Alice Brooks
Cinematographer of In The Heights, Tick, Tick…Boom!
Interviewed by Mia Funk & Jordan Holman
Alice Brooks is a cinematographer who has worked on award-winning features, television and commercials. She is a graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts where her creative partnership with director Jon Chu first began. Since, they have worked on several projects together, most recently on the film In The Heights based on the musical by Lin Manuel Miranda. Brooks is known for her use of dramatic lighting and compassionate camerawork. Her latest film is Tick, Tick…Boom! which is set to release on Netflix this fall.
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ALICE BROOKS
There’s this children’s book called Miss Rumphius, and I’ve carried it around with me my entire life. It’s about a woman who grandfather tells her three things, and the last one in the most difficult thing of all and that’s to fill the world with beauty. And I give this book to every one of my friends who are having babies, I have a copy with me almost at all times, and I’m reminded of that feeling that Jonathan Larson had in Tick, Tick…Boom! Of how much time do we have to do something great.
This interview was conducted by Mia Funk & Jordan Holman with the participation of collaborating universities and students. Associate Interviews Producer on this podcast was Jordan Holman. Digital Media Coordinator is Hannah Story Brown.
