When a small plane crashes in the middle of the Canadian wilderness, a lone woman (series star Melissa Barrera) must battle the elements and odds to survive in KEEP BREATHING, a drama series executive produced by co-showrunners and writers Brendan Gall and Martin Gero (Blindspot, The Lovebirds) and Maggie Kiley (Dr. Death, Dirty John).
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).
