AMERICAN IDOL
THE ULTIMATE ' TALENT SHOW ' WITH VERSIONS OF THE SHOW DOMINATING RATINGS IN OVER 40 COUNTRIES AND STILL THE KING OF AMERICAN TV MY ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SHOW DATES BACK TO THE VERY BEGINNING BACK WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT MONSTER WE WHERE ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH TO.
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WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
STILL THE ULTIMATE QUIZ SHOW THAT KEEPS ON GOING, I WAS THERE AT THE START WHEN QUIZ SHOWS WHERE THOUGHT OF AS TACKY DAY TIME FARE. WE CHANGED ALL THAT WITH A DRAMATIC EMOTION CHARGED INTELLIGENT QUIZ. WITH 108 IDENTICAL VERSIONS OF MY SET AROUND THE WORLD MILLIONAIRE IS THE MOST DUPLICATED DESIGN IN HISTORY. MOVIE SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE HEAVILY UTILIZES MY SET AND WAS NOMINATED FOR TEN OSCARS
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BUDDY THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY
THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION OF THIS BIOGRAPHICAL MUSICAL ABOUT 1950'S ROCK AND ROLLER BUDDY HOLLY RAN IN LONDONS WEST END FOR 13 STRAIGHT YEARS. THE SHOW WENT ON TO PLAY IN 19 COUNTRIES MANY OF WHICH STILL HOST PRODUCTIONS TO THIS DAY. WHEN THE SHOW OPENED ON BROADWAY I BECAME THE YOUNGEST DESIGNER TO WORK IN THE WEST END AND ON BROADWAY, I WAS 22.
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BLOOD BROTHERS
WILLY RUSSELL'S CLASSIC THEATER MUSICAL HAS NOW RUN CONTINUOUSLY FOR 20 YEARS. I HAVE DESIGNED VERSIONS OF THE SHOW IN THE UK, CANADA, US TOURS AND MOST NOTABLY ON BROADWAY WHICH MARKED MY SECOND BROADWAY SHOW IN TWO YEARS. THE SHOW WAS MY FIRST FORAY INTO DESIGNING BOTH SCENERY AND COSTUMES.
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THE PEOPLE VERSUS
HOT ON THE HEALS OF THE SUCCESS OF MILLIONAIRE THE SAME PRODUCTION TEAM CREATED THIS NEW QUIZ, WITH THE LARGEST SCENIC BUDGET IN THE HISTORY OF UK TV I WAS ABLE TO REALLY PUSH THE ENVELOPE DESIGNING A SET THAT WAS LITERALLY YEARS AHEAD OF ITS TIME.
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OLIVER!
I HAD SEEN A PRODUCTION OF OLIVER AS A KID AND DREAMT OF DESIGNING IT. AT SCHOOL I HAD DESIGNED OLIVER AS AN ART PROJECT. I HAD ALSO YEARNED TO WORK FOR THE WORLDS MOST SUCCESSFUL THEATRICAL PRODUCER CAMERON MACKINTOSH SO IMAGINE MY DELIGHT WHEN CAMERON OFFERED ME MY DREAM THEATER JOB DESIGNING A PRODUCTION OF OLIVER! FOR HIM.
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MUCHO TALENTO
CHRISTMAS 2010 I WAS APPROACHED BY THE OWNERS OF LATIN NETWORK ESTRELLA TV TO DESIGN THEIR VERSION OF ' AMERICAS GOT TALENT ' I WAS TEMPTED WITH A HUGE BUDGET AND THE COMPANY PURCHASED A SOUND STAGE IN BURBANK SPECIALLY TO HOUSE THE SHOW. I WAS ABLE TO BRING IN MY CHOICE OF LIGHTING DIRECTOR AND STAGE CREW AND THE NETWORK OWNERS GAVE ME COMPLETE FREE REIGN AND TRUSTED ME WITH A MILLION DOLLARS OF THEIR MONEY. THIS IS WITHOUT DOUBT THE FIRST TIME IN MY CAREER THAT I HAVE HAD A GRAND BUDGET AND COMPLETE TRUST IN ME TO DO WHAT I DO. USUALLY THERE ARE ENDLESS BUDGET STRUGGLES, PERSONALITY CLASHES AND PRODUCERS MEDDLING WITH MY INITIAL DESIGNS UNTIL YOU SEE A WATERED DOWN SHADOW ON TV OF WHAT I INITIALLY CREATED.. MUCHO TALENTO IS PERHAPS THE SINGLE BEST REPRESENTATION OF MY CAPABILITIES IN THE TV INDUSTRY WHEN ACTUALLY TRUSTED.. I LOVE THIS SET.
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ICE WARRIORS
I HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO DESIGN A FILMIC JAMES BOND NEMESIS LAIR. MY BRIEF FOR THIS ICE SKATING COMBAT GAME SHOW WAS "THINK MOVIE SET ..NOT TV GAME SHOW " ..BIG MISTAKE, NEVER ASK ME TO THINK BIG BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT CAN SPILL OUT OF MY HEAD.
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THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCES
MY PARENTS WHERE BOTH VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMERS AND GROWING UP IN THE UK THE RVP WAS CONSIDERED THE ULTIMATE PLATFORM FOR ANY LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMER, IN SHORT IN OUR HOUSE THIS SHOW WAS THE TOP OF THE SHOWBIZ LADDER. I WONDERED IF PERHAPS TOWARDS THE END OF MY CAREER I MIGHT GET CHANCE TO DESIGN IT JUST ONCE..I WAS FORTUNATE TO DESIGN THE SHOW THREE TIMES, IN MY LATE TWENTIES, I EVEN MET THE QUEEN A FEW TIMES.
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THE LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS AWARDS
I HAD OFTEN YEARNED TO DESIGN A HUGE AWARDS SHOW ON THE SCALE OF THE OSCARS. I GOT MY OPPORTUNITY WHEN I DESIGNED THIS SHOW THREE YEARS IN A ROW IN MONACO ... THE 'OSCARS' OF THE SPORTS WORLD.
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