Rick Fisher

Rick Fisher
Born	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Known for	Lighting design
Awards	Tony Award for Best Lighting Design; Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Rick Fisher is an American lighting designer, known for his work with Stephen Daldry on Billy Elliot the Musical and An Inspector Calls. He is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended Dickinson College, but has been based in the UK for the last 30 years.^[1]

He has done the lighting design for many opera companies, including Covent Garden and New York City Opera.^[1] He has been designing for the Santa Fe Opera for seven seasons; for the 2007 season he did three productions.^[2]

Fisher received the Live Design Outstanding Designer of The Year in 2008.^[1] He is the chairman of the British Association of Lighting Designers.^[3]

Selected stage credits

Sunny Afternoon (2014 West End)
Billy Elliot: The Musical (2005 West End, 2008 Broadway)
Jerry Springer the Opera (2003 West End)
Via Dolorosa (1999 Broadway)
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake (1995 West End, 1998 Broadway)
The Threepenny Opera (1994 West End)
Hysteria (1993 Royal Court Theatre)
Machinal (1993, Royal National Theatre)
An Inspector Calls (1992 West End, 1994 Broadway)
Serious Money (1988 Broadway)

Awards

2009 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for Billy Elliot the Musical (Broadway)
2008 Theatre Lighting Designer of the Year, LDI
2008 Helpmann Award for Best Lighting Design, Sydney Australia for Billy Elliot the Musical (Australia)
2005 Bronze Medal for Lighting Design: World Stage Design Expo, Toronto^[4]
2003 Gold Triga Prague Quadrennial: Member of British entry^[5]
2003 Garland Award: Cinderella, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Lady in the Dark, Chips with Everything (Royal National Theatre)^[6]
1996 Ovation and Los Angeles Drama Critics Award: An Inspector Calls, Los Angeles
1995 Gold Medal Prague Quadrennial: Member of British Entry
1994 Tony Award and Drama Desk Awards for An Inspector Calls (Broadway)
1994 Laurence Olivier Award for Hysteria, Machinal, and Moonlight^[7]

References

1 2 3 "LDI Speaker Spotlight: Rick Fisher", livedesignonline.com, October 8, 2008
↑ Lampert-Gréaux, Ellen. "With Rick Fisher and Duane Schuler at The Santa Fe Opera", livedesignonline.com, August 1, 2007
↑ Biography leefiltersusa.com, accessed May 15, 2009
↑ "World Stage Design Exceeds Expectations" usitt.org, accessed May 15, 2009
↑ Article on 2003 Quadrennial www.etnow.com, accessed May 15, 2009
↑ Olivier Awards, 1998 officiallondontheatre.co.uk, accessed May 15, 2009
↑ Olivier Awards, 1994 officiallondontheatre.co.uk, accessed May 15, 2009

External links

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design (1976–2000)

Jules Fisher (1976) Jennifer Tipton (1977) Jules Fisher (1978) Roger Morgan (1979) Dennis Parichy (1980) Jules Fisher/Robby Monk (1981) Tharon Musser/Marcia Madeira (1982) David Hersey (1983) Richard Nelson (1984) Richard Riddell (1985) Pat Collins (1986) Chris Parry (1987) Andrew Bridge (1988) Jennifer Tipton (1989) Jules Fisher (1990) David Hersey (1991) Paul Gallo/Jules Fisher (1992) Chris Parry (1993) Rick Fisher (1994) Richard Pilbrow (1995) Peggy Eisenhauer/Jules Fisher (1996) Ken Billington (1997) Donald Holder (1998) Chris Parry (1999) Peter Kaczorowski (2000)

Complete list (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design (2001–2025)

Paul Anderson (2001) T.J. Gerckens (2002) Nigel Levings (2003) Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher (2004) Christopher Akerlind (2005) Richard G. Jones (2006) Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner, and Natasha Katz (2007) Kevin Adams (2008) David Hersey (play) / Rick Fisher (musical) (2009) Neil Austin (2010) David Lander (2011) Brian MacDevitt (2012) Justin Townsend / Daniel Winters (2013) Christopher Akerlind (2014) Paule Constable (2015)

Complete list (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design (1991–2000)

Jean Kalman (1991) Mark Henderson (1992) Howell Binkley (1993) Rick Fisher (1994) Mark Henderson (1995) David Hersey (1996) Chris Parry (1997) Rick Fisher (1998) Hugh Vanstone (1999) Mark Henderson (2000)

Complete list (1976–1990) (1991–2000) (2001–2025)

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (1976–2000)

Tharon Musser (1976) Jennifer Tipton (1977) Jules Fisher (1978) Roger Morgan (1979) David Hersey (1980) John Bury (1981) Tharon Musser (1982) David Hersey (1983) Richard Nelson (1984) Richard Riddell (1985) Pat Collins (1986) David Hersey (1987) Andrew Bridge (1988) Jennifer Tipton (1989) Jules Fisher (1990) Jules Fisher (1991) Jules Fisher (1992) Chris Parry (1993) Rick Fisher (1994) Andrew Bridge (1995) Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer (1996) Ken Billington (1997) Donald Holder (1998) Andrew Bridge (1999) Natasha Katz (2000)

Complete list (1970–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2004) (2005–2025 (Play)) (2005–2025 (Musical))

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design Musical (2005–2025)

Christopher Akerlind (2005) Howell Binkley (2006) Kevin Adams (2007) Donald Holder (2008) Rick Fisher (2009) Kevin Adams (2010) Brian MacDevitt (2011) Natasha Katz (2012) Hugh Vanstone (2013) Kevin Adams (2014) Natasha Katz (2015)

Complete list (1970–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2004) (2005–2025 (Play)) (2005–2025 (Musical))

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