Rick Fisher is an American

lighting designer In theatre, a lighting designer (or LD) works with the director, choreographer, set designer, costume designer, and sound designer to create the lighting, atmosphere, and time of day for the production in response to the text while keeping ...

, known for his work with

Stephen Daldry Stephen David Daldry CBE (born 2 May 1960) is an English director and producer of film, theatre, and television. He has won three Olivier Awards for his work in the West End and three Tony Awards for his work on Broadway. He has received three ...

on ''

Billy Elliot the Musical ''Billy Elliot: The Musical'' is a coming-of-age stage musical based on the 2000 film of the same name. The music is by Elton John, and the book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay. The plot revolves around Billy, a m ...

'' and ''

An Inspector Calls ''An Inspector Calls'' is a play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, first performed in the Soviet Union in 1945 and at the New Theatre in London the following year. It is one of Priestley's best-known works for the stage and is con ...

''. He is from

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

and attended

Dickinson College , mottoeng = Freedom is made safe through character and learning , established = , type = Private liberal arts college , endowment = $645.5 million (2022) , president = J ...

, but has been based in the UK for the last 30 years."LDI Speaker Spotlight: Rick Fisher"
livedesignonline.com, October 8, 2008 He has done the lighting design for many opera companies, including

Covent Garden Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist si ...

and

New York City Opera The New York City Opera (NYCO) is an American opera company located in Manhattan in New York City. The company has been active from 1943 through 2013 (when it filed for bankruptcy), and again since 2016 when it was revived. The opera company, du ...

. He has been designing for the

Santa Fe Opera Santa Fe Opera (SFO) is an American opera company, located north of Santa Fe, New Mexico. After creating the ''Opera Association of New Mexico'' in 1956, its founding director, John Crosby (conductor), John Crosby, oversaw the building of the fir ...

for seven seasons; for the 2007 season he did three productions. Fisher received the Live Design Outstanding Designer of The Year in 2008. He is the chairman of the British Association of Lighting Designers.

Selected stage credits

* ''

Sunny Afternoon "Sunny Afternoon" is a song by the Kinks, written by chief songwriter Ray Davies. The track later featured on the '' Face to Face'' album as well as being the title track for their 1967 compilation album. Like its contemporary " Taxman" by the ...

'' (2014 West End) * '' Billy Elliot: The Musical'' (2005 West End, 2008 Broadway) * ''

Jerry Springer the Opera ''Jerry Springer: The Opera'' is a British musical written by Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee, based on the talk show ''Jerry Springer''. It contains irreverent treatment of Christian themes, extensive profanity, and surreal images, such as a ...

'' (2003 West End) * ''

Via Dolorosa The ''Via Dolorosa'' (Latin, 'Sorrowful Way', often translated 'Way of Suffering'; ar, طريق الآلام; Hebrew: ויה דולורוזה) is a processional route in the Old City of Jerusalem. It represents the path that Jesus would have t ...

'' (1999 Broadway) * ''

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake Matthew Bourne's ''Swan Lake'' is a contemporary ballet based on the Russian romantic work '' Swan Lake'', from which it takes the music by Tchaikovsky and the broad outline of the plot. Bourne's rendering is best known for having the traditi ...

'' (1995 West End, 1998 Broadway) * ''The Threepenny Opera'' (1994 West End) * '' ''Hysteria'''' (1993 Royal Court Theatre) * ''

Machinal ''Machinal'' is a 1928 play by American playwright and journalist Sophie Treadwell, inspired by the real-life case of convicted and executed murderer Ruth Snyder. Its Broadway premiere, directed by Arthur Hopkins, is considered one of the highp ...

'' (1993, Royal National Theatre) * ''

'' (1992 West End, 1994 Broadway) * ''Serious Money'' (1988 Broadway)

Awards

*2009

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design for outstanding lighting design of a play or musical. The award was first presented in 1970. Since 2005, the category was divided into Lighting Design in a Play ...

and

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions. In the 2009 ceremony, the category was sepa ...

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 *2003 Gold Triga Prague Quadrennial: Member of British entry *2003 Garland Award: Cinderella, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles *1998

Laurence Olivier Award The Laurence Olivier Awards, or simply the Olivier Awards, are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre in London at an annual ceremony in the capital. The awards were originally known as ...

for ''Lady in the Dark'', ''Chips with Everything'' (Royal National Theatre) *1996 Ovation and Los Angeles Drama Critics Award: ''

'', 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'''', ''

'', and '' ''Moonlight''''Olivier Awards, 1994
officiallondontheatre.co.uk, accessed May 15, 2009

References

External links

*

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher, Rick American expatriates in the United Kingdom American lighting designers Tony Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) Artists from Philadelphia Living people Helpmann Award winners