
David Brooks
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Biography
David Worthen Brooks is an American filmmaker and the founder of WorthenBrooks. Brooks founded and led 20th Digital Studio (previously Fox Digital Studio), 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. Following the dissolution of 20th Digital Studio in April 2023, Brooks transitioned into a first-look deal with Hulu as an independent producer via his newly-formed production company, WorthenBrooks,
Known For

On the eve of her 38th birthday, a woman desperately attempts to fix her broken biological clock.
Clock

A businessman wakes up beside an ancient grist mill situated in the center of an open-air prison cell with no idea how he got there. Forced to work as a beast of burden to stay alive, he must find a way to escape before the birth of his child.
The Mill

Ten individuals set out to find themselves in an alienating world, filled with heartbreak, deception and tragedy. With so much at stake, these strangers struggle to overcome their fates and find their place in a frequently harsh and unforgiving world.
Stories USA

Afflicted with a mysterious disease after surviving an overdose, a woman returns to her childhood home to confront her personal demons but instead discovers a real one.
Matriarch

The Ropes is an inside look into the hilarious, yet explosive world of nightclub bouncing. The series follows the charismatic young Martin, who hustles his way into a job as a bouncer only to be taken under the wing of Big Vic, the club's legendary head bouncer who prides himself on being the epitome of a fighter and ladies man. But soon, Martin is lured into the nefarious underworld by Les, another bouncer with his own crooked outlook. It's then that Martin must wrestle with his head and heart as he navigates a world shaped by bribes, beautiful women, but most importantly brotherhood.
The Ropes

After hitting a breaking point, Hannah's inner thoughts physicalize into a monstrous creature that threatens to upend her life.
Appendage

A motivational speaker, plagued by an uncontrollable itch on her head, becomes infected with a parasitic demon from her homeland.
Control Freak

A single mother thinks she's found the key to calming her child down – a VHS copy of a strange children's program named Mr. Crocket's World. However, a darker, bloodier secret waits to invade their home from inside the tape.
Mr. Crocket

On Halloween 1993, the staff of a historic pioneer village attraction must work together to survive the attack of a monstrous killer pumpkin set on revenge.
Carved

Ben March’s mundane life is transformed when he becomes convinced he’s been bitten by a werewolf loose in the suburban sprawl of Reseda. As strange events begin to occur, Ben embraces his new “wolfman” identity wholeheartedly. He ascends at work, gets the attention of unattainable women, and becomes a leader amongst his colleagues and friends. Ben forms his very own “wolfpack,” and together they find new confidence and freedom.
Wolfpack of Reseda
Misty is an undeniably talented actress, but her vices have derailed every attempt to revitalise her career. Her best opportunity in ages arrives in the form of Jordan, a film director with the perfect role for her—were it not for their contentious past.
Misty Green

A mono virus outbreak at Highland Park High takes out the most popular kids for two months, allowing the outcasts to rule the school.
Mono

When Billie finds herself reliving different versions of the same first date, she must break out of a series of loops created by her manipulative ex-girlfriend.
Jagged Mind

After a long shift at work, a girl is trapped into a scary dimension from which there seems to be no escape.
Floor 9.5

After Robert, a marrying-up groom, 'accidentally' shoots his fiance's Maid of Honor in the face during a drunken skeet-shooting session, his meddling mother does whatever it takes to ensure the wedding takes place.
Shotgun Wedding

Two young siblings make an extraterrestrial new friend, just as their family-owned pawn shop is attacked by criminals.
Remote

Follows a diverse group of middle-school students from San Jose, CA, who compete in a nationwide tournament to code satellites aboard the International Space Station.
Zero Gravity
Two car thieves get into an argument as the alarm goes off. For several minutes they continue to argue when they should be making tracks.