Famed TV lighting designer Bill Klages, who gained seven Primetime Emmy Awards and was the primary lighting designer to be inducted into the Television Hall of Fame died on Sunday, July 7, based on Lighting Designer News. For quite a lot of years, Klages was additionally a daily columnist for TV Tech. A tribute to Klages on the event of his induction into the Television Hall of Fame, famous that he began within the very early days of U.S. tv at NBC in 1948 and that he amassed greater than “300 credit amassed over a 58-year profession that started within the days of reside black-and-white tv dramas and has continued into the twenty first century.” Klages began at NBC working as a video upkeep engineer on such collection as “Your Show of Shows” and “The Kate Smith Hour.” He moved into lighting, which he had all the time needed to do, within the mid-Fifties after a two yr stint within the Navy. He remained at NBC till 1970 when he went freelance and began his personal firm. Over the years, he was concerned many excessive profile reveals and occasions, together with such award reveals such because the Primetime Emmys, Tonys, Grammys and Golden Globes; leisure specials that includes Barbra Streisand, Bob Hope, Liza Minnelli, Bette Midler, Barry Manilow and Mikhail Baryshnikov; particular occasions just like the 1984 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremonies and inaugural galas for Presidents John F. Kennedy and George H.W. Bush, based on the Television Academy. In addition to his Primetime Emmy wins, he was nominated for 23 Emmys.More details about his profession is out there right here, right here, right here and right here. The skilled video trade’s #1 supply for information, developments and product and tech info. Sign up beneath.
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