Alice Brooks

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, is an American director of photography best known for her cinematography work on feature films.

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 ''

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''. Brooks graduated

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magna cum laude in 2001.

Career

Her work includes ''

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'', the film adaptation of

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’s Broadway production directed by

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, which received widespread critical acclaim for its cinematography; and '' Tick, Tick... Boom!'', Miranda’s directorial debut starring

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and produced by

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, based on the stage show by

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. Brooks collaborates with Chu frequently; prior to ''In The Heights'', the two worked together on The LXD: The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers in 2011, ''

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'' in 2015 and ''

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'',

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’s 2020 crime-drama series. She will work again with Chu on the two-part film adaptation of Stephan Schwartz’s Broadway musical ''

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'' 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

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and went on to win awards from Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival,

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, Napa Valley Film Festival and the

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. Her work has been featured on the cover of ICG Magazine Brooks also worked on 2021’s ''

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'', director

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’s comedy-drama starring

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and

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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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, Alice American cinematographers USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people