Jon Driscoll
| Jon Driscoll | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 25, 1974 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk |
| Occupation | Theatre projection designer |
Jonathan Richard Driscoll (born June 25, 1974) is an English Olivier Award-winning and Tony-nominated theatre projection designer and lighting designer working in the West End and on Broadway. He is a Technical Associate of the National Theatre in London.
Born in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, Driscoll attended Sir Roger Manwood's School, Kent after which he studied Theatre Design at Croydon College of Art and Design.
He started designing lighting on the London fringe and as assistant lighting designer for lighting designers Mark Jonathan and Paul Pyant.
From 1995 to 2000 he worked as a lighting technician at the National Theatre in London (then under the directorship of Richard Eyre) where he first worked for director Sam Mendes as Paul Pyant's assistant on Othello (1997) starring David Harewood. He would go on to work regularly with Mendes in the future: Richard III (Old Vic, London 2011), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London 2013) and King Lear(National Theatre, London 2014).
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