Debra Granik
Debra S. Granik (born February 6, 1963 in Cambridge , Massachusetts ) is an American film director , screenwriter and camerawoman .
Life
Debra Granik grew up in the Washington, DC area . After graduating from Brandeis University with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1985 , she studied film at the Tisch School of the Arts , a faculty at New York University . During her time at Brandeis, Granik's political stance was shaped by studying the history of documentary film and becoming an active member of the feminist media movement of the early 1980s.
After her student short film Snake Feed received a lot of attention and awards, her feature film debut Down to the Bone also won her several awards and nominations, including a Gotham Award nomination and an Independent Spirit Award . Her biggest success so far was the drama Winter's Bone , for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2011 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1997: Snake Feed
- 1998: 99 thread waxing
- 2003: Thunder in Guyana
- 2004: Down to the Bone
- 2010: Winter's Bone
- 2014: Stray Dog
- 2018: Leave No Trace
Awards (selection)
- 2011 : Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay with Winter's Bone
- 2010 : Nomination for Best Director of Winter's Bone
- 2010 : Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay by Winter's Bone
- 2010: Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay with Winter's Bone
- 2005 : Nomination for the John Cassavetes Award with Down to the Bone
- 2011: Nomination for Best Director of Winter's Bone
- 2011: Nomination for Best Screenplay by Winter's Bone
- 2019 : The Bonnie Award
- 1998: Short film award for Snake Feed
- 2004: Director's Award for Down to the Bone
- 2010: Grand Jury Prize and Screenplay Prize for Winter's Bone
- 2004: Nomination as Breakthrough Director Award for Down to the Bone
- 2010: Award for the best film with Winter's Bone
Web links
- Debra Granik at the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Debra S. Granik on radaris.com (English), accessed January 14, 2012
- ↑ Ella Taylor: A Director Ever in Search of Survivors on nytimes.com, April 30, 2010, accessed January 14, 2012
- ↑ 'Leave No Trace' Director Debra Granik Wins $ 50,000 Spirit Awards Filmmaker Grant . Article dated January 5, 2019, accessed January 25, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Granik, Debra |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Granik, Debra S. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director, screenwriter and camerawoman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cambridge , Massachusetts, United States |