David Korins

Korins has designed more than 25 Broadways shows including Hamilton (Tony Award nomination), Dear Evan Hansen, Beetlejuice (Tony Award nomination), and Mrs. Doubtfire.{{Cite web|title=David Korins – Broadway Cast & Staff {{!}} IBDB|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/david-korins-406005|website=www.ibdb.com|access-date=2020-05-22}} His most recent work includes Here Lies Love (Tony Award nomination) and The Who's Tommy.

David Korins served as creative director for musicians including Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Kanye West, Mariah Carey (Number 1 to Infinity, All I Want for Christmas Is You) Andrea Bocelli, and Sia.{{Cite web|title=TEDxBroadway's David Korins Featured on TED.com|url=https://www.tedxbroadway.com/news/2019/5/3/tedxbroadways-david-korins-featured-on-tedcom|access-date=2020-06-03|website=TEDxBroadway|language=en-US}}

Television credits include the 91st Academy Awards (Emmy Award Nomination), 94th Academy Awards (Emmy Award Nomination), Grease: Live (Emmy Award), Watch What Happens Live, and "Elton John: I'm Still Standing – A Grammy Salute."{{Cite web|title=David Korins|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2010670/|website=IMDb|access-date=2020-05-22}}

Korins has created exhibitions for Sotheby's, Gagosian Gallery, and the USC Shoah Foundation.{{Cite web|title=David Korins, 2019 Oscars Set Designer, Creates a Cloud of Majesty|url=https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/david-korins-2019-oscars-set-designer/|date=2019-02-24|website=SURFACE|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-22}} Korins also provides consulting for brands including Google, Spotify, YouTube, and Microsoft.{{Cite web|last=Block|first=Fang|title=Worldwise: Award-Winning Creative Director David Korins' Favorite Things|url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/worldwise-award-winning-creative-director-david-korins-favorite-things-01580938346|access-date=2020-06-03|website=www.barrons.com|language=en-US}}

Korins currently serves as Global Creative Director of Lighthouse Immersive, producing the highest selling ticketed experience in North America 2021, Immersive Van Gogh. Following the success of Van Gogh, he went on to create the Disney Animation Immersive Experience, an experience that celebrates all 100 years of Disney animation using unprecedented access to the entire Disney archive.

• Mrs. Doubtfire
• The Great Society
• Beetlejuice (Tony Award Nomination)
• Bandstand
• War Paint (Tony Award Nomination)
• Dear Evan Hansen
• Misery
• Hamilton (Tony Award Nomination)
• Motown The Musical
• Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
• Annie
• Bring It On The Musical
• Magic/Bird
• An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin
• Godspell
• Chinglish
• The Pee-wee Herman Show
• Lombardi
• Passing Strange
• Bridge & Tunnel
• Here Lies Love (Tony Award Nomination)
• The Who's Tommy

• 94th Academy Awards
• The Big Brunch
• 91st Academy Awards (Emmy Award Nomination)
• Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute
• Grease: Live (Emmy Award)
• Watch What Happens Live{{Cite news|last=Lasky|first=Julie|date=2017-05-23|title=Inside the Studio of David Korins, Set Designer of 'Hamilton'|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/style/hamilton-war-paint-set-designer-david-korins-tony-awards.html|access-date=2020-06-22|issn=0362-4331}}
• Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking
• The Webby Awards
• Nickelodeon Halo Awards
• CBS News: 50 Years Later, Civil Rights
• XQ Super School Live
• Tracy Morgan: Bona Fide
• John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show
• The Climate Reality Project
• Onion News Network
• Make Me a Supermodel

• Hamilton (2020 film)
• Bandstand
• Blackbird
• Winter Passing
• The Pee-wee Herman Show
• The Heart Short

• Lady Gaga (American Music Awards, Saturday Night Live){{Cite web|title=This Man Makes a Living Designing Sets for People Like Lin-Manuel Miranda and Lady Gaga|url=https://money.com/broadway-set-designer-david-korins-interview/|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Money|language=en}}
• Bruno Mars (American Music Awards, Saturday Night Live, New Year's Eve - Las Vegas)
• Mariah Carey (Number 1 to Infinity, All I Want for Christmas Is You){{Cite web|last=Cochran|first=Samuel|title=Inside the Studio of Hamilton Production Designer David Korins|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/hamilton-production-designer-david-korins-studio-visit|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Architectural Digest|language=en}}
• Kanye West (Coachella, SXSW, Lollapalooza){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Bloomberg - How Did I Get Here? David Korins|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2017-how-did-i-get-here/david-korins.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-03|website=www.bloomberg.com}}{{Cite web|last=Evans|first=Suzy|date=2017-03-21|title=David Korins Wants to Play in All the Sandboxes (Build Them Too)|url=https://www.americantheatre.org/2017/03/21/david-korins-wants-to-play-in-all-the-sandboxes-build-them-too/|access-date=2020-06-03|website=AMERICAN THEATRE|language=en-US}}
• Andrea Bocelli (Cinema World Tour)
• Sia
• Bonnaroo
• Outside Lands

Korins was raised in Mansfield, Massachusetts and graduated from University of Massachusetts Amherst.{{Cite news|last=King|first=Darryn|date=2020-03-02|title=A Day in the Life of Kanye West's Set Designer|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-day-in-the-life-of-kanye-wests-set-designer-11583155720|access-date=2020-06-03|issn=0099-9660}} Korins has two children with Carolyn Cantor. Korins and Cantor divorced in 2018.

Korins has been awarded an Emmy Award, Lortel Award, an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Design, two Drama Desk Awards, three Henry Hewes Design Awards, and three Tony Award nominations for Best Scenic Design in a Musical.{{Cite web|title=David Korins Biography on BroadwayWorld.com|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/bio/David-Korins/|access-date=2020-06-03|website=www.broadwayworld.com}}

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• [http://www.davidkorinsdesign.com Korins] - official site

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