Name Howell Binkley Role Lighting Designer | ||
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Awards Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical Nominations Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design Similar Paul Tazewell, Des McAnuff, Sergio Trujillo, Anna Louizos, Jess Goldstein | ||
Education East Carolina University | ||
Tony awards thank you cam 2016 howell binkley best lighting design of a musical hamilton
Howell Binkley is a professional lighting designer in New York City. He received the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical for Jersey Boys in 2006, and again in 2016 for Hamilton.
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- Tony awards thank you cam 2016 howell binkley best lighting design of a musical hamilton
- Acceptance speech howell binkley 2016
- Career
- Works selected
- References
Acceptance speech howell binkley 2016
Career
Binkley attended East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina where he started his career working with dance programs.
He has lit a plethora of major Broadway shows, including many for Hal Prince and is a frequent collaborator with director Des McAnuff. He is also a collaborator and co-founder of David Parsons's Parsons Dance Company. He has worked at regional theaters such as La Jolla, San Diego, California, Shakespeare Theatre DC, Old Globe Theatre, the Guthrie Theater, The Goodman Theatre, and Hartford Stage.
Binkley is well known for his use of saturated color, accompanied by white or slightly cool highlights. He frequently uses smoke or haze to draw attention to his use of angle. His designs are partly based upon Craig Miller and Tom Skelton's use of cross focussing to make diamond effects.