In Rebecca Miller's witty, modern romantic comedy MAGGIE'S PLAN, Greta Gerwig portrays Maggie Hardin, a vibrant and practical thirty-something New Yorker working at the New School who, without success in finding love, decides now is the time to have a child on her own. But when she meets John Harding (Ethan Hawke), a "ficto-critical anthropologist" and struggling novelist, Maggie falls in love for the first time, and adjusts her plans for motherhood. Complicating matters, John is in a strained marriage with Georgette Nørgaard (Julianne Moore), a brilliant Danish academic. With a Greek chorus of Maggie's eccentric and hilarious best friends Tony and Felicia (played by Bill Hader and Maya Rudolph) observing wryly from the sidelines, Maggie sets into motion a new plan that catapults her into a nervy love triangle with John and Georgette, intertwining their lives and connecting them in surprising and humorous new ways. Maggie learns that sometimes destiny should be left to its own devices. MAGGIE'S PLAN is a sweet, sophisticated and funny exploration of the unexpected complexities of modern romance, mixing heart and humor in a story of the delightful variability of relationships over the course of time.

A Round Films / Rachael Horovitz Production, presented by Freedom Media, in association with Locomotive, in association with Hyperion Media, in association with Franklin Street Capital, MAGGIE'S PLAN stars Golden Globe^® nominee Greta Gerwig (FRANCES HA, MISTRESS AMERICA), Oscar^® and Golden Globe^® nominee Ethan Hawke (BOYHOOD), Emmy^® winner Bill Hader (TRAINWRECK, THE SKELETON TWINS), Emmy^® nominee and Independent Spirit Award winner Maya Rudolph (BRIDESMAIDS, AWAY WE GO), Travis Fimmel ("Vikings," the forthcoming WARCRAFT), Ida Rohatyn, Wallace Shawn ("The Good Wife," the TOY STORY films), Mina Sundwell (FREEHELD), and Oscar^®, Emmy^® and Golden Globe^® winner Julianne Moore (STILL ALICE, the forthcoming MOCKINGJAY: PART 2).

The film is written for the screen, produced and directed by Rebecca Miller (THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE, PERSONAL VELOCITY: THREE PORTRAITS), based on a story by Karen Rinaldi. The film producers are Rachael Horovitz (MONEYBALL), Damon Cardasis with Miller's Round Films, along with executive producers Phil Stephenson and Temple Williams, Lucy Barzun Donnelly and Alexandra Kerry, and Michael J. Mailis and Susan Wrubel. The creative team includes casting by Cindy Tolan, CSA (STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON), director of photographer Sam Levy (WHILE WE'RE YOUNG), production designer Alexandra Schaller (CUSTODY, THE SILENT TREATMENT), film editor Sabine Hoffmann (THE LAST FIVE YEARS), music by Michael Rohatyn (THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE), costume designer Malgosia Turzanska (AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS), and music supervisor Adam Horovitz (founding member of BEASTIE BOYS).

Rebecca Miller

Director and Screenwriter

Rebecca Miller has written and directed five feature films: ANGELA (1995) winner of the Sundance Film Festival Filmmakers Trophy and Cinematography Award; PERSONAL VELOCITY (2002) starring Parker Posey, Kyra Sedgwick and Fairuza Balk, winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Cinematography Award, as well as the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award; THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE (2005) starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Camilla Belle; THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE (2009) starring Robin Wright; and MAGGIE'S PLAN (2015) starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, and Julianne Moore.

Miller is also the screenwriter of the feature film PROOF (2005) adapted from the stage play.

Miller is the author of the short story collection Personal Velocity (2001) and the novels The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee (2009) and Jacob's Folly (2013). She adapted Personal Velocity and The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee for the screen.

Karen Rinaldi

Author

Karen Rinaldi is founding editor and publisher of Harper Wave, her own imprint at HarperCollins. The story for MAGGIE'S PLAN is based on her unpublished novel. She lives in New York, New Jersey, and (whenever possible) Costa Rica with her husband and two sons.

