Patrick Woodroffe

Patrick Woodroffe (born 11 June 1954) is a lighting designer and director working in the worlds of music, dance, fashion, art and architecture. Career Woodroffe began his career in lighting in 1973 and since then has lit and directed productions for many artists including ABBA, AC/DC, Adele, Bob Dylan, The Police, Take That, Peter Gabriel, Simon and Garfunkel, Genesis, Rammstein, Stevie Wonder, Rod Stewart, The Eagles, Lady Gaga, Donna Summer, Tina Turner, Pet Shop Boys, Michael Jackson, Elton John and Paul McCartney at the White House (3 June 2010). Woodroffe has worked with The Rolling Stones as their lighting designer and creative director since 1982. He lit Martin Scorsese's Shine a Light, the 2006 documentary of the band’s Beacon Theatre performances during their A Bigger Bang Tour. He has lit operas and ballet, where the lighting took the place of the scenery, notably, Romeo and Juliet at the Vienna State Opera (2001) and Swan Lake for the English National Ballet (1985).