Lighting designer

This article is about lighting design in theater. If you are looking for lighting design in architecture, visit Architectural Lighting Design.

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Theater - Architecture - Architectural Lighting Design

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The role of the theatre lighting designer (or LD) within theatre is to work with the theatre director, set designer, and costume designer to create an overall 'look' for the show in response to the text, but bearing in mind issues of visibility, safety and cost.

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Theatre - Theatre director - Set designer - Costume designer

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Some eminent lighting designers working in the US today are: Ken Billington, Howell Binkley, David Agress, Peggy Eisenhauer, Jules Fisher, Paul Gallo, David Hersey, Donald Holder, Natasha Katz, Allen Lee Hughes, Brian Mac Devitt, John McKernon, Ken Posner, and Jennifer Tipton, many of whom have been honored with a Tony Award for Best Lighting Design.

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David Hersey - Tony Award for Best Lighting Design

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Pioneers in the industry include: Robert Edmund Jones, Jean Rosenthal, and Tharon Musser

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