Rachael Horovitz

Producer

Rachael Horovitz began her career in the movie business working for the legendary Dino De Laurentiis on David Lynch's indie classic BLUE VELVET. She went on to serve for more than a dozen years as a senior production executive at several studios and production companies. During her time as an executive, Horovitz worked with such filmmakers as Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Bernardo Bertolucci, Michel Gondry and Alexander Payne.

As a producer, Horovitz' films have won prizes including Golden Globe, Emmy, SAG and PGA awards for HBO's GREY GARDENS. Horovitz was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award for MONEYBALL, directed by Bennett Miller. The film received several Oscar, Globe and guild nominations and was recognized as a Best Film of the Year by the AFI. Among her many producing credits are the award-winning ABOUT SCHMIDT, written and directed by Alexander Payne, and David Mamet's STATE AND MAIN.

Horovitz has served for many years on the Board of Directors of the Ghetto Film School, through which she helped found in 2009 The Cinema School, the country's first public high school specializing in film.

Damon Cardasis

Producer

Damon Cardasis is a two time Writers Guild Award nominated writer and filmmaker based in NYC. He is the producing partner of writer/director Rebecca Miller and runs their company, Round Films. Together they produced MAGGIE'S PLAN (directed and written by Miller and starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Bill Hader and Maya Rudolph). They are also producing a documentary on Rebecca's father Arthur Miller and a variety of other projects.

Cardasis co-wrote, produced and acted in the comedic web series "Vicky & Lysander", which he produced and acted in, which was sold to the network LOGO. It was nominated for two Writers Guild Awards in 2015.

Damon is the co-founder of the Lower East Side Film Festival (www.lesfilmfestival.com/), which completed its 5th year this past June and showcases great low budget filmmaking from around the world. The festival was placed on New York Magazine's Approval Matrix as "Highbrow & Brilliant" and, since its founding, has more than quadrupled in size. Past festival judges include: Susan Sarandon, Rebecca Miller, Parker Posey, Laverne Cox, Rachael Horovitz, Denis O'Hare, Justin Bond, Dana Brunetti and more.

Cindy Tolan

Casting Director

Cindy Tolan is a casting director who has worked extensively in film, television, and theatre. She has collaborated with Rebecca Miller on all five of her films – MAGGIE'S PLAN, THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE, THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE, PERSONAL VELOCITY, and ANGELA. Additional film credits include STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU, WINTER'S TALE, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, BLUE VALENTINE, GO FOR SISTERS, THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST, IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY, LETTERS TO JULIET, SUGAR, THE DARJEELING LIMITED, THE NAMESAKE, SHERRYBABY, KINSEY, STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING, and CASA DE LOS BABYS. Her television projects include Steve McQueen's upcoming HBO series "Codes Of Conduct", "The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt", "Happyish", "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver", "Deadbeat", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", and "Flight Of The Conchords". Her numerous theater projects include the 2015 Tony Award winner for best play The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime, Betrayal, A View From The Bridge, All My Sons, Cinderella, and Avenue Q.

Sam Levy

Director of Photography

Rising star director of photography Sam Levy has shot some of the most innovative films to premiere in recent years.

He shot MAGGIE'S PLAN for director Rebecca Miller, starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Bill Hader and Maya Rudolph.

Levy's film, MISTRESS AMERICA, marks his third collaboration with director Noah Baumbach. The film, which stars Greta Gerwig, premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Fox Searchlight on August 14.

The duo's other films include: WHILE WE'RE YOUNG, which premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and stars Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Amanda Seyfried and Adam Driver; and FRANCES HA in stylish black-and-white, co-written and starring Gerwig, which premiered at the 2012 Telluride Film Festival and opened in theaters the following year.

