SCHOOLED composer Andy Hollander, Bob Dylan, Alanis Morissette, The Streets, Coldplay, John Lennon, Billy Joel, Enya, and every era of pop music from the late 60's onward...
Movies
Favorite storytellers: Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Richard Linklater...
....A few of my favorite stories from other people are: Y Tu Mama Tambien, Tender Mercies, Ordinary People, Shawshank Redemption, Together, Lilya-4-Ever, Once Were Warriors, JFK, The Insider, Bottle Rocket, and Ross McElwee films, Sideways, Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room, Murderball, United 93, Inconvenient Truth...
Books
The best thing I've ever read is an unpublished novel my buddy wrote called "Let the Blind Horse Gallop".
Heroes
Kids, people who deeply respect the autonomy of children, the storytellers I mentioned above, John Wooden, Anson Dorrance, Phil Jackson (especially now that he's struggling), and my soon to be born son.
Brooks's Details
Status:
Married
Hometown:
East Hampton, New York
Religion:
Other
Zodiac Sign:
Libra
Children:
Proud parent
Education:
College graduate
Brooks's Schools
New York University
New York, NEW YORK
Graduated: 1994
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: film
About me: http://www.SchooledTheFilm.com/
After making over 50 short film exercises in his teens, Brooks studied filmmaking at New York University where his shorts won several awards from the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts as well as The Hamptons International Film Festival. Brooks finished all his coursework a semester early and refused his diploma because of his strong mixed
feelings about college and authority figures. At 22, he wrote and directed a feature called "Snapshots From a .500 Season," based on his experiences as co-captain of the NYU Soccer team. "Snapshots" screened at a handful of colleges and played for a month at "New York City's Guerrilla Cinema." In his late 20's, after taking a few years off to
do "nothing," Brooks discovered alternative education approaches that support their students in doing "nothing" and he felt a deep kindred spirit. That inspired Brooks to return to the filmmaking game and he spent the next five years researching, writing, and directing "Schooled" which features a Sudbury Valley Model School as a major element. Brooks has several new projects in development including a
couple fiction scripts, a documentary TV series about a criminal defense lawyer, and a brash web series about a mixed martial arts brawler. Brooks lives in LA with his wife and son and aims to finish his life anywhere past his 100th birthday.
http://www.SchooledTheFilm.com/
Who I'd like to meet: http://www.SchooledTheFilm.com/
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Brooks! Loved the film . Congrats! Thank you so much for sending it to me plus the snapshots! Ah, the memories.. that was a really fabulous experience. OMG I looked sooo young! *sigh* take care :) Happy V-day! xo soomi
weird. i was (sadly) watching a soap opera at lunch yesterday, and noticed your lead actor from Snapshots and Schooled plays a character in one of them. Tripped me out.
Brooks,
You're a very gifted writer & director.
SCHOOLED is such a heartwarming, funny and engaging film.
Best of luck with it, and with all of your future endeavors.
It was wonderful seeing you & everyone again.
Please keep me updated!
Hey Brooks! My show went very well, thank you for asking. It was pretty crazy, but I think Bob would've been proud:) I have it on tape--Let me know when I can see Schooled. Can't wait! Please put me in your next film! All the best, SK
