Alice Brooks

Alice Brooks, ASC is a cinematographer who has photographed award-winning feature films, television shows and commercials. Her recent feature projects include director Jon M. Chu's two-part adaptation of the hit musical "Wicked." She also shot "tick tick...BOOM!" for Netflix and Imagine Entertainment, directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and produced by Ron Howard. Her other recent work includes the adaptation of Miranda's musical "In The Heights" for Warner Bros., which was also directed by Chu. The film's cinematography received widespread critical acclaim. Brooks also lensed "Home Before Dark" (pilot and season one) for Apple TV+, Paramount TV and Anonymous Content, produced by Dana Fox, Dara Resnik and Joy Gorman. Brooks' feature film credits include: "Queen Bees" from director Michael Lembeck, starring Ellen Burstyn and James Caan; and the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of "The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion" from directors Farah Khalid and Lisa Cortes. She is known for her dramatic lighting and powerful camera movement, as demonstrated in Paramount's "The LXD" (directed by Chu) and "Tainted Love" (directed by Avi Youabian). The trade publication Ad Age described "The LXD" as one of the most beautifully filmed, elaborately staged web series in the history of the medium. Brooks is a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts and a member of the International Cinematographers Guild, Local 600. She became a member of the prestigious American Society of Cinematographers in Oct. 2021.

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