Lotti Pharriss Knowles of Weirdsmobile Productions will executive produce. This will be the first film about the late Debra Hill (Halloween, Escape from New York), and by telling her story, the filmmakers hope to preserve an important piece of the empowering history of women in Hollywood.
Said Dpyx’s Marcy Boyle: Debra Hill is a hero of ours. Not only did she break in to the industry on her own, through intelligence, talent and tenacity, but she produced so many films that have become part of popular culture.”
We want to highlight and celebrate Hill’s achievements, so the next generation of filmmakers can be inspired to move forward on the path blazed by women like her — and so the industry can be reminded that women have been instrumental in some of the greatest success stories in the film business. Debra Hills films have generated over a billion dollars in box office receipts, DPYXs Rachel Holzman noted.
From Hill’s friend and former producing partner Lynda Obst: “I am overwhelmed with emotion about the documentary being made on the life and work of Debra Hill by Dpyx (Marcy Boyle & Rachel Holzman) and executive producer Lotti Pharriss Knowles. I was lucky enough to have been her partner in Hill/Obst productions, where we joyously made movies from Adventures in Babysitting (our first), to The Fisher King (our last) — and she taught me everything she knew. Debra was the consummate producer, and this film will show generations of women and men what the right stuff truly is, as I saw it and lived it firsthand.”
“Debra Hill was the godmother of indie filmmaking. She taught me that there was no above or below the line, that we were all one crew trying to make our days and make something great,” said Stacey Sher said of her producing mentor.
John Carpenter recalls, “Debra Hill was a trailblazer, a tough as nails female producer in a man’s world.”
