Marianne Maddalena

Marianne Maddalena is an American film producer. She was born in Lansing, Michigan, and was Wes Craven's producing partner for many years. They had a company together called Craven/Maddalena Films. One of their productions, Wes Craven's New Nightmare was nominated for Best Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards in 1995. Music of the Heart garnered two Oscar nominations; one for Meryl Streep as Best Actress and one for Best Song for "Music of my Heart." Over the years, she produced countless hit films such as Red Eye with Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy, the Scream (franchise) and Vampire in Brooklyn with Eddie Murphy. She also created Maddalena Films in 2005 and was behind the US debut of visionary filmmaker Alexandre Aja with The Hills Have Eyes.