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Oscar nomination for woman who grew up on Mercer Island

Mercer Island-native Anne Rosellini (right) is pictured with Alix Madigan at the Gotham Awards in New York last November. Rosellini got an Oscar nomination as co-writer and producer of the film "Winter's Bone."
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Mercer Island-native Anne Rosellini (right) is pictured with Alix Madigan at the Gotham Awards in New York last November. Rosellini got an Oscar nomination as co-writer and producer of the film "Winter's Bone."

Seattle has a special connection to the Oscars this year. Anne Rosellini, a Mercer Island High School graduate and co-founder of the One Reel Film Festival at Bumbershoot,  received two nominations for "Winter's Bone,"  a film she produced and co-wrote, with director Debra Granik. Here's the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE_X2pDRXyY

Seattle Times movie critic Moira MacDonald interviewed Rosellini and writes about the 42-year-old filmmaker's reaction to "Winter's Bone" being nominated for adapted screenplay and best picture.

"It's a little bit surreal," she said, noting that the film, before its success at the Sundance Film Festival last year, looked like it might not even get distribution.

In addition to Rosellini's nominations, Wes Walton of Publicola reports Seattle filmmaker Dean DeBlois was nominated for Best Animated Feature for his film "How to Train Your Dragon."

In other nominations, Eastern Washington native Colleen Atwood scored her ninth nomination for costume design for the film “Alice in Wonderland.”

Paula is a former host, reporter and producer who retired from KNKX in 2021. She joined the station in 1989 as All Things Considered host and covered the Law and Justice beat for 15 years. Paula grew up in Idaho and, prior to KNKX, worked in public radio and television in Boise, San Francisco and upstate New York.