Alice Brooks | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | USC School of Cinematic Arts |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 2000-present |
| Spouse | Samuel Spencer (m. 2012) |
| Website | www |
Alice Brooks ASC, is an American director of photography best known for her cinematography work on feature films. [1] [2]
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. [3] [4] [5] As a child, she acted in various national television commercial spots and was in a recurring skit on Late Night With David Letterman . [6] [7] Brooks graduated USC School of Cinematic Arts magna cum laude in 2001. [8]
Her work includes In the Heights , the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway production directed by Jon M. Chu, [9] [10] which received widespread critical acclaim for its cinematography; [11] and Tick, Tick... Boom! , Miranda's directorial debut starring Andrew Garfield and produced by Ron Howard, based on the stage show by Jonathan Larson. [12]
Brooks collaborates with Chu frequently; prior to In The Heights, the two worked together on The LXD: The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers in 2011, [13] Jem and the Holograms in 2015 [14] and Home Before Dark , Apple TV+'s 2020 crime-drama series. [15] [16] [17] She will work again with Chu on the two-part film adaptation of Stephan Schwartz's Broadway musical Wicked for Universal Pictures. The first part will be released in 2024. [18]
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, Napa Valley Film Festival and the Sidewalk Film Festival. [19] Her work has been featured on the cover of ICG Magazine [20] Brooks also worked on 2021's Queen Bees , director Michael Lembeck's comedy-drama starring Ellen Burstyn, Jane Curtin, Loretta Devine and James Caan. [21]
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. [22]
She has been married to Samuel Spencer since September 8, 2012. [23]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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| 2000 | Meta | Shannon Banal | Short film |
| 2002 | Ocha Cups For Christmas | Michael Fimognari | Short film |
| 9 1/2 | Zachary Isenberg | Short film | |
| When the Kids Are Away | Jon M. Chu | Short film | |
| 2003 | Jack Milton: Fairy Tale Detective | Todd Norwood | Short film |
| Charlie 2.0 | Matthew Hsu | Short film | |
| 2004 | Pretty Dead Girl | Shawn Ku | Short film |
| Great Lengths | Dara Resnik | Short film | |
| The Memo | Dahéli Hall | Short film | |
| On the Couch | Tai Fauci | Short film | |
| The Hillz | Saran Barnun | ||
| Post Mikey | Bryan Albright | Short film | |
| 2005 | Little Boy Blues | John McCrite | Short film |
| Waiting for Silence | Chip Hale | Short film | |
| 2006 | Monday | Heidi Van Lier | |
| Ten 'til Noon | Scott Storm | ||
| You Did What? | Jeff Morris | ||
| American Storage | Andrew Jay Cohen | Short film | |
| Spanish Boots | Domenica Cameron-Scorsese | Short film | |
| Grand Junction | Freddy F. Hakimi | ||
| Bit Parts | Dave Reda | ||
| Eaton's Water | Sally Bower Levi | Short film | |
| 2007 | Redemption Song | Cameron Fay | Short film |
| My Lunch with Larry | Barry Edelstein | Short film | |
| A Light for Greytowers | Robin Saex Garbose | ||
| 2008 | Mulligans | Chip Hale | |
| The Boy and the Polar Bear | Marco Aurelio | Short film | |
| 2009 | The Bake Shop Ghost | Lorette Bayle | Short film |
| Alienated | Paul Borghese | Short film | |
| Hungry Years | Eva James Isaak James | ||
| 2010 | The LXD: The Uprising Begins | Jon M. Chu Ryan Landels Charles Oliver | |
| American Flyer | Mark L. Christensen | ||
| Chasm | David Hayter | Short film | |
| Roots in Water | Domenica Cameron-Scorsese | Short film | |
| Design Revolution | Sally Levi | Documentary film | |
| 2011 | One Fall | Marcus Dean Fuller | |
| The LXD: The Secrets of the Ra | Jon M. Chu Ryan Landels Scott Speer | ||
| Game On | Ryan Landels Harry Shum Jr. | Short film | |
| Lucid Possession | Toni Dove | ||
| The LXD: Rise of the Drifts | Jon M. Chu Charles Oliver Christopher Scott Jamas Sims | ||
| 14 Minutes | Elise Plakke | Short film | |
| 2012 | Sitting Babies | Cameron Fay | Short film |
| 2015 | Sweethearts of the Gridiron | Chip Hale | |
| Apparition | Quinn Saunders | ||
| Jem and the Holograms | Jon M. Chu | ||
| 2016 | Dance Camp | Bert and Bertie | |
| Girl Flu. | Dorie Barton | ||
| North by El Norte | Mark L. Christensen | Principal cinematography | |
| We Love You | Huck Botko | ||
| 2017 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands: War Within the Cartel | Avi Youabian | Television short |
| 2018 | Alex & Me | Eric Champnella | |
| 2021 | In the Heights | Jon M. Chu | |
| Queen Bees | Michael Lembeck | ||
| Tick, Tick... Boom! | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Cinematography | |
| 2024 | Wicked | Jon M. Chu | Post-production |
| 2025 | Wicked Part Two |
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