Debra Hill (November 10, 1950 – March 7, 2005) was an American film producer and screenwriter, best known for her professional partnership with John Carpenter.
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.
[2] She was raised Catholic and moved repeatedly with her parents and younger brother, including to Detroit, Michigan, before settling in Haddonfield, New Jersey.
[6] Hill next graduated from Temple University with a degree in sociology 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.
[10][11][12] Halloween was a commercial and critical success, earning the duo a two-picture deal with Avco Embassy Pictures.
Producers Stacey Sher, Gale Anne Hurd, and KNB EFX Group have all credited Hill with helping to establish their careers.
[21] In 2005, Hill reunited with Carpenter to produce the remake of The Fog and was working on the Oliver Stone film World Trade Center[22] when she died of cancer on March 7, 2005.