Eamon Brooks was born Michael Eamon Brooks, in South Boston,
Massachusetts. "Southie", a tough, blue-collared Irish/American
neighborhood, is the basis for many Hollywood blockbusters such as The
Departed, Mystic River, and Gone Baby Gone.
Since an early age, Eamon wrote, directed and performed in school plays
and elaborate home movies. In his teens, he toured the line between an
education coupled with his love for hockey, and the draw of street
gangs. He escaped the streets by attending the prestigious Boston
College High School and Berkshire prep school where he studied
Shakespearean Theater.
Eamon attended the University of Massachusetts at Boston, where he
studied Theater Arts and wrote, acted, and directed several short
films. He earned his first film credits in Ben Affleck's Gone Baby Gone
and Howard Deutch's Bachelor No. 2 with Kate Hudson and Dane Cook.