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David Worthen Brooks is an independent producer
David founded and led 20th Digital Studio (previously Fox Digital Studio) for fifteen years, a division of Walt Disney Television, creating and distributing content via a wide array of both new and traditional media platforms, such as Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, and iTunes -as well as content for linear television, FOX, FX, Freeform, Fox Sports. The Digital Studio produced scores of features, several series and hundreds of shorts receiving top tier recognition from Cannes, Sundance, TriBeca and SXSW. While under Brooks' leadership the Digital Studio revolutionized the approach to branded content, by cultivating new and unique story-based partnerships with top industry leaders, such as MARS Candy, National Geographic, and NASA.
Brooks' focus has been on discovering and nurturing new talent. David produced early career projects with amongst others Constance Wu, Rob Savage, Thomas Middleditch, Josh Miller, Jessica Rothe, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, Christopher Leone, Marc Evan Jackson and Josh Hartnett. In recent years this has taken the form of producing horror shorts from which a selective number are developed into feature films, breaking features from writer/directors such Anna Zlokovic, Justin Harding, Brandon Espy, Carl Reid, Alexis Jacknow, Shal Ngo, Kelley Kali and Ben Steiner.
Brooks is a US/Brit who received his Bachelor of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, before obtaining a master's degree from the University Southern California's Peter Stark Producing Program.
Brooks began his career as an award-winning editor, director and screenwriter. Specifically, Brooks early work was with filmmakers such as Tony Kaye, Ridley Scott, Spike Jonze, Paul Hunter, Leslie Dektor and Baz Luhrmann. Member (2001) marked David's directorial debut. It won best short film at the 2001 Hamptons International Film Festival, and the International Cinematographer's 2001 New Filmmaker's Award.
David has been recognized for his creative work by entities including D&AD, Sundance Film Festival, London International Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, One Show, and the Clios. Most recently Brooks received the Cannes Lions with advertiser Mars, for his work on Bite Size Horror (2017), a series of short form content for broadcast and streaming.
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