Biography
Debra Hill (1950–2005) was an American film producer and screenwriter. She began her career in production roles before co-writing and producing the horror film Halloween (1978) with director John Carpenter. She collaborated with Carpenter on several further projects, including The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981) and Halloween II (1981).
Independently and through her partnership in Hill/Obst Productions with Lynda Obst, Hill produced films such as The Dead Zone (1983), Clue (1985), Adventures in Babysitting (1987) and The Fisher King (1991). She later formed Debra Hill Productions and worked on projects including Escape from L.A. (1996) and Crazy in Alabama (1999). Hill received the Women in Film Crystal Award in 2003.
