Neil Austin (lighting designer)

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Neil Austin is an English lighting designer. He has won two Olivier Awards and three Tony Awards and is the lighting designer for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, for which he has won an Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Helpmann, Outer Critics Circle and WhatsOnStage Award.

Neil studied Technical Theatre at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and was made a Fellow in 2008. [1] Variety named him a Pacesetter on the London Arts Scene in 2007, [2] and an Artisan Elite in 2019. [3]

Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResultNotes
2023 Leopoldstadt Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play [4] Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design [5] Nominated
Tammy Faye WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design [6] Nominated
2022 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design [7] Won
The 47th BroadwayWorld Award for Best Lighting DesignNominated
Company Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical [8] Nominated
Frozen Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design [9] Nominated
WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design [10] Nominated
2020 Rosmersholm Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design [11] Nominated
2019 Ink Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play [12] Won
Knight of Illumination Award (USA) for Best Lighting Design (Play - Large Venue)Nominated
Company Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design [13] 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 DesignNominated
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 DesignNominated
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 DesignWon
2013 Macbeth Manchester Theatre Award for Best Design Nominated
Falstaff Award for Best Lighting DesignWon
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
2011The 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 DesignWon
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 DesignWon
Judgement DayKnight 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
2007Therese Raquin Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design Nominated
Frost/Nixon Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design Nominated

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