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Jan Versweyveld is a scenographer and lighting designer. He trained at the Sint-Lucas Institute in Brussels and at the Royal Academy in Antwerp, Belgium.
Versweyveld became the regular scenographer of the Het Zuidelijk Toneel theater group and joined Toneelgroep Amsterdam in 2001, as head of the design department and the group's regular scenographer and photographer.
He has worked on numerous productions as set and light designer in Europe, the UK and the United States. Among other internationally known directors, he has worked on all of Ivo van Hove's theater and opera productions and on numerous dance productions by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker for Rosas Dance Company.
Versweyveld has received numerous awards for his light and set designs. He has been a teacher at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and was one of the cofounders of the scenography training program in Antwerp. Recent works in the UK include A View From the Bridge, Lazarus, Hedda Gabler and Obsession.

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Jan Versweyveld Productions

 
[West End, 2023]
Set, Lighting & Video Design
 
[Off-Broadway, 2022]
Scenography & Lighting Design
 
[West End, 2022] [Replacement]
Designer [Replacement]
 
[Broadway, 2020]
Lighting Design
Scenic Design
Scenic & Lighting Design
 
[West End, 2019]
Set and Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2018]
Scenic and Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2018]
Scenography and Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Lighting Designer
Set Designer
 
[West End, 2017]
Lighting Designer
Set Designer
 
[West End, 2016] [Replacement]
Lighting Designer[Replacement]
Set Designer[Replacement]
 
[Off-Broadway, 2016]
Lighting and Design
 
[West End, 2016] [Replacement]
Designer[Replacement]
 
[Broadway, 2016]
Scenic and Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2015]
Scenic and Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2015]
Scenic and Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2015]
Set and Lighting Design
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Lighting Designer
Scenic Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2007]
Production Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Production Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Scenic Designer
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Production Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Costume Designer
Scenic Designer
Lighting Designer

Jan Versweyveld Awards and Nominations

Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jan Versweyveld, Network

Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Scenic Design of a Play

Jan Versweyveld, Network

Olivier Awards - 2018 - White Light Award For Best Lighting Design

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winner
New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 2016 - Special Citation

Jan Versweyveld

Tony Awards - 2016 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jan Versweyveld, Arthur Miller's The Crucible

Tony Awards - 2016 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jan Versweyveld, Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge

Tony Awards - 2016 - Best Scenic Design of a Play

Jan Versweyveld, Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge

Olivier Awards - 2015 - Best Lighting Design

Jan VersweyveldA View From The Bridge

Olivier Awards - 2015 - Best Set Design

Jan VersweyveldA View From The Bridge


winner
The Lortels - 2015 - Outstanding Scenic Design

Jan Versweyveld, Scenes from a Marriage

The Lortels - 2011 - Outstanding Scenic Design

Jan Versweyveld, The Little Foxes


winner
Obie Awards - 2005 - Set design

Jan Versweyveld, Hedda Gabler

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Jan Versweyveld FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has Jan Versweyveld been nominated for?

Jan Versweyveld has been nominated for several awards including Best Lighting Design of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Network," Best Scenic Design of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Network," and the White Light Award for Best Lighting Design at the Olivier Awards for "Network." Jan Versweyveld also received a Special Citation at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards. Additionally, Jan Versweyveld was nominated for Best Lighting Design of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Arthur Miller's The Crucible" and "A View from the Bridge," Best Scenic Design of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge," Best Lighting Design at the Olivier Awards for "A View From The Bridge," Best Set Design at the Olivier Awards for "A View From The Bridge," Outstanding Scenic Design at The Lortels for "Scenes from a Marriage" and "The Little Foxes," and Set design at the Obie Awards for "Hedda Gabler."

What awards has Jan Versweyveld won?

Jan Versweyveld has won the following awards: - Special Citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Scenic Design for "Scenes from a Marriage" - Outstanding Set Design from The Lortels for "Scenes from a Marriage" - Set Design from the Obie Awards for "Hedda Gabler"

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