Jules Fisher
Jules Fisher | |
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Born | November 12, 1937 | (age86)
Alma mater | Carnegie Institute of Technology |
Known for | Lighting design |
Spouse | Graciela Daniele |
Awards | Tony Award for Best Lighting Design(9x) |
Jules Fisher(born November 12, 1937) is an Americanlighting designerand producer. He is credited with lighting designs for more than 300 productions over the course of his 50-year career ofBroadwayandoff-Broadwayshows, as well extensive work in film, ballet, opera, television, androck and rollconcert tours.[1]He has been nominated 24 times forTony Awards(as a lighting designer), more than any other lighting designer, and won nineTony awards for Lighting Design,also more than any other lighting designer.[2]
Biography
[edit]Fisher was born inNorristown,Pennsylvania,the son of Anne (Davidson) and Abraham Fisher, a retailer.[1]He is a graduate ofCarnegie Institute of Technology.[3]He is married to choreographer-directorGraciela Daniele.He has been in a professional partnership with lighting designerPeggy Eisenhauersince 1985, and they formed Third Eye Ltd, a firm specializing in entertainment and theatre lighting. He is also a principal in the theatre consulting firm Fisher Dachs Associates, architectural lighting firm Fisher Marantz Stone, and teaches atThe New School.Fisher was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University in May 2013.
Stage work (selected)
[edit]- Anyone Can Whistle(1964)
- High Spirits(1964)
- The Subject Was Roses(1964)
- Do I Hear a Waltz?(1965)
- You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running(1967)
- The Man in the Glass Booth(1968)
- The Only Game in Town(1968)
- Hair(1968, revival 1977)
- Jesus Christ Superstar(1971)
- Soon(1971)
- Pippin(1972)
- The Iceman Cometh(1973)
- Liza (Special)(1974)
- Chicago(1975)
- Beatlemania(1977)
- La Cage aux Folles(1983)
with Peggy Eisenhauer
[edit]- Song and Dance(1985)
- Rags(1986)
- Legs Diamond(1988)
- Ragtime(1998)
- Gypsy(2003)
- School of Rock(2003)
- Assassins(2004)
- The Ritz(2007)
- 9 to 5(2008)
- Lucky Guy(2013)
- Once on this Island(2017)
- Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus(2019)
Concert work
[edit]Fisher has worked with many popular musicians on their concerts and tours including:
- The Rolling Stones
- KISS
- David Bowie
- Parliament-Funkadelic
- The Who'sTommy
- Crosby, Stills and Nash
- Whitney Houston
- Simon & Garfunkel
- Barbra Streisand
Film lighting
[edit]Fisher has designed theatrical lighting for many film features. Designs include:
- A Star is Born(1976)
- The Rose(1979)
- Can't Stop the Music(1980)
- Chicago(2002)
- The Producers(2005)
- Dreamgirls(2006)
- Enchanted(2007)
- Burlesque(2010)
Fisher can be seen as himself lighting a show in Bob Fosse'sAll That Jazz(1979).
Tony Award wins
[edit]for Best Lighting Design:
- 1973Pippin
- 1974Ulysses in Nighttown
- 1978Dancin'
- 1990Grand Hotel
- 1991The Will Rogers Follies
- 1992Jelly's Last Jam
- 1996Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk(shared with partner Peggy Eisenhauer)
- 2004Assassins(shared with partner Peggy Eisenhauer)
- 2013Lucky Guy(shared with partner Peggy Eisenhauer)
Tony Award nominations
[edit]for Best Lighting Design:
- 1972Jesus Christ Superstar
- 1976Chicago
- 1978Beatlemania
- 1978Dancin'(Best Musical, as producer)
- 1984La Cage aux Folles
- 1986Song & Dance
- 1993Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
- 1994Angels in America: Perestroika
- 1998Ragtime(shared with partner Peggy Eisenhauer)
- 2000Marie ChristineandThe Wild Party(shared with partner Peggy Eisenhauer)
- 2001Jane Eyre(shared with partner Peggy Eisenhauer)
- 2016Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed(shared with partner Peggy Eisenhauer)
- 2018The Iceman Cometh(shared with partner Peggy Eisenhauer)
- 2018Once on this Island(shared with partner Peggy Eisenhauer)
- 2019Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus(shared with partner Peggy Eisenhauer)
References
[edit]- ^abfilmreference biography
- ^"Jules Fisher – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB".ibdb.RetrievedSeptember 27,2023.
- ^Rothstein, Mervyn."A Life in the Theatre: Lighting Designers Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer",playbill, June 23, 2005
External links
[edit]- Jules Fisherat theInternet Broadway Database
- Jules FisheratIMDb
- Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer papers and designs, 1960-2007,held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division,New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- HairOriginal Broadway production complete lighting paperwork, light plot, hookup, shop order, focus charts, magic sheets and production notes at the New York Public Library Theatrical Lighting Database