Daniel Flannery

Daniel Flannery (born 1952) is an American artist, creative producer, theatre director, scenographer, film/television director, director of photography and lighting designer.

Illusion was a grand opera scale live production show in Changzhou, China.

In 1978, Flannery relocated to Los Angeles, California and joined the ABC Television Network as Lighting Director.

While at ABC he received his first Prime-time Emmy Nomination for his lighting direction of CBS's TV Special Goldie & Liza Together.

Flannery served as Director of Photography on the popular television series Roseanne.

His innovative lighting design for the show revolutionized sitcoms and earned him the International Monitor Award, LDI Lighting Designer of the Year, and three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lighting Direction.

In the realm of feature films, Flannery was theatrical lighting designer on such films as Death Becomes Her, Forrest Gump, and Noises Off.

WED (now Walt Disney Imagineering) contracted Flannery as a scenographic and lighting design consultant for The American Adventure and Kitchen Kabaret at Epcot.

For Universal Studios Hollywood, Flannery served as lighting designer, conceptualist and scenographer for Universal Studios on such attractions as E.T. Adventure, Kongfrontation, The Adventures of Conan: A Sword and Sorcery Spectacular, and Back to the Future: The Ride.

For Universal Studios Florida, he was scenographer and/or lighting designer on E.T. Adventure, King Kong, and Jaws.

Flannery was the principal architectural site lighting designer for Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure.

Cosmic Symphony was an attraction Flannery created for Geopolis at the Tokyo Dome.

The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition presented an 'Aquacade' in the tradition of Billy Rose's Aquacade.

Flannery designed the lighting for this 'Aquacade' attraction.

Maryland celebrated the 350th anniversary of their statehood in 1985.

The Department of Tourism for the City of Baltimore commissioned Flannery to collaborate with them to create a theatrical experience on Rash Field at the Inner Harbor for this celebration.

Flannery and his team conceived and designed a food and beverage area that consisted of facades based on Maryland's early architecture.

The main attraction was a 1200-seat theatre, inspired by tall ships, presenting an original stage production.

The show was directed by Flannery and written by Cindy Flannery.

The show featured actors portraying the ship's crew with historical paintings and photographs from the Peale Museum projected onto the sails and theatrical illusions.

Majid and the Secret of Life is a 3D stereoscopic film presented several times a day in the Dana Dome, a purpose-built theatre at Kahramaa Awareness Centre.

Conceived and directed by Flannery the film explores the origins of water on our planet through a young boy's dream journey.

For the Brisbane Australia World Expo 88, Flannery served as associate to Artistic Director John Truscott.

For the Osaka 1990 World Expo (the international Garden and Greenery Exposition), Flannery created Water Fantasium, the main attraction in the Dairinkai Pavilion.

An original theatrical experience with a robotic conductor and an orchestra of water and scenography, it was voted by the Japanese media as the Fair's leading attraction.

In 1993, Flannery created Fantastic Odyssey for the Taejon, South Korea World Expo 93.

After the Expo closed the attraction was relocated to a permanent location at Lotte World in Seoul.

Together they created Movistar Magica in 2005 which toured throughout Colombia.

The tour kicked off with a live broadcast on network television from Bogotá, Colombia.

The show was presented in parks and stadiums, featuring 500 performers on a stage that filled a football field.

Overseas Chinese Town Limited engaged Flannery in 2009 to create a western style production show.

The show was "E" Elements Show.

The production featured a variety of dancers, acrobats, synchronized swimmers, singers, musicians, magicians, and puppets.

The show ran for five years at the Huaxia Art Centre in Shenzhen, China.

Flannery collaborated with Oscar Winner, Production Designer Eugenio Zanetti.

Flannery directed Xayron in 2010, which was filmed in Budapest.

Flannery was commissioned in 2013 to create this show incorporating 3D stereoscopic scenography as a featured element of the show.

The stage and house was wrapped with LED walls upon which 3D stereoscopic CGI completed the scenography.

The audience wore active 3D glasses and the effect was true immersion.

The production featured an international cast of 100 performers.