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Debra Granik Biography

Birth Name:Debra Granik

Birth Place:Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Profession Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Camera department

Awards

  • 2004Grand Special Prize-: nominated
  • 2004Grand Jury Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
  • 2004Gotham Independent Film Award-Breakthrough Director: nominated
  • 2004Golden Leopard - Video-: nominated
  • 2004Golden Star-: nominated
  • 2004Directing Award-Dramatic: winner
  • 2004Grand Jury Prize-Dramatic: nominated
  • 2004FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
  • 2005John Cassavetes Award-: nominated
  • 2010Amazonas Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2010Reader Jury of the "Tagesspiegel"-: winner
  • 2010C.I.C.A.E. Award-Forum: winner
  • 2010Audience Award-Best Feature: winner
  • 2010Special Jury Prize-Narrative: winner
  • 2010Best Directorial Debut-: nominated
  • 2010CFCA Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
  • 2010CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2010Russell Smith Award-: winner
  • 2010Grand Special Prize-: nominated
  • 2010Jury Special Prize-: winner
  • 2010DFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2010Best Direction-Best Direction: winner
  • 2010Audience Award-: nominated
  • 2010Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Feature: winner
  • 2010HFCS Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2010Humanitas Prize-Sundance Film Category: winner
  • 2010IFJA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2010PFCS Award-Breakout Performance - Behind the Camera: winner
  • 2010SDFCS Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
  • 2010SDFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2010Audience Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
  • 2010Special Jury Prize-Narrative Feature: winner
  • 2010Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
  • 2010Satellite Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2010Golden Space Needle Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2010SEFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2010SLFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2010FIPRESCI Prize-Best Film: winner
  • 2010Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award-: winner
  • 2010Grand Jury Prize-Dramatic: winner
  • 2010Achille Valdata Audience Award-: winner
  • 2010Prize of the City of Torino-Best Feature Film: winner
  • 2010Holden Award for Best Script-: winner
  • 2010UFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2010VVFP Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2010WAFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2010WFCC Award-Best Movie by a Woman: winner
  • 2011Oscar-Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2011EDA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2011EDA Award-Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2011EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Director: winner
  • 2011EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Screenwriter: nominated
  • 2011EDA Female Focus Award-Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry: winner
  • 2011COFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2011COFCA Award-Breakthrough Film Artist: nominated
  • 2011Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2011Chlotrudis Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
  • 2011Critics Choice Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
  • 2011FCCA Award-Best Foreign Film - English Language: nominated
  • 2011Independent Spirit Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2011Independent Spirit Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2011Gold Derby Film Award-Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2011SIGNIS Award-: winner
  • 2011ICS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2011INOCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2011Silver Ribbon-Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo): nominated
  • 2011OFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2011Prix Saint-Germain-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2011USC Scripter Award-: nominated
  • 2012Bodil-Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film): winner
  • 2012Robert-Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film): nominated
  • 2012Guldbagge-Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film): nominated
  • 2014Grierson Award-Documentary Film: nominated
  • 2014ICP Award-Best Undistributed Film: nominated
  • 2014Documentary Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2014Indie Memphis Competiton-Best Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2014Festival Award-Best Documentary: winner
  • 2014Golden Eye Award-Best International Documentary Film: nominated
  • 2015Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2015Nesnady and Schwartz Documentary Competition-Best Documentary: winner
  • 2015Independent Spirit Award-Best Documentary: nominated
  • 2015Grand Jury Prize-Documentary Competition: nominated
  • 2015Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Award-Best Female-Directed Film: winner
  • 2015Jury Prize-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
  • 2018International Federation of Film Critics Award-: winner
  • 2018Emeric Pressburger Prize-: nominated
  • 2018Best American Independent Feature Film-: nominated
  • 2018ReelWomenDirect Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman-Direction: nominated
  • 2018Grand Special Prize-: nominated
  • 2018DFCC-Best Director: nominated
  • 2018DFCC-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2018Youth Jury Award-: nominated
  • 2018Film and Literature Award-: nominated
  • 2018GWNYFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2018Truly Moving Picture Award-: winner
  • 2018Grand Jury Prize-Best Narrative Feature: winner
  • 2018Sierra Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: winner
  • 2018LAFCA Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2018LAOFCS Award-Best Female Director: nominated
  • 2018SDFCS Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2018SDFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2018SFFCC Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
  • 2018Grand Jury Prize-Best Feature Film: nominated
  • 2018Golden Space Needle Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2018Sydney Film Prize-Best Film: nominated
  • 2018Audience Award-Best Narrative Feature: nominated
  • 2018Taormina Arte Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2018The Best Film-The 50 best films of 2018 in the UK: nominated
  • 2018WFCC Award-Best Woman Storyteller: nominated
  • 2018Golden Eye Award-Best International Feature Film: nominated
  • 2019EDA Award-Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2019EDA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2019EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Director: nominated
  • 2019EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Screenwriter: nominated
  • 2019Amanda-Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm): nominated
  • 2019Audience Award-Tops: nominated
  • 2019AFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2019AFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2019CIFCC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2019Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2019Chlotrudis Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2019Independent Spirit Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2019GAFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2019ICS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2019INOCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2019ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
  • 2019OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: nominated
  • 2019OFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2019Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
  • 2019USC Scripter Award-Film: winner