Alice Brooks

Alice Brooks ASC is an American director of photography best known for her cinematography work on feature films 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 Brooks graduated from USC School of Cinematic Arts magna cum laude in 2001 Her work includes In the Heights the film adaptation of LinManuel Mirandas Broadway production directed by Jon M Chu which received widespread critical acclaim for its cinematography and Tick Tick Boom Mirandas 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 Apple TVs 2020 crimedrama series She will work again with Chu on the twopart film adaptation of Stephan Schwartzs Broadway musical Wicked for Universal Pictures The first part was released in November 2024 Her work on The Remix Hip Hop X Fashion from directors Farah X and Lisa Cortés premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival and went on to win awards from Marthas Vineyard African American Film Festival Milwaukee Film Festival Napa Valley Film Festival and the Sidewalk Film Festival Her work has been featured on the cover of ICG Magazine Brooks also worked on 2021s Queen Bees director Michael Lembecks comedydrama starring Ellen Burstyn Jane Curtin Loretta Devine and James Caan In 2004 Brooks was nominated and awarded WorldFestHoustons Independent Short SubjectFilms Video Cinematography Shorts Platinum Award for her work on Charlie 20 Matthew Hsus comedy short In 2024 she and gaffer Dave Smith became the first recipients of the SUMOLIGHT Creative Synergy Award at the 2024 Manaki Brothers Film Festival for their work on Wicked She has been married to Samuel Spencer since September 8 2012 Description above from the Wikipedia article Alice Brooks licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia