About Debra Hill
Debra Hill (November 10, 1950 – March 7, 2005) was an American film producer and screenwriter, best known for her films co-created with John Carpenter. Hill and Carpenter wrote four films together: Halloween, The Fog, Halloween II, and Escape from L.A. Independently and as part of Hill/Obst Productions she produced works for television and film, including The Fisher King, which was nominated for five Academy Awards. == Early life == Debra Hill was born on November 10, 1950, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Jilda, a nurse, and Frank Hill, a salesman who had previously been an art director on the Hope/Crosby Road to films. She was raised Catholic and moved repeatedly with her parents and younger brother, including to Detroit, Michigan, before settling in Haddonfield, New Jersey. In an interview with the Courier-Post, Hill said she knew at an early age that she wanted to make films, using a Super 8 film camera to shoot home movies. The first movie she remembered seeing was a horror film, inspiring her future work. Hill attended Haddonfield Memorial High School, graduating in 1968. She graduated from Temple University with degrees in sociology and statistics and moved to New York, where she found work editing documentaries. She briefly worked as a flight attendant and did press for Evel Knievel's attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon, before moving to California. == Career == In 1975, Hill started as a production assistant and progressed through jobs as a script supervisor, assistant director and second unit director.
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