Richard Tyler Greene

Tyler is originally from Knoxville, TN where he began to pursue lighting and show design at a young age. Classically trained in the art of dance and theater lighting his thirst for information started a career that led him across the world. Tyler has designed lighting for concert touring artist including Will Hoge, Todd Rundgrun, The Kings of Leon, American Idol winner Ruben Studdard, Opeth and Steve Winwood. He has traveled North America with performers such as Jewel, Hall and Oats, The Deftones, World Wrestling Entertainment, and Toby Keith. Tyler has lit American presidents for television and broadcast live from the White House. He has traveled to India and Europe to film a documentary and supervise lighting systems. At the Honda Center in Anaheim he supervised the suspensions and rigging of many entertainment production systems weighing over 100,000 pounds. Tyler has enjoyed designing for theatre, corporate events, symphony orchestra, rock and roll concerts and anything else that needs good lighting. Tyler currently resides in Los Angeles where he has shifted focus to efficient stage rigging methods and implementing sustainable lighting systems. Tyler's industry experience is unique in that it ranges across the broad spectrum of entertainment technology. Tyler's remarkable ability to see all aspects of an event come from this diverse history. Tyler has safely put shows into a vast array of venues under a variety of conditions. This knowledge coupled with real world experience are the tools needed to continually push the bounds of creativity and imagination.

Timelines

Theatre and Dance

1990 to 2000 Lighting Director Dance Station West
1994 to 1999 Lighting and sound director Oak Ridge Playhouse
1997 Stage Crew Knoxville Museum of Art
1998 to 2000 University of Tennessee Clarence Brown Theater
1997 Tech director Farragut High School
1998 Auditorium Staff Farragut High School
1999 Master Electrician Clarence Brown Theater
2000 Assistant Lighting Designer Knoxville Civic Auditorium.
2000 Lighting Designer First Baptist Concord
2000 Lighting Designer Tennessee Theatre
2001 Lighting Designer Knoxville Civic Auditorium
2001 Lighting Designer University of Tennessee Music Hall.
2001 Lighting Designer Knoxville Civic Coliseum
2006 Master Electrician South Eastern Regional Ballet Association
2005 2006 Master Electrician Clarence Brown Theatre
2011- Production Rigger “Twist” Pasadena Playhouse

Music

1997 Lighting Designer “Disciple”
1998 Lighting Designer “Fishers of Men” Southeast US tour
2000 Lighting Designer Gatlinburg Convention Center
2000 Lighting Director “Stroke 9"
2001 Lighting Designer Knoxville Civic Auditorium
2001 Lighting Designer Gatlinburg Convention Center
2001 Lighting Designer Pops season Knoxville Civic Auditorium
2001 Lighting Designer “Blessed Union of Souls”
2002 Lighting Designer Knoxville Civic Auditorium
2002 Crew Chief "Jewel" “This Way” tour
2003 Programmer "Twiztid" summer tour
2003 Programmer/crew chief "Deftones" tour
2003 Crew Chief Toby Keith “Shocken Yall” tour
2004 Lighting Designer/Crew Chief "Ruben Studdard" “Soulful” tour
2004 Crew Chief "Moody Blues" tour
2004 Crew Chief Toby Keith “Big Throwdown” tour
2005 Lighting Designer "Kings of Leon"
April 2005 Lighting Designer "Will Hoge"
May 2005 Lighting Designer "Steve Winwood" tour
June 2006 Crew Chief University of Tennessee
August 2006 Lighting Designer "Opeth" tour
October 2006 Lighting Designer "Steve Winwood" tour
November 2006 to current Local Rigging (Forum, Wiltern, LACC, Long Beach Area, Sony Studios, Culver Studios, LA Los Angeles, CA
2008 Head Rigger Honda Center Anahemim, CA
Summer 2008 Lighting Designer "Steve Winwood" tour
2011- Lighting Designer SeaCoast Grace Cypress, CA

Corporate

1999 Founded Genesis Productions and Richard Tyler Greene Lighting Design
2000 to 2001 Lighting Designer Proffitts Spring and Fall Fashion shows in Knoxville and
Chatonooga, TN
11/3/2000 Sound Engineer Children's Defense Fund meeting at the Alex Haley Farm
5/5/2001 Lighting Designer Mary Costa/Cinderella birthday party Knoxville Convention
Center
2001 Lighting Designer Townecraft annual meeting
April 2003 Programmer/Crew Chief St. Judes Children’s Hospital 50th Anniversary
March 2005 Lighting Designer Southern Association of Realtors annual convention
March 2005 to 2009 Rigging Supervisor Sound Ventures
January 2007 Crew Chief Alergan sales meeting
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011- Rigging Supervisor LA Auto Show Los Angeles Convention Center
2012 Rigging Supervisor Chicago Auto Show
2012 Rigging Supervisor Herbalife Los Angeles Convention Center

TV and Film

1999 Gaffer “Amma: The Story of Amy Carmichael” UK shoot
1999 Gaffer “Amma: The Story of Amy Carmichael” India shoot
2000 Grip in house documentary shoot in the Biltmore House
2001 Lighting Director “9 counties 1 vision” film
2001 Grip Goodys commercial
2001 camera op Oak Ridge SSAB board meeting
2001 Camera Op American Heart ass. promo
2002 Lighting Console Programing and Operation “a Tribute to Gospel Music” live broadcast
2002/2004 WWF TV Tour: board op/lighting tech
2002/2003 WWF house show tour: moving and conventional console operator
2002 Lighting Console Programing and Operation “Wrestlemaina X8"
2002 Lighting Director for President Bush visit to Knoxville Civic Auditorium
2002 Moving light operator 33rd Dove Awards Nashville, TN
2003 Lighting tech/truss climber “Wrestlemaina X9” Seattle, WA
2004 Gaffer “A Portrait of America” live telecast
2005 to 2010 Senior Lighting Designer Sound Ventures/Lunar Cinema
2008- Lead Rigger “Mun2” Universal City Walk
2009- Production Rigger “American Gladiators” Sony Studios
2009 Local Rigger “This is it” The Fourm Los Angeles, CA
2011 Lead Rigger "101 Ways to Leave a Game Show" Sable Ranch, CA
2011 Lead Rigger "Family Game Night 2" Hollywood, CA
2011 Production Rigging Crew “Fear Factor” Los Angeles, CA
2012 Lead Rigger “Braxton” Saticoy Studios
2012 Lead Rigger “American Bible Challenge” Hollywood, CA
2012 Rigging Supervisor “Kids Choice Awards” Los Angeles, CA
2012 Rigging Supervisor “Magician Impossible” Los Angeles, CA