About

Claire Brooks is a creative producer from New York City.

She is a graduate of NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she designed an interdisciplinary degree titled Film, Storytelling, and the Global Imagination. After graduation, Claire moved to Los Angeles to work on the creative marketing campaigns for The Lorax and Despicable Me 2 at Illumination Entertainment under Chris Meledandri '77. While in LA, Claire became the Managing Director of LA art collective, CARTEL. In this capacity, she produced underground music festivals, pop-ups, and site-specific art installations. After three years on the west coast, Claire returned to NYC to design global marketing campaigns for the National Basketball Association before being poached by Optimist, a small creative agency. After working on million dollar campaigns for Google and Nike, Claire launched her first company SuperSwell, a creative production outfit that focuses on content and experiential production. Claire got her start in entertainment thanks to an internship on Broadway with producer Eric Falkenstein (The History Boys, Thurgood). She is currently an MFA Candidate at Columbia University studying screenwriting and creative producing.