RAVITZ COLLABORATES ON MACYS PASSPORT 2008
Jeff Ravitz and his team provided the television lighting design for Macy’s Passport 2008, the 26th annual presentation of the retailer’s mega fashion show extravaganza dedicated to raising awareness of the HIV/AIDS crisis and research funding toward saving lives. For the first time in the history of the event, this year’s show was captured by […]
JEFF RAVITZ LIGHTS 2008 GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS
Emmy recipient, Jeff Ravitz, designed the stage and television lighting for the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday, April 26, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA. The awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community (LGBT) and the issues that […]
JEFF RAVITZ NOMINATED FOR PACIFIC SOUTHWEST EMMY
Award winning lighting designer, Jeff Ravitz, has been nominated for the 2007-08 Emmy Award for Outstanding TV Lighting Design by the Pacific Southwest chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), for his design of the Salute To Teachers Awards 2007. The broadcast was presented by Cox Communications and NBC Channel 4 […]
JEFF RAVITZ DESIGNS HIGH DEF CONCERT BROADCAST FROM SUNDANCE
Emmy winning lighting designer, Jeff Ravitz has completed shooting a high definition broadcast for the Fuse Network. The program, Where Music Meets Film, originated from Park City, Utah during the recent Sundance Film Festival, and has been airing on Fuse throughout February. The broadcast presented a compilation of artists who performed over a three day […]
Dancing In The Dark
It could be assumed that this is a nightmare for a lighting designer since it is in the job title to, you know, do lighting, but Jeff Ravitz, Springsteen’s LD since the 1984 Born In The USA tour, seems almost to encourage him.
RAVITZ LIGHTS FOUR PBS PLEDGE SPECIALS
Jeff Ravitz designed four PBS specials to be aired during the August 2007 pledge drive. Anúna–Celtic Origins, Willie Nelson And The Last Of The Breed, Dr. Wayne Dyer: Inspiration—Your Ultimate Calling, and Bruce Springsteen-Live In Dublin were all taped during the last twelve months and were chosen as leading programs to be aired during the […]
DUBLIN SPRINGSTEEN VIDEO FEATURES RAVITZ DESIGN
The show lighting for a new concert television special and DVD release, Live In Dublin–Bruce Springsteen With The Sessions Band, was adapted for TV by Springsteen’s long-time tour designer, Jeff Ravitz. The show is being broadcast on the PBS Television Network and will have a worldwide theatrical screening on June 4 in digitally equipped cinemas. […]
JEFF RAVITZ DESIGNS WILLIE NELSON PBS-TV SPECIAL
Jeff Ravitz designed the lighting for a television shoot of the Willie Nelson and The Last Of The Breed Tour, which ended its run at Chicago’s Rosemont Theatre on March 25, 2007. The show featured Country Music Hall of Famers Nelson, Merle Haggard and Ray Price, who were backed by Western swing music legends, Asleep […]
JEFF RAVITZ LIGHTS ANUNA FOR PBS TELEVISION SPECIAL
Jeff Ravitz has just completed shooting a television special with the unique Irish choir group, Anúna. The live performance was videotaped in high definition over three nights at the ornate, hundred-year-old Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland. National broadcast of the show on PBS is anticipated for late 2007, with DVD and CD releases to follow. “This […]
JEFF RAVITZ AWARDED L.A. AREA EMMY
Jeff Ravitz received the Los Angeles Area Emmy Award for Outstanding Lighting Design on August 12. The win was for his lighting design for El Grito de México, broadcast September 15, 2005 on Univision’s KMEX Channel 34. Ravitz also received the Emmy for the 2004 telecast of El Grito. He has also been honored with […]
RAVITZ RECEIVES L.A. AREA EMMY
Emmy winner, Jeff Ravitz, was honored with a Los Angeles Area Emmy Award on August 27, for his work as lighting designer on the Univision/KMEX television special, El Grito de Mexico. The annual broadcast was aired September 15, 2004. Ravitz has previously designed the last seven El Grito productions for KMEX. “This show has presented […]
RAVITZ DESIGNS BILL MAHER HBO SPECIAL
Jeff Ravitz designed the lighting for the latest Bill Maher stand-up comedy special, entitled BILL MAHER: I’M SWISS, to debut on HBO Saturday, July 30. The High Definition broadcast was shot at the Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, OR. Ravitz comments, “We were able to design almost the entire show utilizing the Schnitzer’s extensive inventory […]