Galt Niederhoffer's THE ROMANTICS, which premiered at 2010's Sundance Film Festival, marked Levy's third trip to Utah. In 2008, he launched the first series of GREEN PORNO which also screened at the Toronto and Berlin International Film Festivals. Between parts 1 and 2 of the GREEN PORNO series, Levy lensed WENDY AND LUCY. The film earned rave reviews for its cinematography after opening at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2007 Levy provided cinematography fellow service to the Sundance Institute Director's Lab.

He also photographed the AICP Award-winning documentary OASIS: DIG OUT YOUR SOUL IN THE STREETS, a film for the powerhouse band Oasis. He shot the concert documentary SONIC YOUTH: DO YOU BELIEVE IN RAPTURE for director Braden King and two episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series "This American Life" with director Chris Wilcha.

Levy's additional feature credits include THE BLUE HOUR for director Eric Nazarian and HEAD TRAUMA for Lance Weiler. He has also shot commercials for clients including American Express, ESPN, Nike, Adidas, Sony, Ray Ban, MTV as well as music videos for The White Stripes, Beck, Cat Power, Will Oldham and Garbage.

He is represented by Dattner Dispoto and Associates.

Alexandra Schaller

Production Designer

Production designer Alexandra Schaller studied performance design at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London, UK. Specializing in interactive and immersive performance, she moved to NYC for Punchdrunk's blockbuster show Sleep No More and stayed to pursue a career in film.

Drawing from her background in installation art and light-based sculpture, Alexandra's work emphasizes the atmosphere of the worlds she creates to tell stories.

2014 was a successful year on the film festival circuit with two very different design projects, Simon Helberg's WE'LL NEVER HAVE PARIS and Zachary Wigon's THE HEART MACHINE premiering in competition at SXSW, both with subsequent theatrical releases.

A detail-oriented and versatile designer, Alexandra's layered work easily lends itself to different film genres and creative platforms. She also designs commercials and interactive experiences for brands, ranging from the Beatles' 50th Anniversary, to Canon, Nike and Roberto Cavalli.

Alexandra speaks both French and Spanish and loves to travel.

2015 film credits include: MAGGIE'S PLAN by Rebecca Miller, James Lapine's CUSTODY and THE SILENT TREATMENT by Ira Sachs.

Sabine Hoffman

Editor

Sabine Hoffman, ACE, has edited independent feature films for 20 years. She came to New York from Berlin, where she studied philosophy, art and theater. She edited Rebecca Miller's films PERSONAL VELOCITY, THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE (starring Daniel Day-Lewis) and THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE (Robin Wright, Alan Arkin, Blake Lively and Keanu Reeves). She also edited Morgan J. Freeman's DESERT BLUE and HURRICANE STREETS, THE DAY THE PONIES COME BACK (directed by Jerry Schatzberg) and HARLEM ARIA (Audience Awards at Chicago, New York and LA film festivals). Other credits include OFF THE BLACK (starring Nick Nolte, directed by James Ponsoldt), DIGGERS (starring Paul Rudd, directed by Katherine Dieckman), THE DRY LAND (starring America Ferrara and Melissa Leo, directed by Ryan Piers Williams), Cherien Dabis' MAY IN THE SUMMER and recently Richard LaGravenese's THE LAST FIVE YEARS (based on Jason Robert Brown's musical, starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan).

Also working as a consultant and story adviser, she has edited numerous documentary films, including THE TWELVE DISCIPLES OF NELSON MANDELA and the Academy Award–nominated FERRY TALES.

Hoffman is an adjunct professor at Columbia University and serves on the advisory boards of Reel Works and the Woodstock Film Festival.

Michael Rohatyn

Composer

Michael Rohatyn has composed music for many features and documentaries including THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE and THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE for director Rebecca Miller. With director Ira Sachs he co-wrote the screenplay for 2005 Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner FORTY SHADES OF BLUE, starring Rip Torn. He is currently at work on a musical theater adaptation of BLACK NARCISSUS, by Rummer Godden as well as a film adaptation of the novel The Rider by Tim Krabbé. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, NY.

