Ricki
Spector Booker ’90 originally thought she would
pursue documentary filmmaking after CC. But a class
project, focusing on abused children in Colorado Springs,
exposed Spector to the challenge of remaining objective.
“I learned I wanted to teach while entertaining.
I like the emotional connection,” says Spector.
So, shortly after earning her M.F.A. in filmmaking
from the University of Southern California, Spector
joined the Hollywood fast track. She began as an assistant
at United Artists, then moved to Roth Arnold where
she helped produce the films “Grosse Pointe
Blank” and “Forces of Nature.” Spector
returned to MGM/United Artists as an executive and
worked on such films as “Legally Blonde,”
“Heartbreakers,” and “Autumn in
New York.” At that time, she married Stewart
Booker, whom she’d met in Vail, Colo.
“It was an intense job, with social events and
scripts to read every night,” says Spector.
“And I couldn’t stomach the politics.”
Knowing that she and Stewart wanted a family, Spector
explored family programming and took a job at Nickelodeon.
“I loved what the company stood for, and the
interfacing of movies, television, and the Internet,”
she says. Over the course of four years, Ricki worked
on the films “Rugrats in Paris,” “Clockstoppers,”
and “Jimmy Neutron.” She worked through
her first pregnancy and then stopped working when
she gave birth to her second daughter.
Today, Spector enjoys her latest profession: mother
to Daisy, age three and a half, and to Charley, now
six months old. Spector is also working on a new children’s
project called “Change is Strange.”
“I feel in control of my destiny. I may go back
to producing, but for now, I need to take a breath,”
says Spector. “I haven’t been this happy
for so long.”
— Lisa Ellis ’82
Profiles
Ruth Kolarik
Margaret Fuller Simpson
'93
Carl Kielcheski MA '67
Ricki Spector Booker '90
Joe '81 and Edith Lowe Auner
'80
Andrew Mudge '97
Miguel Romero '00
All-CC Grad Band National
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