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06/08/2024
The STLD would like to thank all at RML for their support over many years
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06/06/2024
Good luck to everyone involved with tonight's first Profile Awards ceremony!
27/03/2024
Our congratulations to all the winners at the RTS Programme Awards
The nominations have been announced for the RTS Programme Awards 2024, in partnership with Cast & Crew.
09/03/2024
We are hearing sad news about Anna Valley going into administration. Anna Valley have been sponsors to the STLD for many years, and good supporters of the Society and its activities. We wish everyone affected our best wishes for the future.
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24/12/2023
Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas, and a successful and peaceful New Year
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07/12/2023
RIP Richard Pilbrow. His work and his books inspired so many young Lighting Designers
05/12/2023
Many congratulations to Tim Routledge, James Scott and Morgan Evans for their win at the Royal Television Society Awards - Best Lighting for Eurovision Song Contest 2023.
Our congraduations also go to the other nominations - Nigel Catmur for The Coronation Concert and James Tinsley for The Traitors
The STLD will be fully supporting Showlight, and if you have never been then look it up - it is not to be missed!
The Showlight Quadrennial is one of the few international conference and networking events organised specifically for lighting professionals, by lighting professionals, across the performance, television, film, architectural and event worlds.
06/11/2023
We have heard the sad news that Lighting Director John Pomphrey has passed away. John was a much respected staff LD at BBC Manchester and amongst other shows lit Red Dwarf from the beginning.
03/11/2023
Last night close to 150 guests, mostly students, were treated to an excellent presentation by Lighting Designer David Bishop who talked through how the magic is created on Strictly Come Dancing at Elstree Studios.
Our thanks go to the programmers and the crew who stayed on to host the meeting.
25/10/2023
Last night saw another successful STLD meeting, this time at BBC New Broadcasting House where members were able to look in the BBC News studio and The One Show studio to see how these shows are lit, and hear how both shows have progressed over recent years. Our thanks go to LDs Rob Horne and Stuart Gain for making the meeting possible and for being such good hosts
22/10/2023
STLD sponsor members ARRI are hosting an event to demonstrate their new SkyPanel X modular system. Please reply directly to them if you wish to attend
21/10/2023
With great sadness we have to report that John O'Brien has passed away. John was a great supporter of the STLD and had served on the committee for many years. He was a very accomplished photographer and took many of the photographs that illuminated our articles.
Our deepest sympathies go to his family and colleagues
06/10/2023
An STLD meeting with students and people new to Lighting on one of TVs best award winning entertainment shows.Tempted ? This likely to get fully booked, so then look for more details on:
06/10/2023
An STLD meeting with students and people new to Lighting on one of TVs best award winning entertainment shows.Tempted ? look for more details on: www.stld.org
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26/09/2023
Tentative good news I hope that the Writer’s Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and US Television Producers have allmost reached an agreement. Just needs the Alliance to follow suit now with the Screen Actors Guild & American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
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The Society provides a forum that stimulates a free exchange of ideas in all aspects of the television profession.
It promotes discussion on techniques and on the use and design of equipment.
Professional meetings are organized throughout the UK and abroad.
Technical information together with News of members and their activities, are published in the Society's magazine.
The Society has no union affiliations, and is therefore recognized as a valuable platform for open discussion and demonstration by Production, Management and Industry.
The Society is financed by member's subscriptions and commercial sponsorship.
The Society changed its name to The Society of Television Lighting and Design when it Incorporated the Society of TELEVISION LIGHTING DIRECTORS at its AGM in 2009.
