Maggie Betts is a screenwriter and film director. Born and raised in New York City, she attended Princeton University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. In 2017, Maggie won the Breakthrough Director Award at the Sundance Film Festival for her feature debut, Novitiate.
Maggie Betts
New York, New York
Films
The Burial
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(2023)
Inspired by true events, a lawyer helps a funeral home owner save his family business from a corporate behemoth, exposing a complex web of race, power, and injustice.
The Carrier
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(2011)
A feature-length documentary that tells the inspiring story of an HIV-positive and pregnant mother trying to protect her baby from being born with HIV/AIDS.
Novitiate
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(2017)
Set in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church, and sexuality.
