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'''Michael Curry''' is a [[Tony Award]] and [[Emmy Award]]-winning production designer who lives in [[Portland, Oregon]]. |
'''Michael Curry''' is a [[Tony Award]] and [[Emmy Award]]-winning production designer who lives in [[Portland, Oregon]]. He is also the owner of the self-named company Michael Curry Design, Inc., started in 1986<ref>ECNext Inc.: Michael Curry Design Inc. |
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Curry works widely in both conceptual and technical development with the renowned entertainment companies, such as Cirque du Soleil, the Metropolitan Opera, London's Royal National Theatre, Disney Theatrical Productions, LA Opera and Universal Pictures. He collaborates regularly with directors such as [[Robert Lepage]], [[Nicholas Hytner]], [[Julie Taymor]] and William Friedken. He has also worked with production designers like [[Mark Fisher (disambiguation)|Mark Fisher]] and [[Eiko Ishioka]]. Michael has been the recipient of many distinguished awards from his peers, including various awards for his puppet and costume work on Broadway, Olympic ceremonies and his continuing creations and views in the fields of visual effects and puppetry design. He owns, operates, and leads Michael Curry Design Inc., which designs and creates live-performance oriented dimensional characters and productions, such as those seen by worldwide audiences in the 1996 and 2002 Olympics opening and closing ceremonies, and New York City's epoch 2000 millennium event. <ref>Michael Curry: Michaelcurrydesign.com</ref> |
Curry works widely in both conceptual and technical development with the renowned entertainment companies, such as Cirque du Soleil, the Metropolitan Opera, London's Royal National Theatre, Disney Theatrical Productions, LA Opera and Universal Pictures. He collaborates regularly with directors such as [[Robert Lepage]], [[Nicholas Hytner]], [[Julie Taymor]] and William Friedken. He has also worked with production designers like [[Mark Fisher (disambiguation)|Mark Fisher]] and [[Eiko Ishioka]]. Michael has been the recipient of many distinguished awards from his peers, including various awards for his puppet and costume work on Broadway, Olympic ceremonies and his continuing creations and views in the fields of visual effects and puppetry design. He owns, operates, and leads Michael Curry Design Inc., which designs and creates live-performance oriented dimensional characters and productions, such as those seen by worldwide audiences in the 1996 and 2002 Olympics opening and closing ceremonies, and New York City's epoch 2000 millennium event. <ref>Michael Curry: Michaelcurrydesign.com</ref> |
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* [http://www.michaelcurrydesign.com Official Website ] |
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* [http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_7mc562 Company Profiles- Michael Curry Design Inc. ] |
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Michael Curry is a Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning production designer who lives in Portland, Oregon. He is also the owner of the self-named company Michael Curry Design, Inc., started in 1986Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
Olympic Work
Curry designed the puppets for the Olympic Games in both Salt Lake City in 2002, and for the Olympic Games in 1996.
Work in The Lion King
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Curry was made famous not only by the Olympic ceremonies he designed- but also for his puppet design in the highly acclaimed musical, The Lion King. He would join the rest of the cast and crew to win six Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical for Disney Theatrical Productions, Best Direction of a Musical for Julie Taymor, and Best Choreography for Garth Fagan. Curry and Julie Taymor would team up to win the Tony Award for Best Costume Design.
Awards
- Emmy Award for the 2002 Olympics Opening Ceremony in Salt Lake City
- Emmy Award for Puppet Design of the 2002 Olympics
- Emmy Award for 1996 Olympics Opening Ceremony (Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program)
- Emmy Award for Oedipus Rex (Best Masks, Costumes, and Body Sculpture)
- Tony Award for Best Costumes
- Drama Desk Award for The Lion King ( Outstanding Puppet Design)
- Top 100 Honoree by Irish America Magazine, 2000
- Cannes Film Festival, Performance Pieces, Art Director (Best Fiction, Short)
- Best Live Opera for Oedipus Rex ( European Opra Assoc.)
- The American Theater Wing Designer Award for The Lion King
- Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, (Distinguished Achievement) 2000 Mask & Puppet Design, Co-Designer, The Lion King.
- Entertainment Design and Theatre Crafts International, 1999 EDDY Award (Puppet Designer)
- Featured Artist, Prague Quadrennial (2007)
- Risorgiomento Creativity Award (for life long creativity and risk taking in the fields of technical and Artistic Design), 2001
- Dora Mavor Moore Award for The Lion King, Co-Designer (Independent Theatre Outstanding Costume Design) 1999-2000
References