Awards & Winners

Eugene Lee

Date of Birth 1939
Place of Birth Beloit
(Rock County, Wisconsin, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Eugene 'Bud' Lee
Profession Production Designer, Costume Designer, Set Designer
Eugene Lee was born in Beloit, Wisconsin, 1939. He attended Beloit Memorial High School. He has been resident designer at Trinity Rep since 1967. He has BFA degrees from the Art Institute of Chicago and Carnegie Mellon University, an MFA from Yale Drama School and three honorary Ph.Ds. Mr. Lee has won Tony Awards for Bernstein’s Candide, Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, and Wicked, as well as the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design. He is the production designer for NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Other New York theatre work includes Alice in Wonderland, The Normal Heart, Agnes of God, Ragtime, Uncle Vanya, Ruby Sunrise, Bounce, and A Number. Film credits include Coppola’s Hammett, Huston’s Mr. North and Malle’s Vanya on 42nd Street. Mr. Lee is an adjunct professor at Brown University, resident set designer at Trinity Repertory Company, and lives with his wife Brooke in Providence, where they raised their two sons. Perhaps his most notable recent credit is the set design for The Pirate Queen. He worked with lighting designer Kenneth Posner both on Wicked and The Pirate Queen. His work on the musical Candide at the Chelsea Theater Center of Brooklyn and on Broadway are chronicled in great detail in Davi Napoleon's book, Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater. The book also describes his work on Slave Ship and other productions at the Chelsea.

Awards by Eugene Lee

Check all the awards nominated and won by Eugene Lee.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction For Variety Or Nonfiction Programming Saturday Night Live
Host: Jimmy Fallon","Host: Jonah Hill","Host: Anna Kendrick

2013


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction For Variety Or Nonfiction Programming
Honored for : Saturday Night Live
(Host: Justin Timberlake, Host: Martin Short, Host: Ben Affleck)

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
ADG Excellence in Production Design Award for Television - Episode of a Multi-Camera Television Series Saturday Night Live
for Episode: Justin Timberlake/Justin Timberlake
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction For Variety Or Nonfiction Programming Saturday Night Live
Host: Justin Timberlake","Host: Martin Short","Host: Ben Affleck

2012


ADG Excellence in Production Design Award for Television - Episode of a Multi-Camera Television Series
Honored for : Saturday Night Live
(Mick Jagger Host)

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
ADG Excellence in Production Design Award for Television - Episode of a Multi-Camera Television Series Saturday Night Live
Episode: Mick Jagger Host
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for Variety, Music or Nonfiction Programming Saturday Night Live
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction For Variety Or Nonfiction Programming Saturday Night Live
Host: Jimmy Fallon

2011


ADG Excellence in Production Design Award for Television - Episode of a Multi-Camera Television Series
Honored for : Saturday Night Live
(Episode: Host Justin Timberlake, Musical Guest \u2013 Lady Gaga)

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
ADG Excellence in Production Design Award for Television - Episode of a Multi-Camera Television Series Saturday Night Live
Episode: Host Justin Timberlake, Musical Guest \u2013 Lady Gaga
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production Oklahoma!
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for Variety, Music or Nonfiction Programming Saturday Night Live

2010


ADG Excellence in Production Design Award for Television - Episode of a Multi-Camera Television Series
Honored for : Saturday Night Live
(For episode with host Betty White' and musical guest Jay-Z)

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for Variety, Music or Nonfiction Programming Saturday Night Live
ADG Excellence in Production Design Award for Television - Episode of a Multi-Camera Television Series Saturday Night Live
For episode with host \"Betty White' and musical guest Jay-Z

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
ADG Excellence in Production Design Award Saturday Night Live
ADG Excellence in Production Design Award for Television - Episode of a Multi-Camera Television Series Saturday Night Live
For episode with host Justin Timberlake
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series Saturday Night Live
For episode with hosts 'Anne Hathaway' and Hugh Laurie

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
ADG Excellence in Production Design Award - Television - Variety or Awards Show, Music Special or Documentary Saturday Night Live
For episode #1536 - Josh Brolin/Adele

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play The Ruby Sunrise

2004


Tony Award for Best Scenic Design
Honored for : Wicked
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Set Design
Honored for : Wicked
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Musical
Honored for : Wicked

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design Wicked
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Set Design Wicked
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Musical Wicked
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction - Variety or Music Program Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety Music Program or Special

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards - Television Movie or Mini-Series On Golden Pond
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction - Miniseries, Movie or a Special On Golden Pond

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction - Variety or Music Program Saturday Night Live
25th Anniversary Special

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design Ragtime
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Set Design Ragtime
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Musical Ragtime

1995


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design
Honored for : Show Boat

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design Show Boat

1982


Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design The Hothouse
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design The Hothouse

1979


Tony Award for Best Scenic Design
Honored for : Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1978


Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction - Comedy-Variety or Music Series Saturday Night Live
For episode with host Steve Martin

1977


Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction or Scenic Design - Comedy-Variety or Music Series Saturday Night Live

1974


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design
Honored for : Candide
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design
Honored for : Candide

Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design Candide
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design Candide

1971


Drama Desk Award for Most Promising Set Design
Honored for : Alice in Wonderland

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Most Promising Set Design Alice in Wonderland