Jim French

Lighting Designer

Ballets Performed by PNB

Coming Soon

Jim French is a lighting designer working in a broad range of performing arts and live events. In dance, his credits are highlighted by nine seasons as resident designer for New York’s Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet. Other notable dance credits include pioneering aerial dance group Bandaloop, modern dance stalwarts Joe Goode Performance Group and Rioult Dance NY, and classical ballet’s Twyla Tharp, Amy Seiwert, and Ballet San Jose.

Jim is lighting supervisor at San Francisco Ballet, a house LD at SF Jazz, and volunteers his design services for Dancers Responding to AIDS, North Beach Citizens, and Bike East Bay.