Known for Camera
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 Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway production directed by Jon M. Chu, 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, 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 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 Martha's 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 2021's Queen Bees, director Michael Lembeck's comedy-drama starring Ellen Burstyn, Jane Curtin, Loretta Devine, and James Caan. 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. 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
January 26, 1979 (age 47)
Birthplace
USA
Filmography
22 films, 1 show
showing 20 of 21 films


Wicked: For Good
2025 · 2h 17m
country: United States
As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba must unite one last time with honesty and empathy to fulfill their shared destiny and change the fate of Oz forever.


Wicked
2024 · 2h 42m
country: United States
In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.


tick, tick... BOOM!
2021 · 2h
country: United States
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.


Queen Bees
2021 · 1h 41m
country: Unknown
Helen is an independent widow who moves into the Pine Grove Senior Community and discovers it’s just like high school – full of cliques and flirtatious suitors. What she initially avoids leads her to exactly what she has been missing: new friendships and a chance at love again with newcomer Dan.


In the Heights
2021 · 2h 23m
country: United States
The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.


The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion
2019 · 1h 7m
country: United States
The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion highlights the hidden female figures that have curated and shaped hip-hop’s dynamic streetwear and ultimately swayed the entire fashion industry.


Alex & Me
2018 · 1h 16m
country: United States
An uplifting story of the passion and drive it takes to succeed and the power of family to help realize your dreams.


Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands: War Within The Cartel
2017 · 32m
country: United States
Bolivia has become a safe haven for the Santa Blanca, one of the most powerful cartels in the world. When a betrayal threatens to destroy everything the cartel has built, no one will escape their vengeance. War Within the Cartel is inspired by the Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands video game by Ubisoft and executive produced by Roberto Orci (Star Trek) and Orlando Jones (American Gods).


One Fall
2016 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Set in the rustic Midwestern town of One Fall, the film tells the story of a man, James (Marcus Dean Fuller), who miraculously survived a horrific fall from a spectacular 200 foot-high cliff and was never heard from again. However, three years after vanishing James chooses to return to his hometown of One Fall -- but he returns a changed man. For an incomprehensible reason James has developed supernatural healing abilities since the fall. He must decide whether to use his abilities to help the ones he once turned his back on, or to continue running from his mysterious past.


Girl Flu.
2016 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Bird, a smart level-headed tween, and her immature stoner mom gracelessly navigate the arrival of Bird's first period, which she gets on the last day of school… in front of the entire class.


Dance Camp
2016 · 1h 23m
country: Unknown
When Hunter gets sent to a dorky summer dance camp, he thinks he's about to have the worst summer of his life. But the quirky charm of the camp grows on him when he meets the passionate Cheyenne and joins her dance troupe to challenge the arrogant champion Lance in the camp’s Legends of Dance competition.


Jem and the Holograms
2015 · 1h 59m
country: United States
As a small-town girl catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, she and her three sisters begin a one-in-a-million journey of discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden. Four aspiring musicians will take the world by storm when they see that the key to creating your own destiny lies in finding your own voice.


Sitting Babies
2012 · 13m
country: Unknown
A recently singled mom leaves her child with an inexperienced babysitter. And everything goes according to plan... for the kid.
Love You More
Love You More
2012 · 1h 45m
country: Unknown
Orson struggles with the guilt and regret attached to his ex-girlfriend and a terrible tragedy.


Mulligans
2008 · 1h 30m
country: Canada
When Tyler Davidson brings his college buddy Chase home for the summer holidays a secret is revealed that threatens to tear his perfect family apart.


Ten 'til Noon
2007 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Between 11:50 and 12:00 noon, a crime is commited. In the same ten minute period, we follow the lives of the ten people, all connected to this crime. As we see each person's point of view, we are propelled closer and closer to the truth of what exactly happened...and why.


You Did What?
2006 · 1h 27m
country: United States
When his brother proposes to a girl after knowing her less than 24 hours, marriage phobic Charlie Porter finds himself stuck between a two-carat rock and a hard place with his long-term girlfriend.
American Storage
American Storage
2006 · 13m
country: Unknown
A storage facility employee discovers someone is living in one of the units.


Pretty Dead Girl
2004 · 22m
country: United States
In this twisted musical comedy, Mortie falls in love with the corpses who come through his morgue until a vulnerable nurse teaches him to love a woman who is alive.


Ocha Cups for Christmas
2002 · 30m
country: Unknown
It is Christmas in Japan and Karen, an American exchange student, is miserably homesick, in spite of the kindness of the Japanese couple she lives with.