Wayne White (artist)
| Wayne White | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Wayne White September 17, 1957 (age 59) Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Nationality | American (United States) |
| Education | Middle Tennessee State University |
| Known for | Painting, cinema |
| Notable work | Nixon (1998) |
| Movement | Surrealism, pop art |
| Spouse(s) | Mimi Pond |
Wayne White (born September 17, 1957 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA) is an American artist, art director, puppeteer, set designer, animator, cartoonist and illustrator. He won three Emmy Awards for his work.
After graduating from Hixson High School in Chattanooga, Tennessee (1975) and Middle Tennessee State University (BFA, 1979), White went to New York City (1980) and worked as a cartoonist and illustrator for a number of publications including The East Village Eye, Raw, The New York Times, and The Village Voice.
In 1986 he worked on Pee-wee's Playhouse where his work for his set and puppet designs won three Emmy awards; he also supplied a number of voices on the show. Other television credits include production and set design for Shining Time Station, Riders in the Sky, The Weird Al Show and Beakman's World.
He art directed two seminal music videos, Peter Gabriel's "Big Time" in 1986, for which he won a Billboard award for best Art Direction in a music video, and in 1996 he designed all the Georges Méliès-inspired sets for the award-winning video for the Smashing Pumpkins "Tonight, Tonight".
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