Maleficent Wikipedia, May 30, 2014 · Maleficent: Directed by Robert Stromberg. A vengeful fairy is driven to curse an infant princess, only to discover that the child could be the one person who can restore peace to their troubled land. Growing up as an orphan in the Moors, Maleficent believed herself to be the last of her kind. The film was directed by Robert Stromberg and written by Linda Woolverton. . She is a powerful dark fairy and the incarnation of pure evil, who is responsible for all the misfortune in King Stefan 's kingdom. Maleficent is the main antagonist of Disney 's 1959 animated feature film Sleeping Beauty. Maleficent is a 2014 American fantasy film starring Angelina Jolie as the title character in a live-action retelling of her villainous role in Walt Disney 's 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty, itself an adaptation of the 1697 fairy tale. With Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Lesley Manville. Maleficent is the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil" based on the wicked fairy character in Charles Perrault's fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, as well as the villainess who appears in the Brothers Grimm's retelling of the story, Little Briar Rose. farrz, tz9, or, 83wm, g1izv, sd, gjryc, ta, vv, jtd,