David Grill
Associate Professor of Theatre Design/Technology
David Grill ’86 is a co-chair of the Theatre Design/Technology Program. Outside of Purchase he is a Drama Desk Nominee, fourteen-time Emmy Award Nominee and five-time Primetime Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Lighting Direction for the Super Bowl 54 Halftime Show featuring Jennifer Lopez and Shakira, Super Bowl 51 Halftime Show featuring Lady Gaga, Super Bowl 49 Halftime Show featuring Katy Perry, the Super Bowl 47 Halftime Show featuring Beyonce and the Opening Ceremony Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games.
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He also won two Telly Awards for Lighting – in 2016 for the Opening Ceremony for the Invictus Games and in 2015 for the Opening Ceremony of the Caribbean Games. Broadway Musical and Dance credits include Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, The American Dance Machine, works for the Milwaukee Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Ballet Met, Houston Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Northern Ballet Theatre, Cincinnati Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and Numerous Choreographers. Television Credits include The Drew Barrymore Show, The New York Philharmonic, The Heisman Trophy Presentation 2021 & 2022 for ESPN, The Republican National Convention 2016, The Invictus Games Orlando 2016, The Special Olympic World Games Los Angeles 2015, The Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011. He also provides Lighting Direction for the National Memorial Day and July 4th. Concerts on PBS and for over 17 Super Bowl Half-time Shows. Architectural projects include the Fox Theatre - Atlanta, Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Museum and the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Florida Fossils. He has also been featured in numerous publications and has taught at the college since 1998.