Brian MacDevitt
Lighting Designer, Theater Designer
1956 –
Who is Brian MacDevitt?
Brian MacDevitt is a lighting designer for theatrical productions. He has worked extensively on Broadway and Off Broadway, as well as touring, Regional theatre, and Industrial productions. A Long Island, New York, native, Brian graduated from SUNY Purchase with a degree in Lighting Design from the Department of Design/Technology of the Division of Theatre Arts & Film. After graduation Brian spent a decade honing his craft with Off Broadway and other productions, and also developed a reputation as a teacher of design. He began teaching at Purchase as a visiting professor in 1986. He continued to balance his teaching career while breaking into Broadway in 1994 with What's Wrong With This Picture? Brian started to achieve notice with the Terrence McNally play Love! Valour! Compassion! in 1995. His success continued through the 1990s, and eventually culminated with a Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in 2002 for the revival of Into the Woods. He won again in 2005 for The Pillowman, in 2007 for The Coast of Utopia, sharing the award with Kenneth Posner and Natasha Katz Brian won the Tony in 2009 for his lighting of the play "Joe Turner's Come and Gone".
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- Born
- Oct 6, 1956
Long Island - Parents
- Ethnicity
- Native Americans in the United States
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- State University of New York at Purchase
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on July 23, 2013
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