Vision Statement
Uniting good people to craft exceptional visual stories that make the world more magical, colorful, and honest.
Best friends turned business partners. Established PMP in September 2020.
Lauren Musgrove
ATHENS, GA
Director | Producer | Writer | Editor | DP | Actress
Lauren is an eight-time Southeast Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. She serves as an Assistant Professor of Film and Television Production at the University of Georgia, and as a Board Member of the Athens Film Festival. Her feature directorial debut about teenage anxiety and imagination, Ugly Sweater, World Premiered at the Boston International Film Festival in 2024. She Co-Directed the Facebook-viral documentary series “People of Alabama,” and Produced a Southern slasher feature set in 1979: The Third Saturday in October, which is currently streaming on Shudder. Lauren is renowned for her keen storytelling abilities, commitment to ethical production practices, and proven success in audience engagement across various platforms.
View her portfolio: laurenmusgrove.com
Maggie Brown
BIRMINGHAM, AL
Producer | Casting | Director | AD | HMU | Costumes | Art
Maggie is accomplished and prolific Film Producer. She has Produced four feature films: Miranda Veil (Lionsgate), Ugly Sweater, Spiral Into the Yellow Void, and Night Shift, and has served as an Associate Producer on two more: The Tutor (Netflix), and The Third Saturday in October (Shudder). While her specialty is horror, her work as a whole spans award-winning music videos and shorts, Super Bowl commercials, TV shows like "This Is Us," "Modern Family," “Long Slow Exhale,” and "America's Got Talent," and video games like "Destiny" and "Fallout 4." In 2013, she co-founded the currently running Rising Tide Film Festival, a thriving platform for emerging filmmakers in Alabama.
Our Intention
Of the top 100 grossing films of 2019, only 10.7% of their directors were women, and 24.3% of their producers were women.* The film industry desperately needs more artists with diverse voices in gender, race, LGBTQ+, and background experience to create the collective cultural experience that is film. Purple Magnet Productions is founded and owned by two women from the South, committed to the much needed movement for inclusion of diverse voices in the film industry, and to the most kind, ethical, and supportive practices possible in making movie magic.
Maggie and Lauren made films together in undergrad at The University of Alabama, and have now been successful in the film industry for over 4 years. In a mutual desire to have the resources to create projects they are passionate about sharing with the world, they decided to join forces as Purple Magnet Productions. Their intent is to create content that inspires people, shares unique voices, and energizes the creative community.