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.

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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]

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  2. ↑ "Pacesetters on the London Arts Scene". Variety. 2007-10-13. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Artisans Elite: Meet the Minds Behind the Best Looks on Screens and Stages". Variety. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
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  14. ↑ "Falstaff Awards 2013". Play Shakespeare. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
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