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BIO

NEIL AUSTIN was the recipient of the 2019 Tony Award for Ink (Friedman); the 2018 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Lyric); and the 2010 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Red (Golden). He was also awarded the 2017 and 2011 Olivier Awards for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Palace, West End) and The White Guard (National, London). His Broadway credits include Ink, Travesties, Hughie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Evita, Red, Hamlet, The Seafarer and Frost/Nixon. Other work in the U.S. includes Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Curran, San Francisco), Macbeth (Park Avenue Armory), Julius Caesar (St. Ann’s Warehouse), The Night Alive (Atlantic), The Sunshine Boys (Ahmanson Theatre), Red and Parade (Mark Taper Forum).

Productions

 
[Broadway, 2025]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2024]
Lighting Designer
 
[US Tour, 2023]
Lighting Design
 
[West End, 2023]
LIGHTING DESIGNER
 
[Broadway, 2022]
Lighting Design
 
[Broadway, 2021]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2021]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2021]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2020]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2019]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2019]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2019]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2018]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2018]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2018]
Lighting Design
 
[Broadway, 2018]
Lighting Designer
 
[Australia, 2018]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2017]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2017]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2017]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2017]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2017] [Replacement]
Lighting Design[Replacement]
 
[West End, 2016]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2016]
Lighting Designer
 
[Canada, 2016]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2016]
Lighting Designer
 
[Chicago, 2015]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2014]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2014]
Lighting Director
 
[Off-Broadway, 2013]
Lighting Designer
 
[US Tour, 2013]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2012]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2011]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2011]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2011]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2008]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2007]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 1998]
Associate Lighting Designer

Awards and Nominations

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2023 - Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)

Neil Austin, Leopoldstadt

Tony Awards - 2023 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Neil Austin, Leopoldstadt

Tony Awards - 2022 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Neil Austin, Company

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2019 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Neil Austin, Ink


winner
Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Neil Austin, Ink


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play

Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child


winner
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child


winner
Tony Awards - 2018 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two


winner
Olivier Awards - 2017 - Best Lighting Design

Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Drama Desk Awards - 2016 - Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play

Neil Austin, Hughie

Olivier Awards - 2016 - Best Lighting Design

Neil AustinThe Winter's Tale

Drama Desk Awards - 2012 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Neil Austin, Evita

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2012 - Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)

Neil Austin, Evita


winner
Olivier Awards - 2011 - Best Lighting Design

Neil Austin, The White Guard


winner
Olivier Awards - 2011 - Best Lighting Design

Neil Austin, The White Guard


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2010 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Neil Austin, Red


winner
Tony Awards - 2010 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Neil Austin, Red

Tony Awards - 2010 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Neil Austin, Hamlet

Drama Desk Awards - 2009 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Neil Austin, Hamlet

Olivier Awards - 2009 - Best Lighting Design

Neil AustinPiaf

Olivier Awards - 2009 - Best Lighting Design

Neil AustinNo Man's Land

Olivier Awards - 2007 - Best Lighting Design

Neil AustinThérèse Raquin

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2007 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Neil Austin, Frost/Nixon

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has Neil Austin been nominated for?

Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Leopoldstadt, Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Leopoldstadt, Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Company, Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Ink, Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Ink, Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two, Best Lighting Design (Olivier Awards) for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Hughie, Best Lighting Design (Olivier Awards) for The Winter's Tale, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Evita, Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Evita, Best Lighting Design (Olivier Awards) for The White Guard, Best Lighting Design (Olivier Awards) for The White Guard, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Red, Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Red, Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Hamlet, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Hamlet, Best Lighting Design (Olivier Awards) for Piaf, Best Lighting Design (Olivier Awards) for No Man's Land, Best Lighting Design (Olivier Awards) for Thérèse Raquin and Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Frost/Nixon.

What awards has Neil Austin won?

Neil Austin has won several prestigious awards for his work in lighting design, including: - Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Ink - Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two - Best Lighting Design (Olivier Awards) for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Best Lighting Design (Olivier Awards) for The White Guard - Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Red - Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Red

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