Richard Pilbrow receives the Wally Russell Award
October 29, 2008
Theatre Projects is pleased to announce that Richard Pilbrow, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, has been awarded the Wally Russell Lifetime Achievement Award. This year's award was presented during the Awards Ceremonies at the LDI trade show in Las Vegas. This prestigious honor is given on an annual basis to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the entertainment industry during their career.
Richard is one of the world's leading theatre consultants. He is an internationally known stage lighting designer, author, and a theatre, film, and television producer. He is responsible for the design and planning of many of the world's most significant theatres. He continues to impact theatrical lighting with his recent credits for the Broadway production of Tale of Two Cities - The Musical and the American Ballet Theatre's The Sleeping Beauty at the Metropolitan Opera House. Richard founded Theatre Projects in London in 1957. Under his leadership, the company has become the pre-eminent theatre consulting organization in the world, with over 1000 projects in 60 countries to its credit.
Richard has also been an active author and publisher including Stage Lighting, with a forward by Sir Olivier, and Stage Lighting Design: The Art, the Craft, the Life, with forward by Hal Prince, (published 1997 and reprinted 2008) which became and continues to be the standard for teaching lighting in the UK and US. He has been recognized with multiple Tony Award nominations, the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Circle Critics Award-Lighting, and the Dora Award - Outstanding Lighting. In December 2005 in the premier edition of LiveDesign he was named as one of the ten visionaries among designers and artists, who were the most influential people in the world of visual design for live events.
October 29, 2008
Theatre Projects is pleased to announce that Richard Pilbrow, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, has been awarded the Wally Russell Lifetime Achievement Award. This year's award was presented during the Awards Ceremonies at the LDI trade show in Las Vegas. This prestigious honor is given on an annual basis to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the entertainment industry during their career.
Richard is one of the world's leading theatre consultants. He is an internationally known stage lighting designer, author, and a theatre, film, and television producer. He is responsible for the design and planning of many of the world's most significant theatres. He continues to impact theatrical lighting with his recent credits for the Broadway production of Tale of Two Cities - The Musical and the American Ballet Theatre's The Sleeping Beauty at the Metropolitan Opera House. Richard founded Theatre Projects in London in 1957. Under his leadership, the company has become the pre-eminent theatre consulting organization in the world, with over 1000 projects in 60 countries to its credit.
Richard has also been an active author and publisher including Stage Lighting, with a forward by Sir Olivier, and Stage Lighting Design: The Art, the Craft, the Life, with forward by Hal Prince, (published 1997 and reprinted 2008) which became and continues to be the standard for teaching lighting in the UK and US. He has been recognized with multiple Tony Award nominations, the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Circle Critics Award-Lighting, and the Dora Award - Outstanding Lighting. In December 2005 in the premier edition of LiveDesign he was named as one of the ten visionaries among designers and artists, who were the most influential people in the world of visual design for live events.
