Brooke Harbaugh
Creative Producer - Project Manager - Writer
A Producer’s Wish: Give me an element of play, a touch of the surreal, a stiff dose of reality, and a deep exploration of character. And please...follow your initial creative spark. Stifling it will only turn your piece into something it didn’t want to be.
Brooke is a creative producer, project manager, and writer based in Los Angeles. She has worked on numerous plays, films, and live events, helping guide teams through the various stages of planning, development, and production. She is driven to a wide array of work, spanning performance practices, aesthetics, and genres. Her work has been presented at Automata in Los Angeles, San Diego Underground Film Festival, and California Institute of the Arts.
As a producer, Brooke centers the artist’s vision and process, honors the team’s time and energy, and works to make the seemingly impossible possible. It is her job to usher hesitation towards direction and “maybe’s” towards “why not’s?”
Thematically and stylistically, she gravitates towards dark comedies that reveal society’s complexities; explorations of power dynamics, inequality, and revolution; recreations of murky psychological landscapes; anything that unravels family dynamics and relationships; and fun, honest, life-affirming vignettes for audiences of all ages.
As a producer, Brooke centers the artist’s vision and process, honors the team’s time and energy, and works to make the seemingly impossible possible. It is her job to usher hesitation towards direction and “maybe’s” towards “why not’s?”
Thematically and stylistically, she gravitates towards dark comedies that reveal society’s complexities; explorations of power dynamics, inequality, and revolution; recreations of murky psychological landscapes; anything that unravels family dynamics and relationships; and fun, honest, life-affirming vignettes for audiences of all ages.
Projects have taken the form of film, theater, dance theater, puppetry, and found object performance---whatever she and her collaborators are exploring in the moment, for that project.
Producing credits include How Light Enters My Home, a gallery exhibition at Automata in Los Angeles featuring installations by six LA-based artists. Each piece paired film/video with an element of liveness, merging pre-recorded work with the spontaneity of a moment. Topics in the exhibition ranged from surviving the Taiwan Strait Crisis, to revolution and censorship in India, to a dreamlike encounter with loved ones not seen in years. Brooke’s approach to the curation of this event centered form and the importance of giving each artist the space to make what they wanted. Together, this collective of artists let happenstance decide what would emerge.
Producing credits include How Light Enters My Home, a gallery exhibition at Automata in Los Angeles featuring installations by six LA-based artists. Each piece paired film/video with an element of liveness, merging pre-recorded work with the spontaneity of a moment. Topics in the exhibition ranged from surviving the Taiwan Strait Crisis, to revolution and censorship in India, to a dreamlike encounter with loved ones not seen in years. Brooke’s approach to the curation of this event centered form and the importance of giving each artist the space to make what they wanted. Together, this collective of artists let happenstance decide what would emerge.
Film producing credits include Pareidolia in B Minor, a story of young love set in a foreboding, seceded American south; and One Beer, a story of one man and his family coming to terms with his onset dimentia. Writing and directing credits for film include The Space Between, an abstract exploration of a world reset (San Diego Underground Film Festival, 2021); My House, an audio-visual immersion into a woman’s experience of being stuck in and erased by a relationship;
Gobble You Up, Spit You Out, a found object/puppetry satire imagining the American origin story reversed; and "Nourishment," a slow cinema iPhone eye-witness documentation of critical coastal erosion in Florida.
Brooke has an MFA in Creative Producing from California Institute of the Arts and a B.A. in English from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. She is an alumna of the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant program. She was born and raised in Brevard County, Florida.
Brooke has an MFA in Creative Producing from California Institute of the Arts and a B.A. in English from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. She is an alumna of the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant program. She was born and raised in Brevard County, Florida.
“Throughout the process of Pareidolia in B Minor, Brooke’s laser-focused dedication externalized daily into a constant river of meaningful and exciting progress. Her work breathed life into the film and allowed it a reality even more thrilling than what was on the page. I have all my trust in Brooke, and constantly cannot wait to see what lies in her horizons.”
-Anthony W. D’Eredita, Writer/Director Pareidolia in B Minor
“Brooke’s attention to detail and ability to keep pre-production on a tightly scheduled track allowed me to work properly as a director and develop meaningful creative relationships with the cast. She is an excellent communicator, and kept our 15-person crew in the loop every step of the way. She also performed the duty Assistant Director on the film, brilliantly keeping us on a tight ship with her shooting schedule, which was so important to have in our endeavor of shooting a 14-page script in two days. “One Beer,” which I am very proud of, wouldn't have been possible without her.”
-Joe Khoury, Writer/Director One Beer (SAG narrative short film)
“Working with Brooke is absolutely a wonderful experience. She's thoughtful, responsible, and always listens to the needs of other creators. In our project, she always thought beforehand and didn’t miss any details, making the production process much more manageable. Her theater background allows her to unite the crew with a professional and safe environment she creates. Brooke is genuine and reliable as a colleague and as a friend.”
- Muqi Liu, Writer/Director Midnight (narrative short film)
“Having worked in the industry for over 30 years and with hundreds of people, I can say that Brooke Harbaugh is one of the best producers I have ever worked with. Knowledgeable, hard working, supportive and a genuine nice person. I would recommend Brooke for any job that falls within her wheelhouse (which is just about any type of producing) and I can say with the utmost confidence that if you work with Brooke, you will not be disappointed!”
Justin Hogan - Award Winning Producer
-Anthony W. D’Eredita, Writer/Director Pareidolia in B Minor
“Brooke’s attention to detail and ability to keep pre-production on a tightly scheduled track allowed me to work properly as a director and develop meaningful creative relationships with the cast. She is an excellent communicator, and kept our 15-person crew in the loop every step of the way. She also performed the duty Assistant Director on the film, brilliantly keeping us on a tight ship with her shooting schedule, which was so important to have in our endeavor of shooting a 14-page script in two days. “One Beer,” which I am very proud of, wouldn't have been possible without her.”
-Joe Khoury, Writer/Director One Beer (SAG narrative short film)
“Working with Brooke is absolutely a wonderful experience. She's thoughtful, responsible, and always listens to the needs of other creators. In our project, she always thought beforehand and didn’t miss any details, making the production process much more manageable. Her theater background allows her to unite the crew with a professional and safe environment she creates. Brooke is genuine and reliable as a colleague and as a friend.”
- Muqi Liu, Writer/Director Midnight (narrative short film)
“Having worked in the industry for over 30 years and with hundreds of people, I can say that Brooke Harbaugh is one of the best producers I have ever worked with. Knowledgeable, hard working, supportive and a genuine nice person. I would recommend Brooke for any job that falls within her wheelhouse (which is just about any type of producing) and I can say with the utmost confidence that if you work with Brooke, you will not be disappointed!”
Justin Hogan - Award Winning Producer
BROOKE HARBAUGH
CREATIVE PRODUCER LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
CREATIVE PRODUCER LOS ANGELES, CALIF.