Malgosia Turzanska

Costume Designer

Malgosia Turzanska was born and raised in Krakow, Poland. She has a BFA in Costume Design from DAMU in Prague, Czech Republic and an MFA in Costume Design from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

She started in film as a personal assistant to the Polish director Agnieszka Holland and quickly realized that, in addition to not being able to make a decent cup of coffee, she was rather good at working with costumes. Since then, Malgosia has designed for film, dance and theater. She has collaborated with James Franco on several projects including CHILD OF GOD and THE BROKEN TOWER, worked with David Lowery on the Sundance favorite AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck, as well as designed Ti West's upcoming western IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE with Ethan Hawke and John Travolta.

Malgosia also designed costumes for The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Sacrilege" music video and MGMT's groundbreaking "Time To Pretend". Her work has been shown at numerous festivals including Sundance, Cannes and Toronto and in museums such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the Grand Palais in Paris.

She currently lives in Brooklyn and avidly collects unusual pins and brooches. She still can't make a cup of jo.

Adam Horovitz

Music Supervisor

Adam Horovitz was born in New York City on Halloween day, 1966. He joined the illustrious and luminous musical group, Beastie Boys in 1983. Having sold like, I don't know, like millions of records internationally; he has also received numerous accolades. Such as Grammy™ awards, MTV™ awards, the highly coveted Brass Monkey award, and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Adam is currently working on this project now.

Freedom Media

Established in 2013, Freedom Media has a mission to finance and produce independent films and documentaries with a focus on contemporary comedies and dramas. Its two partners, Phil Stephenson and Temple Williams, are committed to collaborating with filmmakers of vision to tell thoughtful, evocative and compelling stories to broad audiences. Phil Stephenson is Chairman of the Freedom Group, a set of companies focused on investments, real estate, hotel development and media. Temple Williams has been a senior executive in media production for over 15 years. Freedom Media's current projects include: THE FORGER with John Travolta, Christopher Plummer and Tye Sheridan, EQUALS with Nick Hoult, Kristen Stewart and Guy Pearce, SHANGI LA SUITE with Emily Browning and Luke Grimes and MAGGIE'S PLAN with Ethan Hawke, Greta Gerwig and Julianne Moore. Written and directed by Rebecca Miller.

Hyperion Media

Hyperion Media is an independent media company that finances, produces and develops film & television content for a global audience. Hyperion's strategic media investments of note are Legendary Pictures (300, THE DARK NIGHT, INCEPTION, THE HANGOVER) and Bandito Brothers (ACT OF VALOR).

Hyperion's filmography includes ACT OF VALOR (2008), THE WAY (2011), GOD'S POCKET (2014) – as well as the documentaries IT MIGHT GET LOUD (2008) and WAITING FOR LIGHTNING (2012). Upcoming films and festival favorites include MAGGIE'S PLAN directed by Rebecca Miller (World Premiere at the Toronto Film Festival 2015), THE HALLOW directed by Corin Hardy (Sundance 2015), MEDITERRANEA directed by Jonas Carpignano (Cannes Film Festival 2015), THE LAST VERSE (Jerusalem Film Festival 2015), the 2016 Steve Aoki documentary I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD and THE HEROES PROJECT documentary, 2016.

Locomotive

Locomotive develops, produces and finances entertainment with the express goal of cultivating new voices by nurturing talent both in front of and behind the camera.

Founded in 2007 to produce high-caliber, intelligent films, the company raised capital in 2014, launched a television division and became an equity financier.

In the UK, Locomotive has brought together multi award-winning Executive Producers Sam Whittaker and Lucy Hillman to form the company's UK television production arm, specializing in popular factual documentary and non-scripted factual formats for theatrical, cable, broadcast TV and digital distribution.

Locomotive is led by Lucy Barzun Donnelly, Alexandra Kerry, Jonathon Kemp and Alexis Alexanian who are all passionately focused on creating smart films and television across multiple platforms.