Brooks, Jill

Jill Brooks

Jill Brooks. Photo from ILM.com

From ILM:

Jill Brooks - Production Supervision

As an Executive Visual Effects Producer, Jill Brooks is responsible for the budget, schedule and creative crewing of projects. Her career has spanned across a number of ILM’s most innovative and influential films, and she received an award from the Visual Effects Society for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture for her contribution on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. The film also won the Academy Award® for Best Visual Effects.

Brooks began her career at Industrial Light & Magic in administration after finishing college. Throughout the years, she has progressed within the company fulfilling many different titles that include Production Assistant, Computer Graphics Coordinator, and Production Coordinator.

Brooks is originally from Novato, California and majored in drama at San Diego State University with an emphasis in design for television and film.

Film Actor
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith~2005 - Opera guest

Film Visual Effects
Tomorrowland~2015 (visual effects senior producer: ILM)
The Lone Ranger~2013 (visual effects executive producer: ILM)
Now You See Me~2013 (visual effects executive producer: ILM)
Star Trek Into Darkness~2013 (visual effects executive producer: ILM)
Cloud Atlas~2012 (visual effects producer: ILM)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol~2011 (visual effects executive producer: ILM)
Cowboys & Aliens~2011 (visual effects executive producer: ILM)
Super 8~2011 (visual effects executive producer: ILM)
The Fantastic Mr. Fox~2009 (visual effects artist: character turnaround artist)
Avatar~2009 (visual effects producer: ILM)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince~2009 (visual effects producer: ILM)
Star Trek~2009 (visual effects producer: ILM)
Confessions of a Shopaholic~2009 (visual effects producer: ILM)
Miracle at St. Anna~2008 (visual effects producer: ILM)
Speed Racer~2008 (visual effects producer: ILM)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets~2007 (visual effects producer: ILM)
Lions for Lambs~2007 (visual effects producer: ILM)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End~2007 (visual effects producer: ILM)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest~2006 (visual effects producer: ILM)
Eight Below~2006 (visual effects producer: ILM)
Star Wars: episode III - Revenge of the Sith~2005 (visual effects producer: ILM)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire~2005 (visual effects producer: ILM)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ~2003 (visual effects producer)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones ~2002 (visual effects producer: ILM)
Bringing Out the Dead~1999 (visual effects producer: ILM)
Deep Impact~1998 (visual effects associate producer: ILM)
Amistad~1997 (associate visual effects producer: ILM)
Starship Troopers~1997 (visual effects associate producer: ILM)
Mars Attacks!~1996 (senior visual effects coordinator: ILM)
Jumanji~1995 (visual effects coordinator: ILM)
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse~1995 (visual effects artist: character designer)
The Mask~1994 (visual effects coordinator)
Schindler's List~1993 (coordinator: ILM)
The Meteor Man~1993 (post-production coordinator: ILM)
The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck~1993 (art director: series art direction)
Memoirs of an Invisible Man~1992 (digital/scanning)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny~1993 (art director: art direction/visual effects artist: character designer)

Film Animation
The Meaning of Life~1983 (animator)
Pink Floyd The Wall~1982 (animation art director)
Lautrec~1974 (animator)

Film Production
Work in Progress~2000 (animated short) (co-producer)

TV Animator
Kipper~2001 (art direction)
Granpa~1989 (key renderer)

TV Production
Good Vibrations~1992 (production secretary)

Awards, Honors, and Nominations
Visual Effects Society Awards:
Nom  2004 Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (shared)