- Chris Parry (lighting designer)
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Chris Parry (Born 23 May 1952 in the United Kingdom – died 16 January 2007 in San Diego, California) was a theatrical lighting designer. He worked on several Broadway and West End productions and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design three times, winning for The Who's Tommy. He also won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design three times.
Parry’s credits include more than 150 designs worldwide including productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre in the UK, and designs for the Los Angeles Opera, Welsh National Opera, Opera Theatre of Lucca in Italy, as well as many regional theatres. In 1993, he received the Lighting Designer of the Year Award from Lighting Dimensions magazine.
Parry was known for using the Gel "Rosco 68 - Skye Blue". After his death, Rosco renamed the gel "Parry Sky Blue".
He was a teacher of lighting design for many years at the University of California, San Diego and had one son, Richard Parry.
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Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (1976–2000) Tharon Musser (1976) · Jennifer Tipton (1977) · Jules Fisher (1978) · Roger Morgan (1979) · David Hersey (1980) · John Bury (1981) · Tharon Musser (1982) · David Hersey (1983) · Richard Nelson (1984) · Richard Riddell (1985) · Pat Collins (1986) · David Hersey (1987) · Andrew Bridge (1988) · Jennifer Tipton (1989) · Jules Fisher (1990) · Jules Fisher (1991) · Jules Fisher (1992) · Chris Parry (1993) · Rick Fisher (1994) · Andrew Bridge (1995) · Jules Fisher / Peggy Eisenhauer (1996) · Ken Billington (1997) · Donald Holder (1998) · Andrew Bridge (1999) · Natasha Katz (2000)
Complete list · (1970–1975) · (1976–2000) · (2001–2025) Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design (1976–2000) Jules Fisher (1976) · Jennifer Tipton (1977) · Jules Fisher (1978) · Roger Morgan (1979) · Dennis Parichy (1980) · Jules Fisher/Robby Monk (1981) · Tharon Musser/Marcia Madeira (1982) · David Hersey (1983) · Richard Nelson (1984) · Richard Riddell (1985) · Pat Collins (1986) · Chris Parry (1987) · Andrew Bridge (1988) · Jennifer Tipton (1989) · Jules Fisher (1990) · David Hersey (1991) · Paul Gallo/Jules Fisher (1992) · Chris Parry (1993) · Rick Fisher (1994) · Richard Pilbrow (1995) · Peggy Eisenhauer/Jules Fisher (1996) · Ken Billington (1997) · Donald Holder (1998) · Chris Parry (1999) · Peter Kaczorowski (2000)
Complete list · (1976–2000) · (2001–2025) Categories:- Lighting designers
- Tony Award winners
- Drama Desk Award winners
- 1952 births
- 2007 deaths
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