Neil Austin is an English lighting designer. He has won two Olivier Awards and three Tony Awards and is the lighting designer for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, for which he has won an Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Helpmann, Outer Critics Circle and WhatsOnStage Award. Neil studied Technical Theatre at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and was made a Fellow in 2008. Variety named him a Pacesetter on the London Arts Scene in 2007, and an Artisan Elite in 2019. Awards 2022: Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2019: Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play - Ink 2019: Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Musical Theatre) - Company 2019: Helpmann Award for Best Lighting Design - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2018: Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2018: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2018: Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2017: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2017: WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2015: Falstaff Award for Best Lighting Design - The Winter's Tale 2013: Falstaff Award for Best Lighting Design - Macbeth 2012: Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Musical Theatre) - Company 2011: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design - The White Guard 2010: Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play - Red 2010: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play - Red 2010: LDI Award for Excellence in Lighting Design - Red & Hamlet 2010: Backstage Garland Award for Lighting Design - Parade 2008: Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Musical Theatre) - Parade Nominations 2023: WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design - Tammy Faye 2022: Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2022: BroadwayWorld Award for Best Lighting Design of a New Play or Musical - The 47th 2022: Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical - Company 2022: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design - Frozen 2022: WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design - Frozen 2020: Laurence Olivier