Scott Warner (lighting designer)

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Scott Warner
File:Scott Warner with original Cyclone prototype.jpg
Background information
Birth name Scott Warner
Origin Latrobe, PA, United States
Occupation(s) Lighting Designer and Director, Video Director
Years active 1988–present
Website www.karatepinky.com

Scott Warner (born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania) is a U.S.-based lighting designer[1][2] who has recently designed for The Pussycat Dolls,[3][4][5]Jimmy Eat World, Everclear, David Cook,[6] and Gavin Degraw.[7][8] Warner started his career is the late 1980s with the Pittsburgh-based bands, The Affordable Floors and The Cynics.[9] His first national client was the shock rock group GWAR. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Scott was an Independent Producer and Engineer, recording out of studios in Pittsburgh and New York. It was in Pittsburgh where he recorded and performed a song titled "Zip It" that was written for talk show host Morton Downey, Jr. The song was played on Downey's show as well as the Dr. Demento show. Downey endorsed the record, but a dispute with his network forced the label to stop distributing the record. Scott designed and directed the 2012 UK Tour for Nicole Scherzinger.[10] Currently the lighting designer for Nicole Scherzinger, Queen Latifah, Icona Pop, and Tinashe, Scott is the owner of Karate Pinky Visual Design, a video production and lighting design company which recently directed the videos "King Of Broken Hearts" by Carolina Liar and "Cobwebs Of The MInd" by Watson's Awakening.

Scott has teamed up with Robe Lighting based in the Czech Republic to create an innovative lighting fixture called The Cyclone.[11] This one of a kind effects moving head product has an integrated fan in the centre of the head surrounded by a ring of 24 x high powered RGBW multichip LEDs.The Cyclone made its live debut[12] with the Swedish Group Icona Pop while supporting Miley Cyrus on her 2014 US tour and the UK leg of Katy Perry's 2104 tour. The Cyclone[13] was nominated for a 2014 "Indispensable Technology in Lighting" Parnelli Award and was nominated for selection in the PLASA 2013 Awards for Innovation. The Cyclone also made its NLH Hockey debut with the Pittsburgh Penguins [14] during their 2014 season opener. The Cyclone has been used by Kaiser Chiefs, Sublime With Rome,[15] Oscar and The Wolf (MIA Awards),[16] The "14-18 Spektakel Musical,"[17] Charli XCX,[18] the Trans-Siberian Orchestras "Ghosts Of Christmas Eve" tour, and are currently being used by The Blue Man Group in Las Vegas. Scott is also a contributing writer for the UK based magazine, Load-In.

Lighting Design and Direction Clients

Productions

  • GWAR "Penguin Attack" Music Video/ Lighting Director
  • GWAR "Saddam A-GoGo" Music Video/ Lighting Director
  • Carolina Liar "King Of Broken Hearts" Music Video/ Director and Producer
  • The Mayfield Four "Sick and Wrong" Music Video/ Director
  • Steve Vai "Live At The Astoria" DVD Lighting Director
  • The PussyCat Dolls Live from Manchester Evening News Arena Video Lighting Designer/Director
  • Everclear "When It All Goes Wrong Again" Video Band Performance Lighting Director
  • David Cook "Fade Into Me" Video Lighting Director (Live Performance)
  • Porcelain Black "Mama Forgive Me" Music Video/ Lighting Designer/Director

Watson's Awakening "Cobwebs Of The Mind" Music Video/ Director

Sound Engineering

Guitar Tech

Webisodes

A WORLD OF ADVENTURE with Tom Linton (2005) A web based comedy series with the band Jimmy Eat World

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