched a fast paced two years in episodic directing. Most recently Maggie served as Co-Executive Producer and Director on Season 2 of Dirty John; The Betty Broderick Story for UCP and USA. Just prior, Maggie directed the pilot episode of Riverdale spin off Katy Keene. Other notable TV work includes the anthology series What/If starring Renée Zelwegger for Netflix, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Netflix), Marvel’s The Gifted (Fox) Ryan Murphy’s 9-1-1 (Fox) and American Horror Story: Cult (FX), Riverdale (CW), Insatiable (Netflix), Lauren LeFranc’s Impulse (YoutubeRed) and George RR Martin’s Nightflyers (SyFy/Netflix).
