The Creative Process · Arts, Culture & Society: 2015-2021

Filming Action Underwater - Award-winning DP IAN SEABROOK on Batman v Superman, Jungle Cruise, Deadpool 2 - Highlights

“It’s about leaving the planet in a better condition than it is currently. What you’re witnessing is years of neglect. It’s the humans who have screwed it all up, and the warming of the earth is no different. The oceans are changing. The topography is changing. Mussels are being fried when the tides recede. This is all unnatural. Or maybe it’s natural. I think it’s Mother Nature just being pissed off and saying, “This is what you get.” And so it’s up to everyone to change their ways. Their shopping habits, their eating habits, how much gas they use. All that stuff which people think “that can’t affect anything.” Well, you’re seeing the result of it now.” Ian Seabrook is an Underwater Director of Photography in the Motion Picture and Television Industry, working on a number of feature productions, such as Batman v Superman, Deadpool 2 and Jungle Cruise, along with documentary films such as The Rescue. Seabrook is also the winner of Double Gold & Silver Medals for Cinematography at the 2019 Telly Awards. [https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2019/branded-content/craft-videography-cinematography] A full member of the Society of Camera Operators, and the CSC, Seabrook holds both commercial and recreational dive certifications. · www.ianseabrook.net [http://www.ianseabrook.net] · www.creativeprocess.info [http://www.creativeprocess.info] · www.oneplanetpodcast.org

Alice Brooks - Cinematographer of In The Heights, Tick, Tick…Boom!…- Highlights

“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.” 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. · www.alicebrooks.com · www.creativeprocess.info [http://www.creativeprocess.info]

Exploring Identity, Culture & The Art of Translation w/ JENNY BHATT - Highlights

“People talk about the work life, the line between your work and your life and keeping them separate and keeping the balance. For me, it’s always been that my work defines who I am and who I am in my personal life also defines who I am at my workplace. I don’t know how you separate those identities because I take all my belief systems and who I am to my workplace.” Jenny Bhatt is a writer, literary translator, book critic, and the host of the Desi Books podcast. Her debut collection, Each of Us Killers, was out in 2020 and won a Foreword INDIES award in the short stories category and was a finalist in the multicultural category. Her debut literary translation, Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu, was also out in 2020 and has been longlisted for the PFC-Valley of Words award in the English Translation category. She teaches at Writing Workshops Dallas.  · jennybhattwriter.com · www.creativeprocess.info [http://www.creativeprocess.info]

On Work. Life, Culture & Creativity with JENNY BHATT

Jenny Bhatt is a writer, literary translator, book critic, and the host of the Desi Books podcast. Her debut collection, Each of Us Killers, was out in 2020 and won a Foreword INDIES award in the short stories category and was a finalist in the multicultural category. Her debut literary translation, Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu, was also out in 2020 and has been longlisted for the PFC-Valley of Words award in the English Translation category. She teaches at Writing Workshops Dallas.  · jennybhattwriter.com · www.creativeprocess.info [http://www.creativeprocess.info]

Academy Award Nominee BENH ZEITLIN on Directing Beasts of the Southern Wild & Wendy

Benh Zeitlin is a writer, director, and composer based in New Orleans, Louisiana. His films include the four-time Oscar nominated Beasts of the Southern Wild, Wendy, and the short Glory at Sea.  He composes music for his own films and others such as Brimstone & Glory and Mediterranea.  He also works to help emerging filmmakers making 'impossible' projects through the Court 13 [http://court13arts.org]collective - producing on films such as Burning Cane, Give Me Liberty, and No Kings. · court13arts.org [http://court13arts.org] · www.imdb.com/name/nm1022455/ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1022455/] · www.creativeprocess.info [http://www.creativeprocess.info] Photo: C.C. Georges Biard