Born in Philadelphia, Rick Fisher has lived in the UK for many years. He first lit this production of An Inspector Calls in York in 1990 and then again at the National Theatre in 1992. He is the winner of two Olivier Awards for Best Lighting Design and two Tony and Drama Desk awards for An Inspector Calls and Billy Elliot (Broadway). 

Recent theatre includes: San Xing Dui, musical (China); Giselle (Tokyo);  Into the Woods (Royal Academy of Music); Middle (National Theatre); Sunny Afternoon, Billy Elliot the Musical, The Audience, Chariots of Fire and The Judas Kiss (West End). 

Opera includes: Le Prophete, The Silent Woman (Bard USA); Carmen (Opera North); Tosca, Traviata, I Pagliacci (Miami); 27 operas for Santa Fe Opera over 20 years; The Heart of Darkness (the Linbury); Wozzeck and The Tsarina’s Slippers (ROH); Falstaff (Japan); and Peter Grimes (Oslo/Washington). 

He is currently Vice President of the Association for Lighting and Production Design.