Michael E. Steinberg

Michael E. Steinberg holds an MFA in Theatre Design with an emphasis in Lighting Design from The Ohio State University in June, 1998.

He has worked as a Lighting Designer/Consultant, in the New York Area, since then, in both the entertainment and architectural world.

Theatrically, he has had the opportunity to work in many different professional situations, including working on and off Broadway, with well respected designers, such as
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer (Jane Eyre, The Musical); Beverly Emmons (The Vagina Monologues); Michael Lincoln (More To Love); Russell Champa (Dudu Fisher: Something Old Something New); and Kevin Adams (the Off-Broadway world premier of Betty's Summer Vacation by Christopher Durang; and The Chemistry of Change). Also of note, He was the Lighting Supervisor for the Dock Street Theatre at the Spoleto Festival USA in 2002

Architecturally, while working with Focus Lighting, he was a major part of the design team that designed all the Lighting and it's Control System for the Toys "R" Us store in Times Square. His responsibilities on the project were many, but specifically he designed the entire Theatrical layout for the store and was in charge of the entire control system, which he designed using Entertainment Technology's Horizon Lighting Control System that was specified for the project. He has designed the lighting for Panix Inc.'s main office in NY and He designed and oversaw the installation of a residential exterior landscape design in Stamford, CT. Michael designed the lighting for the WNET Studios at Lincoln Center, as well as for the Time Warner Media Lab in the Time Warner Center @ Columbus Circle.

Commercially, He worked for Caribiner International and then Jack Morton Worldwide, when it was bought out, for just over two years. In that time he worked on events/meetings for such companies as IBM, Merck, Pfizer, State Farm, M&M Mars, Gillette, British Airways, and more. He primarily worked as a CAD-TD taking all the different elements (scenic, lighting, sound, projection, seating, etc) and coordinating them via floor plans and sections in an effort to make it all work together and helping to give the client what they were seeking, a great event. He also designed the lighting for several of those events. In a freelance capacity, he has continued to do CAD work for events/meetings for companies such as EJ Lilly, Novartis, Ford, Cendant and others. He designed the lighting for The Wall Street Journal Redesign Press Conference at Federal Hall and their Advertiser's party later that evening at the beginning of 2002. As well as designing the lighting for a number of corporate events around the US for such companies as Nationwide Insurance, Radian, NAILBA, NAIFA, AIG, Express, Bath and Bodyworks and Victoria’s Secret.

Television credits include shows for CNN, FOX, FOX Business Network, Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg, CBS, WNET, WGBH, WNYC, MTV, Fuse, ESPN, CBS College Sports, Sportsnet NY, NBA on ESPN, RFD TV, Food Network and Dick Clark’s New Year Rockin’ Eve for Dick Clark Productions. Michael has also designed the Lighting Systems (Infrastructure) for a number of studios in New York and around the world, and understands the needs and requirements of the new modern energy efficient studio.

At this point in his career, he is looking for opportunities that can be both creatively challenging and financially viable, and that can hopefully also lead to an ongoing collaboration with those he works with. With this in mind, he believes that his creativity, talent and dedication, along with his experiences and his ability, would be an asset to any client.

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