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David Brooks(1944-1969)

  • Director
  • Cinematographer
  • Editor
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David Brooks was born in 1944 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He was a director and cinematographer, known for The Wind Is Driving Him Toward the Open Sea (1968), Eel Creek (1968) and Nightspring Daystar (1964). He died in 1969.
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Died1969
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Died1969
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Known for

The Wind Is Driving Him Toward the Open Sea (1968)
The Wind Is Driving Him Toward the Open Sea
7.5
  • Director
  • 1968
Eel Creek
Short
  • Director
  • 1968
Nightspring Daystar (1964)
Nightspring Daystar
Short
  • Director
  • 1964
Letter to D.H. in Paris (1967)
Letter to D.H. in Paris
6.9
Short
  • Director
  • 1967

Credits

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Director

  • Carolyn and Me: Part One
    6.5
    Short
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Carolyn and Me: Part Three
    6.8
    Short
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Carolyn and Me: Part Two
    Short
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Eel Creek
    Short
    • Director
    • 1968
  • The Wind Is Driving Him Toward the Open Sea (1968)
    The Wind Is Driving Him Toward the Open Sea
    7.5
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Letter to D.H. in Paris (1967)
    Letter to D.H. in Paris
    6.9
    Short
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Winter '64-'66
    8.0
    Short
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Nightspring Daystar (1964)
    Nightspring Daystar
    Short
    • Director
    • 1964
  • Jerry (1963)
    Jerry
    Short
    • Director
    • 1963

Cinematographer

  • Carolyn and Me: Part One
    6.5
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1969
  • Carolyn and Me: Part Three
    6.8
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1969
  • Carolyn and Me: Part Two
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1969
  • Eel Creek
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1968
  • The Wind Is Driving Him Toward the Open Sea (1968)
    The Wind Is Driving Him Toward the Open Sea
    7.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 1968
  • Letter to D.H. in Paris (1967)
    Letter to D.H. in Paris
    6.9
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1967
  • Nightspring Daystar (1964)
    Nightspring Daystar
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1964
  • Jerry (1963)
    Jerry
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1963

Editor

  • Eel Creek
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1968
  • The Wind Is Driving Him Toward the Open Sea (1968)
    The Wind Is Driving Him Toward the Open Sea
    7.5
    • Editor
    • 1968

Personal details

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  • Born
    • 1944
    • Chelsea, Massachusetts
  • Died
    • 1969

Did you know

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    David Brooks was Arthur Danto's student at Columbia University in the 1960s. For an account of Danto's part in the film along with fellow philosophers Sidney Morgenbesser and Stanley Cavell, see _Action, Art, History: Engagements with Arthur C. Danto_, ed. Daniel Herwitz and Michael Kelly (Columbia UP, 2007), pp. 26, 38.

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