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Willie Williams (born 1959) is a video director, stage and lighting designer
Lighting designer

File:Robert Edmond Jones.jpgThe role of the lighting designer within theatre is to work with the theatre director, set designer, costume designer, and sometimes the sound designer and choreographer to create an overall 'look' for the show in response to the text, while keeping in mind issues of visibility, safety and cost....
 for concert
Concert

A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. The music may be performed by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band....
s, theatre
Theatre

Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one or more actor, isolated in time and/or Theater , present themselves to Audience." By this broad definition, theatre has existed since the dawn of man, as a result of human tendency for story telling....
, & multimedia
Multimedia

Multimedia is media and content that utilizes a combination of different content format. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms....
 projects. He is best known for his groundbreaking work with the rock band U2
U2

U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
, and is recognized as one of the leading artists in this field.

He was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and raised in Sheffield
Sheffield

Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city....
, England
England

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, son of Robert Woodman Williams, a singer & medical practitioner who was an early pioneer in the then fledgling field of physiotherapy and who also sang with South Yorkshire Opera.






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Willie Williams (born 1959) is a video director, stage and lighting designer
Lighting designer

File:Robert Edmond Jones.jpgThe role of the lighting designer within theatre is to work with the theatre director, set designer, costume designer, and sometimes the sound designer and choreographer to create an overall 'look' for the show in response to the text, while keeping in mind issues of visibility, safety and cost....
 for concert
Concert

A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. The music may be performed by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band....
s, theatre
Theatre

Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one or more actor, isolated in time and/or Theater , present themselves to Audience." By this broad definition, theatre has existed since the dawn of man, as a result of human tendency for story telling....
, & multimedia
Multimedia

Multimedia is media and content that utilizes a combination of different content format. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms....
 projects. He is best known for his groundbreaking work with the rock band U2
U2

U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
, and is recognized as one of the leading artists in this field.

He was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and raised in Sheffield
Sheffield

Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, son of Robert Woodman Williams, a singer & medical practitioner who was an early pioneer in the then fledgling field of physiotherapy and who also sang with South Yorkshire Opera. Williams excelled at mathematics and science in school and planned to study physics
Physics

Physics is the natural science which examines basic concepts such as energy, force, and spacetime and all that derives from these, such as mass, charge, matter and its Motion ....
 at University College, London. The advent of punk rock
Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
 caused him enter the music scene instead, and he began doing lights for various bands such as Writz, Deaf School
Deaf School

Deaf School were a late 1970s England band from Liverpool. Their style was somewhere in between pub rock, Punk rock, glam rock and art rock. They disbanded after their third album....
 and Stiff Little Fingers
Stiff Little Fingers

Stiff Little Fingers are a Punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 1977. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star , doing rock covers, until they discovered punk....
. Hearing U2's album Boy
Boy (album)

Boy is the debut album from Republic of Ireland rock and roll band U2, released October 20, 1980. Produced by Steve Lillywhite, the album received generally positive reviews....
 and determined to work with them, he contacted U2's manager Paul McGuinness
Paul McGuinness

Paul McGuinness is the main shareholder and founder of Principle Management Limited: an artist management company based in Dublin, Ireland, which has managed U2 from the start of their successful career....
 and got the job.

Willie Williams has been responsible for the design of all of U2
U2

U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
's tours from 1982 onward, most famously the extravagant, bewildering Zoo TV Tour
Zoo TV Tour

The Zoo TV Tour was an elaborately-staged worldwide concert tour by Republic of Ireland rock music band U2. Launched in support of the album Achtung Baby, the tour visited arenas and stadiums from 1992 through 1993....
 (1992-93), but also the far more minimalist War Tour
War Tour

The War Tour was a concert tour by the Ireland Rock music band U2, which took place in 1982 and 1983 in support of the group's album War ....
 (1982-83) and Unforgettable Fire Tour
Unforgettable Fire Tour

The Unforgettable Fire Tour was a concert tour by Republic of Ireland rock music band U2, which took place in 1984 and 1985 in support of group's album The Unforgettable Fire....
 (1984-85), as well as the Joshua Tree Tour
Joshua Tree Tour

The Joshua Tree Tour was a concert tour by the Ireland Rock music band U2, which took place during 1987, in support of their album The Joshua Tree....
 (1987), Lovetown Tour
Lovetown Tour

The Lovetown Tour was a concert tour by the Ireland Rock music band U2, which took place in late 1989 and early 1990....
 (1989-90), PopMart Tour
Popmart Tour

The PopMart Tour, often referred to as simply PopMart, was a worldwide concert tour by the Republic of Ireland Rock music band U2. Launched in support of the group's 1997 album, Pop , the tour's concerts were performed in stadiums from 1997 through 1998....
 (1997-98), Elevation Tour
Elevation Tour

The Elevation Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the Ireland Rock music band U2. Launched in support of the group's 2000 in music album All That You Can't Leave Behind, the tour visited arenas in 2001....
 (2001), and Vertigo Tour
Vertigo Tour

The Vertigo Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the Republic of Ireland Rock music band U2. Launched in support of the group's 2004 in music album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, the visited arenas and stadiums from 2005 through 2006....
 (2005-06). He has also worked with musical artists such as R.E.M., David Bowie
David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....
, The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock music band formed in 1962 in London when multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart were joined by vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards....
, Darren Hayes
Darren Hayes

Darren Stanley Hayes is an Australian singer-songwriter. Hayes debuted in 1996 as the frontman and singer of the Pop music duo Savage Garden, whose 1997 album Savage Garden propelled them to stardom....
 and George Michael
George Michael

Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou , best known as George Michael, is a two-time Grammy Award winning, England singer-songwriter, who has had a career as frontman of the duo Wham! as well as a soul music-influenced, solo Pop music musician....
.

He has exhibited his own kinetic light sculptures in several art galleries. The sculptures, entitled "Lumia Domestica", create kaleidoscopic projections by refracting light through household glassware. Other public works include the creation of lighting installations at London's Southbank Centre and within Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christianity structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site....
; "SkyChurch", a multimedia performance space at the Experience Music Project
Experience Music Project

The Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame is a museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction located in Seattle, Washington....
 in Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the most populous city in the US state of Washington and the Northwestern United States. The encompassing Seattle metropolitan area is the 15th largest in the United States, and the largest in the Pacific Northwest....
, and a permanent exhibit at Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in the are...
 Museum.

Williams has designed for the legendary Montreal
Montreal

Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
-based dance company La La La Human Steps
La La La Human Steps

La La La Human Steps is a leading Qu?b?cois contemporary dance group in Canada, known for its energetic, acrobatic style that often involves fast-paced and athletic physical contact....
. Other collaborations have been with Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson is an American experimental performance artist and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles....
, Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Faithfull is an award-winning England singer, songwriter, actor and diarist whose career spans over four decades. Her early work in pop and rock music in the 1960s was overshadowed by her struggle with drug abuse in the 1970s....
 and the Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet

Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California....
, most notably on Sun Rings, a joint effort with NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
 that combines the string quartet's music with video and audio material collected by the Voyager 1
Voyager 1

The spacecraft is a 722-kilogram Robotic spacecraft space probe of the outer Solar System and beyond, launched September 5, 1977. It remains operational, currently pursuing its extended mission to locate and study the boundaries of the Solar System, including the Kuiper belt and beyond....
 and Voyager 2
Voyager 2

The spacecraft is an Unmanned space mission interplanetary space probe launched on August 20, 1977. Identical in form to its sister Voyager program craft Voyager 1, Voyager 2 followed a slower trajectory that allowed it to be kept in the ecliptic so that it could be sent to Uranus and Neptune by means of gravity assist during...
 spacecraft.

Theatre shows Williams has worked on include We Will Rock You
We Will Rock You (musical)

We Will Rock You is a jukebox musical, based on the songs of Queen and named after their We Will Rock You. The musical was written by English comedian and author Ben Elton in collaboration with Queen members Brian May and Roger Meddows-Taylor....
, Little Britain Live
Little Britain Live

Little Britain Live is a stage show based on the TV sketch series Little Britain, performed by its stars, Matt Lucas and David Walliams, and directed by Jeremy Sams....
, French and Saunders Still Alive, Steve Coogan
Steve Coogan

'Stephen John "Steve" Coogan' is an English comedian, actor, writer, and Television producer. His best known character in the United Kingdom is Alan Partridge, the grotesque sports reporter-turned-television chat show host-turned-regional radio presenter who featured in several television series, such as The Day Today, Knowing Me, Knowin...
 is Alan Partridge
Alan Partridge

CharacterWhereas many of his personality defects are apparent in his appearances in shows such as The Day Today and Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, it is largely from I'm Alan Partridge onwards that his creators began to explore his personality in depth, and most of the observations that follow originated in that show....
 and Other Less Successful Characters, The Fast Show
The Fast Show

The Fast Show, known as Brilliant in the US, was a BBC comedy sketch comedy programme that ran for three series from 1994 to 1997 with a special Last Fast Show Ever in 2000....
 Live, Barbarella
Barbarella (musical)

Barbarella is a musical based on the film Barbarella , which in turn was based on a French language science fiction Barbarella created by Jean-Claude Forest....
 and Pam Ann
Pam Ann

Pam Ann is the alter ego of Australian comedian Caroline Reid. Reid portrays the Flight attendant Pam Ann, a mixture of Drag , camp and glamour , and a pun on the airline Pan American World Airways....
.

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