Debra Hill, writer and producer, dies.

Sad news that the writer of Halloween and successful Producer Debra Hill has passed away.

Her many successes include the writing of the first Halloween movie and then a continuing collaboration with John Carpenter on such projects as Escape from New York, the LA sequel, The Fog and it’s remake which she was working on, as well as a number of Halloween sequels.

She also worked on The Fisher King, The Dead Zone and more recently she was working on a project about…

…the last two men pulled from the rubble of the Twin Towers following the 11 September terror attacks in 2001.

For her full bio, see the article in the BBC.