Debra Granik

Debra Granik
Born (1963-02-06) February 6, 1963
EducationBrandeis University
Tisch School of the Arts
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
Years active1987–present
SpouseJonathan Scheuer
Children1

Debra Granik (born February 6, 1963) is an American filmmaker. She is most known for 2004's Down to the Bone, which starred Vera Farmiga, 2010's Winter's Bone, which starred Jennifer Lawrence in her breakout performance and for which Granik was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and 2018's Leave No Trace, a film based on the book My Abandonment by Peter Rock.