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English lighting designer

Neil Austin is an English lighting designer. He has been nominated for nine and won two Olivier Awards, and won three Tony Awards from six nominations for his work on plays and musicals in London and New York. Neil is the lighting designer for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child for which he has received global acclaim, including the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Helpmann, Outer Critics Circle, Dora Mavor, and WhatsOnStage Awards for best lighting design.

Neil studied Technical Theatre at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and was made a Fellow in 2008. Variety named him a Pacesetter on the London Arts Scene in 2007, and an Artisan Elite in 2019.

Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result Notes
2023 Leopoldstadt Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design Nominated
Tammy Faye WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
2022 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design Won
The 47th BroadwayWorld Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
Company Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical Nominated
Frozen Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
2020 Rosmersholm Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
2019 Ink Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play Won
Knight of Illumination Award (USA) for Best Lighting Design (Play - Large Venue) Nominated
Company Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Musical Theatre) Won
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Helpmann Award for Best Lighting Design Won
Rosmersholm BroadwayWorld Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play Won
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play Won
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design Won
Translations BroadwayWorld Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design Won
WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design Won
2016 The Winter's Tale Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
Hughie Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play Nominated
2015 Assassins Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Musical Theatre) Nominated
The Winter's Tale Falstaff Award for Best Lighting Design Won
2013 Macbeth Manchester Theatre Award for Best Design Nominated
Falstaff Award for Best Lighting Design Won
2012 Evita Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design Nominated
Company Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Musical Theatre) Won
Betty Blue Eyes WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
2011 The White Guard Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design Won
Passion Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Musical Theatre) Nominated
The Prince of Homburg WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
Women Beware Women WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
2010 Red Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play Won
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play Won
LDI Award for Excellence in Lighting Design Won
Hamlet Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play Nominated
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play Nominated
LDI Award for Excellence in Lighting Design Won
Judgement Day Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Play) Nominated
Madame de Sade WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
Life is a Dream WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
Parade LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards Nominated
Backstage Garland Award for Lighting Design Won
2009 Piaf Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Musical Theatre) Nominated
No Man's Land Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Lighting Designer Nominated
Oedipus WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
Life is a Dream WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
Twelfth Night Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Play) Nominated
2008 Parade Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Musical Theatre) Won
2007 Therese Raquin Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
Frost/Nixon Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design Nominated

References

  1. "Neil Austin". Guildhall Alumni. Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  2. "Pacesetters on the London Arts Scene". Variety. 13 October 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  3. "Artisans Elite: Meet the Minds Behind the Best Looks on Screens and Stages". Variety. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  4. "2023 Tony Awards Nominees". Tony Awards. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  5. Rocsy, Nicole. "New York, New York; Some Like It Hot; & More Lead Nominations for Outer Critics Circle Awards". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  6. "Nominees for 23rd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards announced". WhatsOnStage. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  7. "2022 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners". Intermission Magazine. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  8. Sherman, Rachel (9 May 2022). "Full List of the 2022 Tony Award Nominees". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  9. "Nominations announced for Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard". Society of London Theatre. SOLT. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  10. "Nominees for 22nd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards announced". WhatsOnStage. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  11. "Nominations announced for Olivier Awards 2020 with Mastercard". Society of London Theatre. SOLT. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  12. "Tony Award Winners". Tony Awards. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  13. "Nominations Announced for Olivier Awards 2019 With Mastercard". Society of London Theatre. SOLT. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
Awards for Neil Austin
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
1975–2000
2001–2015
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play
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