Débora Butruce is an audiovisual preservationist, researcher and cultural producer. She is pursuing her doctoral degree in Media and Audiovisual Processes at the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP), she acted as a Visiting Scholar at NYU, she has a master's degree in Communication and a degree in Cinema from the Federal Fluminense University (UFF). She works in audiovisual preservation since 2001, in Brazil and internationally. She is a founding member and current president of the Brazilian Association of Audiovisual Preservation (ABPA).