Anne Rosellini is an American film producer and screenwriter. She is best known for writing and producing the 2010 film ''

Winter's Bone ''Winter's Bone'' is a 2010 American coming-of-age mystery drama film directed by Debra Granik. It was adapted by Granik and Anne Rosellini from the 2006 novel of the same name by Daniel Woodrell. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence as a povert ...

'' with her frequent collaborator

Debra Granik Debra Granik (born February 6, 1963) is an American filmmaker. She is most known for 2004's '' Down to the Bone,'' which starred Vera Farmiga, 2010's ''Winter's Bone,'' which starred Jennifer Lawrence in her breakout performance and for which G ...

. Her work has been nominated for numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture and for Best Adapted Screenplay. Before becoming a film producer, she was a programmer for various film festivals in Seattle, Washington.

Early life and career

Rosellini grew up in

Mercer Island, Washington Mercer Island is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located on an island of the same name in the southern portion of Lake Washington. Mercer Island is in the Seattle metropolitan area, with Seattle to its west and Bellevue to it ...

, where she attended

Mercer Island High School Mercer Island High School (MIHS) is a public high school located in Mercer Island, Washington, United States, as part of the Mercer Island School District. As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,552 students and 77.5 ...

. She later received a Bachelor of Fine Arts, focusing on film theory and film history, from the

School of the Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is a private art school associated with the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to an art students' cooperative founded in 1866, which grew into the museum and ...

. After graduating she relocated to

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and established the 1 Reel Film Festival, an annual presentation of short films, while also selecting films to play at the

Seattle International Film Festival The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees. The SIFF runs for more th ...

and the city's Women in Film Festival. She worked briefly in film acquisitions for

Arab Film Distribution Arab Film Distribution presents films about the Arab world. The Seattle-based company distributes its films in North America, and was founded in 1990 by the Seattle Arab & Iranian Film Festival, which was in turn created for the 1990 Goodwill Game ...

and

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before moving to New York.

New York

In New York, Rosellini began to collaborate with

, who at the time was writing a feature film and sought a producer. The project eventuated as '' Down to the Bone'', released in 2004, which was produced by Rosellini and co-written and directed by Granik. Rosellini went on to produce the 2007 horror film ''

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'' before returning to work with Granik on a second feature together. After reading Daniel Woodrell's book ''Winter's Bone'', Rosellini and Granik decided to write a screenplay based on the manuscript together. Rosellini had no prior experience in

screenwriting Screenwriting or scriptwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is often a freelance profession. Screenwriters are responsible for researching the story, de ...

, but she has said, "I didn't have the money to hire a writer, so I just decided to do it myself." The film, ''

'', which was produced by Rosellini, took several years to write, cast and film, and was released in 2010. It received a multitude of accolades, including four

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

nominations and seven

Independent Spirit Award The Independent Spirit Awards (abbreviated Spirit Awards and originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards), founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with acrylic glas ...

nominations. Of those, Rosellini was personally nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, and the Spirit Award for Best Screenplay. Rosellini and Granik also won a

Humanitas Prize The Humanitas Prize is an award for film and television writing, and is given to writers whose work explores the human condition in a nuanced and meaningful way. It began in 1974 with Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser—also the founder of Paulist P ...

for Sundance Feature Films. In 2013, Rosellini and Granik were collaborating on another film adaptation of a book as well as a documentary film.

Personal life

Rosellini lives in

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

with her partner and their son, born in 2010.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosellini, Anne Living people American women screenwriters School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni People from Mercer Island, Washington Year of birth missing (living people) Screenwriters from Washington (state) American women film producers Film producers from Washington (state) Mercer Island High School alumni 21st-century American women