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Donald Holder
Lighting Design

Donald Holder received the 1998 Tony®, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for The Lion King (Broadway) and the Moliere Award for The Lion King (Paris).
Broadway
14 Tony® nominations, 61 productions, including McNeal; The Pirates of Penzance (2025); Paradise Square; Tootsie; Kiss Me Kate (2019 revival); Oslo; Anastasia; She Loves Me (2016 revival); The King and I (2015 revival); The Bridges of Madison County; Golden Boy; South Pacific (2008 Tony Award); Oslo; Ragtime; Les Liaisons Dangereuses; A Streetcar Named Desire; Gem of the Ocean; Movin' Out; Juan Darien; On the Twentieth Century; You Can't Take It With You; Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark; Promises, Promises; Annie (2012 revival); Arcadia; Cyrano de Bergerac; The Little Dog Laughed; Thoroughly Modern Millie; The Boy From Oz and many others.
Television
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel - Seasons 4 and 5 (Amazon Studios); Gossip Girl (HBO); Smash - Seasons one and two (NBC/ DreamWorks)
Film
Spirited (Apple Studios); Oceans 8 (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Education
Yale School of Drama, Head of lighting design at Rutgers University

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The Lion King Creative team

  • Julie Taymor
    Director, Costume Design, Mask/Puppet Co-Design, Additional Lyrics

  • Elton John
    Music

  • Tim Rice
    Lyrics

  • Lebo M
    Additional Music & Lyrics, Additional Vocal Score, Vocal Arrangements, Choral Director

  • Mark Mancina
    Additional Music & Lyrics, Music produced for the stage, Additional Score

  • Roger Allers
    Book

  • Irene Mecchi
    Book

  • Garth Fagan
    Choreographer

  • Richard Hudson
    Scenic Design

  • Michael Curry
    Mask and Puppet Co-Designer

  • Michael Ward
    Hair and Makeup Design

  • Steve Canyon Kennedy
    Sound Design

  • Anthony Lyn
    Associate Director

  • Marey Griffith
    Associate Choreographer

  • Clement Ishmael
    Musical Supervisor

  • Hans Zimmer
    Additional Music and Lyrics

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