Claire Brooks has been named government director of the Affiliation of Movie Commissioners Worldwide, a world community of movie fee members higher often known as AFCI.
Brooks will take helm of the group on June 10. She succeeds Jaclyn Philpott, who was tapped as the primary AFCI government director in 2022 and left earlier this 12 months.
Within the function, Brooks will prioritize progress, persevering with growth to incorporate manufacturing firms, producers and repair suppliers, amongst different teams. Its core membership stays movie commissions the world over.
Brooks will head the group amid a tumultuous interval in Hollywood, which remains to be recovering from twin strikes and is confronting trade contraction. In recent times, productions have more and more prioritized securing subsidies as budgets are put beneath the microscope. This shift has not too long ago prompted nations, together with Japan, Australia and Thailand, to create or broaden movie and TV tax credit score applications.
“It’s an honor to affix AFCI at such a fancy and dynamic second for the worldwide display screen trade,” she mentioned in a press release. “I sit up for constructing on the group’s legacy whereas increasing entry and advocacy for movie commissioners and storytellers world wide.”
Most not too long ago, Brooks served as director of manufacturing at Stephanie Allain’s Homegrown Photos (The Lady within the Yard, Expensive White Folks), the place she produced Exhibiting Forgiveness, developed TV initiatives beneath a first-look take care of Warner Bros. Tv and oversaw a movie slate that included Otis & Zelma.
Earlier than that, Brooks coordinated international advertising and marketing campaigns, together with for The Lorax and Despicable Me 2, for Illumination Leisure. She additionally served as international advertising and marketing specialist for the NBA and helped design Netflix’s Rising Filmmakers Initiative, the place she produced studio-backed shorts helmed by rising administrators.
“Claire brings a exceptional depth of expertise throughout manufacturing and strategic partnerships,” mentioned Marnie Gee, AFCI Board Chair and BC Movie Commissioner. “Her international perspective is particularly important as AFCI continues to broaden its worldwide attain and foster cross-border collaboration throughout the display screen sector.”