Alice Brooks
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Educational institutions
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* Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig, located in Surigao del Sur, Philippines
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, is an American director of photography best known for her cinematography work on feature films.
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Early life
Brooks grew up in Los Angeles and New York, the daughter of Candace Coulston of
South Bristol, ME, and Stephen Levi, the late playwright who had numerous plays published by New York publishing company Samuel French. As a child, she acted in various national television commercial spots and was in a recurring skit on ''
Late Night With David Letterman
''Late Night with David Letterman'' is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on NBC, the first iteration of the ''Late Night'' franchise. It premiered on February 1, 1982, and was produced by Letterman's production company ...
''. Brooks graduated
USC School of Cinematic Arts magna cum laude in 2001.
Career
Her work includes ''
In the Heights'', the film adaptation of
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway production directed by
Jon M. Chu
Jonathan Murray Chu (born November 2, 1979) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known as the director of 2018's ''Crazy Rich Asians'', the first film by a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority cast of Asi ...
, which received widespread critical acclaim for its cinematography; and ''
Tick, Tick... Boom!'', Miranda’s directorial debut starring
Andrew Garfield and produced by
Ron Howard, based on the stage show by
Jonathan Larson.
Brooks collaborates with Chu frequently; prior to ''In The Heights'', the two worked together on
The LXD: The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers in 2011, ''
Jem and the Holograms'' in 2015 and ''
Home Before Dark
''Home Before Dark'' is the twenty-seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond. Released on May 5, 2008, it was the artist's second album for American Recordings.
''Home Before Dark'' received generally positive reviews f ...
'',
Apple TV+’s 2020 crime-drama series. She will work again with Chu on the two-part film adaptation of
Stephan Schwartz’s Broadway musical ''
Wicked'' for Universal. The
first part will be released in 2024.
Her work on ''
The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion'' from directors
Farah X and Lisa Cortes premiered at the 2019
Tribeca Film Festival and went on to win awards from Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival,
Milwaukee Film Festival
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, Napa Valley Film Festival and the
Sidewalk Film Festival. Her work has been featured on the cover of ICG Magazine Brooks also worked on 2021’s ''
Queen Bees
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'', director
Michael Lembeck’s comedy-drama starring
Ellen Burstyn,
Jane Curtin,
Loretta Devine and
James Caan.
Accolades
In 2004, Brooks was nominated and awarded WorldFest Houston’s Independent Short Subject-Films & Video - Cinematography - Shorts Platinum Award for her work on Charlie 2.0, Matthew Hsu’s comedy short.
Personal life
She has been married to Samuel Spencer since September 8, 2012.
Filmography
References
External links
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American cinematographers
USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people