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Chris Parry (other)
Chris Parry may refer to: * Chris Parry (lighting designer) (1952–2007), theatrical lighting designer *Chris Parry (Royal Navy officer) (born 1953) *Chris Parry (producer) John Christopher Parry (born 7 January 1949) is a New Zealand record producer and former musician, known for being the former manager and producer for the Cure and for founding Fiction Records. Early life Parry was born in Lower Hutt, New Z ... (born 1949), founder of Fiction Records See also * Chris Perry (other) {{hndis, Parry, Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Parry (lighting Designer)
Chris Parry (23 May 1952 in the United Kingdom16 January 2007 in San Diego, California) was a theatrical lighting designer. He worked on several Broadway and West End productions and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design three times, winning for ''The Who's Tommy''. He also won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design three times. Parry's credits include more than 150 designs worldwide including productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre in the UK, and designs for the Los Angeles Opera, Welsh National Opera, Opera Theatre of Lucca in Italy, as well as many regional theatres. In 1993, he received the Lighting Designer of the Year Award froLighting Dimensions magazine Parry was known for using the Gel "Rosco 68 - Skye Blue". After his death, Rosco renamed the gel "Parry Sky Blue". Parry was the Head of Design at the University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Parry (Royal Navy Officer)
Rear Admiral Christopher John Parry, (born 29 November 1953) is a British retired Royal Navy officer who was the first chair of the British Government's Marine Management Organisation until November 2010. Education Parry was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School, Jesus College, Oxford, where he read modern history, and the University of Reading, where his Doctor of Philosophy degree was awarded in 2017 for a thesis titled "Do Norman Dixon's theories about incompetence apply to senior naval commanders?" Naval career Parry joined the Royal Navy as a seaman officer in 1972 and then became an observer in the Fleet Air Arm in 1979. In 1982, he was mentioned in despatches for his actions during the Falklands War, his part in rescuing sixteen SAS troopers from Fortuna Glacier in South Georgia and for the detection and disabling of the Argentinian submarine '' Santa Fe''. He believes depth charges he launched were the first "shots" fired in the recapture of the Falklands. In 1989, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Parry (producer)
John Christopher Parry (born 7 January 1949) is a New Zealand record producer and former musician, known for being the former manager and producer for the Cure and for founding Fiction Records. Early life Parry was born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand; the son of Virginia and Thomas, who was British. He grew up with ten siblings: five sisters (Virginia, Margaret, Josephine, Annette and Helen) and five brothers (David, James Richard, Robin and Peter). In 1966, Parry was a management trainee at Philips Electrical. Career In 1967, whilst studying at Silverstream College, Parry auditioned as drummer for a band called the Sine Waves, who later renamed themselves the Fourmyula. He has stated "I got the job because I had a truck driver's licence". Within a year, the band had hit the charts, reaching number 2 in New Zealand with "Come with Me" and reached number 1 in 1969 with "Nature". The band made two trips to the UK, but were not so successful there. After the band split in 1971 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |