USITT has announced the four honorees for the 2023 Distinguished Achievement Awards and the ten Young Designers, Managers and Technicians (YDMT) award winners. The USITT Awards bring attention to those who represent the best entering our industry, support creative work, recognize lifetime achievement, and celebrate research. PLSN is happy to spotlight and recognize all of this year’s winners.
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PLSN catches up with the esteemed Screens Producer Laura Frank, who has a new book out, Real-Time Video Content For Virtual Production & Live Entertainment. It is an engaging read, in which Frank looks at the different layers of an ever-evolving discipline; offering historic context while encouraging the reader to see future possibilities of virtual production with new eyes.
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After British rock guitarist Jeff Beck died unexpectedly on Jan. 10, 2023, Debi Moen touched base with three lighting professionals, David “Gurn” Kaniski, Michael Keller, and Chris Stuba, who were all involved with Beck’s last tour. They share their thoughts with Designer Watch about working with the rock legend.
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This month Chris Lose muses on the recent loss of Nook Schoenfeld, who he considered a mentor. Lose took over the LD-at-Large column from Schoenfeld and now uses it to “share some nuggets of wisdom that shaped my career and pay homage to a great man.”
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Lighting/Video Company
Brown Note Productions, Inc.
Venue
1STBANK Center, Broomfield, CO
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Remembrances of PLSN’s late Editor Emeritus Nook Schoenfeld from Terry Lowe, President of PLSN publisher Timeless Communications along with PLSN Editor Michael S. Eddy and Managing Editor Frank Hammel
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A remembrance of Richard “Nook” Schoenfeld, 65. Editor Emeritus of PLSN magazine and a noted Lighting Designer and Writer, Nook died on the morning of Dec. 14, 2022. Though he had beaten pancreatic cancer this past year and was cancer-free, complications from that fight resulted in liver failure. He was a legend for his wit and kindness and his loss is felt by family, friends, colleagues, and the industry as a whole.
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