Cast | Crew
DEBRA GRANIK (Director)
Debra Granik attended the Graduate Film Program at NYU where she won awards for her short film, SNAKE FEED. She attended both the Writer’s and Director’s Lab at the Sundance Institute where she developed SNAKE FEED into a feature film script. Debra premiered her first feature film, DOWN TO THE BONE at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 where she won the Best Director Award. DOWN TO THE BONE went on to screen at film festivals worldwide and won the International Critics Prize at the Vienna Film Festival, among others. In 2009, she directed WINTER'S BONE in the Missouri Ozarks.
ANNE ROSELLINI (Producer)
Anne Rosellini comes from a background of festival programming and acquisitions. She founded and directed the 1 Reel Film Festival in Seattle in 1996 and programmed for the Seattle International Film Festival and Women in Cinema Film Festival. Anne also worked for Arab Film Distribution before joining Atom Films as an Acquisitions Executive in 1999. In 2001 she moved to NYC to jump the fence. Anne produced Debra Granik’s award-winning first film, DOWN TO THE BONE and co-wrote and produced WINTER’S BONE.
ALIX MADIGAN-YORKIN (Producer)
Alix Madigan-Yorkin recently served in various producing capacities on the cult comedy SMILEY FACE, directed by Gregg Araki and starring Anna Faris, MARRIE LIFE, directed by Ira Sachs and starring Patricia Clarkson, Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, and Rachel McAdams, and CLEANER, directed by Renny Harlin and starring Samuel L. Jackson and Ed Harris.
She executive produced Neil LaBute’s YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, which was released domestically by Gramercy Pictures in August 1998. The film starred Ben Stiller, Natassja Kinski, Amy Brenneman, and Jason Patric. She also produced SUNDAY, which was released by Lions Gate Pictures in August 1997. The film starred David Suchet and Lisa Harrow and was directed by Jonathan Nossiter. SUNDAY won The Grand Jury Prize for best dramatic feature and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award in the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. It also won the Critics Prize and The Grand Jury Prize in The Deauville Festival for American Independent Film in 1997.
Alex started working in the industry as an assistant to Alan J. Pakula. She has also held various positions at Avenue Pictures, Skouras Pictures and Propaganda Films. She currently is Head of Production for Anonymous Content.
DANIEL WOODRELL (Author of the novel
WINTER’S BONE)
Daniel Woodrell lives in the Missouri Ozarks near the Arkansas line. His five most recent novels were selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year, and Tomato Red won the PEN West Award for the Novel. Some of his other works include The Death of Sweet Mister and Woe to Live On, which was adapted into the film RIDE WITH THE DEVIL by Academy Award winning filmmaker Ang Lee.
KATE DEAN (Co-Producer)
Kate Dean began her career producing two of three features directed by Ramin Bahrani, hailed by Roger Ebert as “the best new American director.” She has since worked with Muskat Filmed Productions (ALL THE REAL GIRLS), Big Beach (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE), and most recently Anonymous Content (BABLE, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND). A maverick of the micro-budget, each film has been more critically acclaimed than the last. She is currently line producing Max Winkler’s first feature starring Uma Thurman.
MICHAEL McDONOUGH (Cinematographer)
Scottish born Cinematographer Michael McDonough, studied art at The Glasgow School of Art and The Royal College of Art in London, developing an interest in film during a Prix de Rome scholarship, receiving a Master’s from NYU’s film program.
DOWN TO THE BONE (which won the Dramatic Directing Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival) and WINTER’S BONE, were collaborations with director Debra Granik. NEW YORK I LOVE YOU with Allen Hughes, Randy Balsmeyer and Shunji Iwai, QUID PRO QUO and RAVENOUS with Carlos Brooks and BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE with Michael Moore (winning the 2003 Academy Award for Best Documentary). He recently finished THE MORTICIAN (in 3D) directed by Gareth Roberts.
MARK WHITE (Production Designer)
Mark began his career as a Toy Designer after earning a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. He shifted gears to Theatre Design and then ultimately transitioned into film starting as Set Designer on TWENTY-NINE PALMS and as Art Director on BOILER ROOM. As Production Designer, Mark’s credits include: WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, THE BAXTER, THE TEN, TULLY and the Comedy Central series Stella. Mark’s DOWN TO THE BONE realized the 2005 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for actress Vera Farmiga along with the directing award while TRANSAMERICA starring Felicity Huffman was nominated for an Academy Award. His most recent project is Comedy Central’s original series Michael and Michael Have Issues.
DICKON HINCHLIFFE (Composer)
Dickon is a founder member of the British band Tindersticks, in which he wrote songs and played violin, guitar and keyboards. His orchestral arrangements became a distinguishing feature of the band’s recordings. From 1993 to 2005 Tindersticks released six critically acclaimed studio albums-the first of which was Melody Maker’s Album of the Year- two live albums and two soundtrack albums on Island Records and Beggars Banquet. They toured internationally and have a following throughout the world.
Dickon began scoring films with the acclaimed French director Claire Denis when she approached Tindersticks to write scores to her films NENETTE ET BONI and TROUBLE EVERY DAY that starred Vincent Gallo and Beatrice Dalle. This was followed by VENDREDI SOIR which was Dickon’s first solo film score and attracted the attention of the American film maker Ira Sachs who asked him to compose the music for FORTY SHADES OF BLUE. The film won the Grand Jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005. Later that year he wrote a very different kind of score and a song for the British feature film KEEPING MUM, a black comedy directed by Niall Johnson, featureing Maggi Smith, Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott-Thomas and Patrick Swayze. This was followed by another film with Ira Sachs that he recorded in New York-the period drama MARRIED LIFE, which starred Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper and Rachel McAdams.
His next film was the Golden Globe nominated romantic drama LAST CHANCE HARVEY directed by Joel Hopkins starring Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thomson. This was closely followed by the New York based, ‘surreal’ drama COLD SOULS that premiered in competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. The film stars Paul Giamatti, Emily Watson and Dina Korzun and was directed by Sophie Barthes. He then scored the highly acclaimed RED RIDING-1980, directed by James Marsh (MAN ON WIRE). It is the second of the RED RIDING trilogy based on the novels of David Peace.
Dickon has had compositions featured in major television series like The Sopranos, The Brotherhood, and The Sins and in the feature films INTIMACY, SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES and most recently MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY.
MARIDETH SISCO (Featured Vocalist, Music and Production Consultant)
Based in the Ozark region depicted in WINTER’S BONE, Sisco is a veteran journalist, teacher, musician, student of folklore and creator of Elder Mountain Press, a venue for publishing stories relevant to Ozarks culture and history. In addition to serving a music and all-around Ozark consultant to the production, Sisco also sings several musical numbers in the film, one of which she performs on-screen. She is currently collaborating with other musicians featured in WINTER’S BONE on a soundtrack album which will be released this summer in conjunction with the film’s theatrical opening.
