“You gotta call it out first; it always has to be called out when we need social change, but this is how social change happens: you call it out. People had to call out child labor. People had to call out, 'Hey time's up; we need to vote. We live in this country.' People had to call out 'time's up' on enslaving people, you know.”

American filmmaker

Debra Granik is an American filmmaker best known for writing and directing films about lives on the margins. She is associated with Down to the Bone, Winter's Bone, and Leave No Trace, and her work has brought her wider attention over time. Down to the Bone, released in 2004, starred Vera Farmiga. Winter's Bone, released in 2010, featured Jennifer Lawrence in her breakout role, and Granik was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Leave No Trace, released in 2018, is based on Peter Rock's book My Abandonment.