
Rick Fisher
AWARDS and nominations
2017 - Knight of Illumination Lifetime Recognition Award
In 2011 Rick became a Fellow of the Association of Lighting Production and Design
2009 - Tony, Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Billy Elliot)
2008 - Live Design Awards Theatre Lighting Designer of the Year
2005 - World Stage Design Exhibition Bronze Medal for Lighting Design
2003 - Golden Triga Prague Quadrennial (British Entry) & Golden Award Backstage West (Cinderella)
1998 - Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design(Lady in the Dark, Chips with Everything)
1996 - Ovation and Los Angeles Drama Critics Award (An Inspector Calls)
1995 - Golden Triga Prague Quadrennial (British Entry)
1994 - Tony & Drama Desk Awards (An Inspector Calls) & Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design (Hysteria, Machinal, Moonlight)
1993, 1995, 2006 - Olivier Award Nominations
2017 - Drama Desk Award nomination (The Judas Kiss)
2015 - Outer Critics Circle Award nomination (The Audience)
2010 - WhatsOnStage Award nomination for Best Lighting Design
Productions
recent credits | |
SAN XING DUI | Director: Thom Southerland |
SEMELE (with Peter Mumford) | Director: Adele Thomas |
NOISES OFF | Director: Thom Southerland |
EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR | Director: Bruce Guthrie |
GISELLE | Director: Yoshida Miyako |
AN INSPECTOR CALLS | Director: Stephen Daldry |
THE SILENT WOMAN | Director: Christian Räth |
MIDDLE | Director: Polly Findlay |
THE BREACH | Director: Sarah Frankcom |
RED RIDING HOOD | Director: Robert Shaw Cameron |
EUGENE ONEGIN | Director: Alessandro Talevi |
BILLY ELLIOT | Director: Stephen Daldry |
LA TRAVIATA | Director: Marta Domingo |
SEMELE | Director: Thomas Guthrie |
EDMUND DE BERGERAC | Director: Roxana Silbert |
MAN OF LA MANCHA | Director: Lonny Price |
THE PEARL FISHERS | Director: Shawna Lucey |
UNCLE VANYA | Director: Rupert Everett |
WEST SIDE STORY | Director: Stephen Whitson |
BENVENUTO CELLINI | Director: Noa Naamat |
WHAT'S IN A NAME | Director: Jeremy Sams |
THE PERMANENT WAY | Director: Alexander Lass |
THE HAYSTACK | Director: Roxana Silbert |
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES | Director: Jez Bond |
BEETHOVEN CONCERT (RFH) | Philharmonia Orchestra |
ELEKTRA | Bournemouth Symphony |
CARMEN | Director: Edward Dick |
'NIGHT MOTHER | Director: Roxana Silbert |
for west end | |
CONSENT | Director: Roger Michell |
WOMAN IN WHITE | Director: Thom Southerland |
AN INSPECTOR CALLS | Director: Stephen Daldry |
RENT | Director: Bruce Guthrie |
THE AUDIENCE | Director: Stephen Daldry |
SUNNY AFTERNOON | Director: Edward Hall |
CHARIOTS OF FIRE | Director: Edward Hall |
THE JUDAS KISS | Director: Neil Armfield |
BILLY ELLIOT | Director: Stephen Daldry |
HERGE'S ADVENTURES OF TIN TIN | Director: Rufus Norris |
OLD TIMES | Director: Roger Michell |
FAMILY REUNION | Director: Jeremy Herrin |
THE PHILANTHROPIST | Director: David Grindley |
JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA | Director: Stewart Lee |
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE | Director: Adrian Noble |
LOBBY HERO | Director: Mark Brokaw |
BOSTON MARRIAGE | Director: Phyllida Lloyd |
A NUMBER | Director: Stephen Daldry |
GLEE CLUB | Director: Mike Bradwell |
STAR QUALITY | Director: Christopher Luscombe |
NAPOLEON | Director: Francesca Zambello |
MY ZINC BED | Director: David Hare |
MISS JULIE | Director: Michael Boyd |
LENNY | Director: Sir Peter Hall |
MACBETH | Director: John Crowley |
VIA DOLOROSA | Director: Stephen Daldry |
THE OLD NEIGHBOURHOOD | Director: Patrick Marber |
SWAN LAKE | Choreographer: Matthew Bourne |
CINDERELLA | Director: Matthew Bourne |
THE CHANGING ROOM | Director: James MacDonald |
HYSTERIA | Director: Phyllida Lloyd |
RAT IN THE SKULL | Director: Stephen Daldry |
SERIOUS MONEY | Director: Max Stafford-Clark |
for broadway | |
THE AUDIENCE | Director: Stephen Daldry |
THE PHILANTHROPIST | Director: David Grindley |
BILLY ELLIOT | Director: Stephen Daldry |
SWAN LAKE | Choreographer: Matthew Bourne |
VIA DOLOROSA | Director: Stephen Daldry |
AN INSPECTOR CALLS | Director: Stephen Daldry |
