Derek has designed over 350 productions on Broadway, off-Broadway, international and regional, and television. A few of his award winning designs include:
TONY AWARD Best Scenic Design/Musical 2021 MOULIN ROUGE!
DRAMA DESK AWARD 2020 MOULIN ROUGE!
ART DIRECTORS GUILD AWARD 2019 The 90th OSCARS
EMMY AWARD 2017 HAIRSPRAY LIVE!
TONY AWARD Best Scenic Design of a Play 2009 33 VARIATIONS
EMMY AWARD 2014 The 86th OSCARS
DRAMA DESK AWARD 2011 ANYTHING GOES
ART DIRECTORS GUILD AWARD 2014 + 2015 The 86th & 87th OSCARS
LUCILLE LORTEL AWARD 2007 THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE
DEREK'S UPCOMING & CURRENT SHOWS INCLUDE:
Broadway: MOULIN ROUGE!, MJ the MUSICAL, OTHELLO, DEATH BECOMES HER + JUST IN TIME
Nashville: Dolly, An Original Musical
PODCASTS:
American Theatre Artists, Hosted by Stefan Sittig
The Voracious Student, Hosted by Denis Lambert
TO READ MORE ABOUT DEREK'S DESIGN PROCESS:
2018 Oscars
Playbill.com
Broadwayworld.com
CurtainUp.com
FOR DEREK'S INCOMPLETE HISTORY click here
SELECTED CREDITS: BROADWAY: Death Becomes Her, Just In Time, MJ the Musical, Moulin Rouge!, Othello, Purlie Victorious, A Soldier’s Play, American Son, The Parisian Woman, Children of a Lesser God, The Price, Noises Off, Fully Committed, Beautiful, Gigi, China Doll, Anything Goes, The Heiress, Nice Work If You Can Get It, The Best Man, Follies, How to Succeed In Business Without Even Trying, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Million Dollar Quartet, Ragtime, 33 Variations The Pajama Game, I Am My Own Wife. OFF-BROADWAY: Here There Are Blueberries, Black No More, Merrily We Roll Along, The True, Jerry Spring the Opera, If I Forget, The Whirligig, Into The Woods, Love, Love, Love, Sweet Charity, Evening at the Talk House, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Buried Child, The Spoils, Sticks and Bones, The Last Five Years, A Lie of the Mind, Ruined, Hurlyburly. TELEVISION: He designed the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 Academy Awards as well as the NBC LIVE! Musicals The Sound of Music, Peter Pan, The WIZ & HAIRSPRAY. AWARDS: Winner of 1997 + 2004 OBIE Awards, 2004, 2005, 2007 Lortel Awards; 2009 + 2021 Tony Award, 2011 Drama Desk Award, 2015, 2016 Art Directors Guild Award, 2014 + 2017 Emmy Award.