- David Hersey
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David Hersey (born November 30, 1939) is a lighting designer who has designed the lighting for over 250 plays, musicals, operas, and ballets. His work has been seen in most corners of the globe and his many awards include the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design for Evita, Cats, and Les Misérables, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for Cats, Miss Saigon, and Equus, and the 1996 Laurence Olivier Award for Lighting Design.
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Career
Hersey has been the lighting designer for many National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company and West End productions, as well as opera at the English National Opera (among others) and ballet at the Royal Ballet. [1] He has been the lighting designer for many Broadway productions, starting with Evita in 1980 through Equus in 2008.[2]
Hersey has also been active in the world of theme parks in Florida and Italy, as well as lighting extravaganzas at The Mirage, Treasure Island Hotel and Casino, and Bellagio hotels in Las Vegas. He is the founder of DHA Design, which concentrates on the design of specialist lighting. For ten years he was lighting consultant to the Royal National Theatre and is a past chairman of the Association of Lighting Designers.
Personal
David Hersey was born in Rochester, New York and attended Oberlin College. In 1967 he moved to London, England. Married to Demetra Maraslis, his children are: a daughter Miranda Hersey Helin, b. 1969 (from previous marriage); a son Demetri Alexander Hersey, b. 1978; and a daughter Ellen Katherine Hersey, born 1980.[1]
Awards and nominations
David Hersey received awards and nominations for lighting design for the following productions:
- 2009 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design for Equus [nominee]
- 2009 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for Equus [winner]
- 2002 Tony Award for Oklahoma! [nominee]
- 1996 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Designer
- 1991 Tony Award for Miss Saigon [nominee]
- 1991 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for Miss Saigon
- 1989 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Les Misérables
- 1988 Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Award for Les Misérables
- 1988 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for Chess (nominee)
- 1987 Tony Award for Les Misérables [winner]
- 1987 Tony Award for Starlight Express [nominee]
- 1984 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Cats
- 1983 Tony Award for Cats [winner]
- 1983 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for Cats [winner]
- 1982 Tony Award for The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby [nominee]
- 1980 Tony Award for Evita [winner]
- 1979 Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Award for Evita
References
- ^ a b Biography filmreference.com, accessed May 15, 2009
- ^ Internet Broadway Database listing ibdb.com, accessed May 15, 2009
External links
- Internet Broadway Database listing
- Credits Broadway World
- Article, July 1, 2002 livedesignonline.com
- Biography, equusonbroadway.com
- Biography, creativemediamanagement.com
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 / Peggy Eisenhauer (1996) · Ken Billington (1997) · Donald Holder (1998) · Andrew Bridge (1999) · Natasha Katz (2000)
Complete list · (1970–1975) · (1976–2000) · (2001–2025) 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/Jules Fisher (2004) · Christopher Akerlind (2005) · Richard G. Jones (2006) · Brian MacDevitt/Kenneth Posner/Natasha Katz (2007) · Kevin Adams (2008) · David Hersey/Rick Fisher (2009) · Neil Austin (2010)
Complete list · (1976–2000) · (2001–2025) Categories:- 1939 births
- Living people
- Dora Mavor Moore Award winners
- Lighting designers
- Oberlin College alumni
- Tony Award winners
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