The Television judging panel for The Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards, the celebration of video and lighting design, has revealed the 2019 shortlist for the Television category.
KOI’s Television judging panel is made up of television critics and designers. The judges for the 2019 Awards were television editor for The Times James Jackson, critic for FT Weekend Susie Feay, Art Director and Production Designer Fleur Whitlock, Lighting Director John O’Brien, Lighting Designer and Programmer Ross Williams, and television critic for The Guardian, Lucy Mangan. The meeting was led by lighting designer and longstanding KOI chair, Stuart Gain of the Society of Television Lighting and Design (STLD).
The DTS Award for Events
Philip Brines for Proms in the Park Belfast 2018
David Gibson for BBC Football World Cup 2018, Russia
Tim Routledge for Stormzy at Glastonbury 2019
The Altman Lighting Award for Small Production
David Bishop for Made in Chelsea Big Christmas Quiz
Duncan Elsam for Jeremy Vine
Martin Kempton for Inside No. 9 – ‘Dead Line’
The Green Hippo Award for Video Design & Graphic Display
Kate Dawkins for BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall
David Newton for Strictly Come Dancing 2018
Natasha Syganevich (Freckled Sky), Irina Zhivotko (Front Pictures), Nataliia Rovenska (TRI.Direction) for James Arthur on Britain’s Got Talent
The JLLighting Award for Light Entertainment
Nigel Catmur for Young Dancer of the Year
Chris Kempton for Comic Relief
Tim Routledge for The Greatest Dancer
The Ayrton Award for Drama
Martin Kempton for Upstart Crow – Christmas Special
Stephan Pehrsson for Les Misérables
Anna Valdez-Hanks for Clique – Series 2
“This year saw the greatest number of entries ever received for the TV category,” said TV chair, Stuart Gain. “Coping with the very varied types of shows and scales of talent on display proved quite a challenge this year, with the judges having a really interesting afternoon choosing the winners.”
The winners will be announced at the 2019 Knight of Illumination Awards ceremony and gala dinner, to be held on 15 September at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, London.