Alice Brooks: Mary Pickford Alumni Award Winner 2026. With special intro from Jon M. Chu

Created in 1995, in partnership with the Mary Pickford Foundation, the Mary Pickford Alumni Award pays tribute to alumni of the School whose extraordinary achievements bring special distinction to the university and to the industry. Brooks, who graduated from the Feige Production Division, in 2001 joins past recipients : Susan Downey, Kevin Feige, William Fraker, James Gray, Brian Grazer, Conrad L. Hall, Ray Harryhausen, Nahnatchka Khan, Alan Ladd Jr., Jon Landau, Michelle Manning, Walter Murch, Tracy Oliver, Shonda Rhimes, Jay Roach, Melissa Rosenberg, Gary Rydstrom, Stacey Sher, Amanda Silver, John Singleton, Jennifer and Suzanne Todd, Lee Unkrich, Matthew Weiner, David L. Wolper, Robert Zemeckis and Laura Ziskin.