SOME AMERICANS ABROAD | Director: Roger Michell |
SERIOUS MONEY | Director: Max Stafford-Clark |
off broadway | |
MAN TO MAN | Director: Bruce Guthrie & Scott Graham |
THE JUDAS KISS | Director: Neil Armfield |
for the national theatre | |
AN INSPECTOR CALLS | Director: Stephen Daldry |
MIDDLE | Director: Polly Findlay |
CONSENT | Director: Roger Michell |
WASTE | Director: Roger Michell |
LANDSCAPE WITH WEAPON | Director: Roger Michell |
JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA | Director: Stewart Lee |
HONOUR | Director: Roger Michell |
MOTHER CLAP'S MOLLY HOUSE | Director: Nicholas Hytner |
THE WINTER'S TALE | Director: Nicholas Hytner |
ALBERT SPEER | Director: Trevor Nunn |
BLUE/ORANGE | Director: Roger Michell |
BETRAYAL | Director: Trevor Nunn |
FLIGHT | Director: Howard Davies |
CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING | Director: Howard Davies |
LADY IN THE DARK | Director: Francesca Zambello |
FAIR LADIES PLAYING A GAME OF POEM CARDS | Director: John Crowley |
BLINDED BY THE SUN | Director: Ron Daniels |
DEATH OF A SALESMAN | Director: David Thacker |
UNDER MILK WOOD | Director: Roger Michell |
THE COUP | Director: Roger Michell |
PERICLES | Director: Phyllida Lloyd |
MACHINAL | Director: Stephen Daldry |
PEER GYNT | Director: Declan Donnellan |
INTERNATIONAL | |
SWEENEY TODD | Director: Lee Blakeley |
THE KING AND I | Director: Lee Blakeley |
THE SOUND OF MUSIC | Director: Jonathan Butterell |
DISNEY'S THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME | Director: James Lapine |
FORBIDDEN CITY | Director: Stephen Dexter |
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE | Director: Bruce Guthrie |
OTHELLO | Director: Bruce Guthrie |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | Director: Edward Dick |
HAMLET, AN INSPECTOR CALLS, KING LEAR, RED DEMON, SALOME, FALSTAFF, BILLY ELLIOT, MATTHEW BOURNE'S SWAN LAKE , MATA HARI, GISELLE | All Japan |
OPERA | |
Lighting design for 27 operas at Santa Fe Opera between 2001-2021 | |
SWEENEY TOOD | Director: Lee Blakeley |
THE KING AND I | Director: Lee Blakeley |
MADAME BUTTERFLY | Director: Lee Blakeley |
FALSTAFF | Director: Lee Blakeley |
FALSTAFF | Director: David Kneuss |
ALBERT HERRING | Director: Paul Curran |
PETER GRIMES | Director: Paul Curran |
SALOME | Director: Daniel Slater |
SALOME | Director: Francesca Zambello/Christian Rath |
BETROTHAL IN A MONASTERY | Director: Daniel Slater |
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM | Director: David Pountney |
THE HEART OF DARKNESS | Director: Edward Dick |
TSARINA'S SLIPPERS | Director: Francesca Zambello |
WOZZECK | Director: Keith Warner |
OF MICE AND MEN | Director: Francesca Zambello |
THE LITTLE PRINCE | Director: Francesca Zambello |
FIERY ANGEL | Director: Francesca Zambello |
TURANDOT | Director: Francesca Zambello |
MONTECCHI I CAPULETTI | Director: Paul Curran |
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN | Director: Chen Shi-Zheng |
TURANDOT | Director: Rupert Goold |
LA VESTALE | Director: Francesca Zambello |
VERDI'S REQUIEM | Director: Phyllida Lloyd |
DER FREISCHUTZ | Director: David Pountney |
DR OX'S EXPERIMENT | Director: Atom Egoyan |
THE FAIRY QUEEN | Director: David Pountney |
WOZZECK | Director: William Friedkin |
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN | Director: Francesca Zambello |
LA TRAVIATA | Director: Jonathan Miller |
CARMEN | Director: Edward Dick |
GLORIANA | Director: Phyllida Lloyd |
MEDEA | Director: Phyllida Lloyd |
LA BOHEME | Director: Phyllida Lloyd |
L’ETOILE | Director: Phyllida Lloyd |
MANON LESCAUT | Director: Stephen Daldry |
THE MAGIC FLUTE | Director: Stephen Medcalf/John Elliot Gardiner |
BALLET | |
GISELLE | Director: Miyako Yoshida |
SWAN LAKE | Director: Matthew Bourne |
CINDERELLA | Director: Matthew Bourne |
other | |
Chairman of the Association of Lighting Design and Production 1995-2011 | |
Vice President of the Association of Lighting Design and Production 2011-Present | |
Trustee Back Up The Technical Entertainment Charity | |
Former trustee National Board of United Scenic Artists, USA | |
Former visiting Professor in Lighting Design - Dramatiska Institute Stockholm, Sweden |