Notable LGBTQ Artistic Directors in the Arts and Entertainment World
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Argentina
- Julio Bocca, Ballet Argentino
- Jorge Donn, Ballet of the 20th Century
Australia
- Neil Armfield, Company B
- Robert Helpmann, Adelaide Festival of Arts
Canada
- Reid Anderson, National Ballet of Canada, Stuttgart Ballet, Ballet British Columbia
- Michel Marc Bouchard, Trillium Theatre
- Noah Cowan, TIFF Bell Lightbox
- Rene-Richard Cyr, Theatre PAP, Just for Laughs Festival, Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui
- Sara Diamond, Banff Centre
- Sky Gilbert, The Hammertheatre Company
- Brendan Healy, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
- John Herbert, several theatre companies
- Tomson Highway, Native Earth Performing Arts
- John Hirsch, Stratford Shakespeare Festival
- SD Holman, Queer Arts Festival
- James Kudelka, National Ballet of Canada
- Robert Lepage, National Arts Centre, Ex Machina
- Evalyn Parry, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
- Andria Wilson, Creative Nova Scotia Awards
Cuba
- Eduardo Machado, INTAR Theater
Denmark
- Erik Bruhn, National Ballet of Canada
Finland
- Jorma Uotinen, Helsinki City Theatre, Finnish National Ballet, Kuopio Dance Festival
France
- Patrice Chereau, Public-Theatre
Germany
- Jorn Weisbrodt, ALLARTS, Luminato Festival, Berlin State Opera
Ghana
- Tawiah M'carthy, TheNextEdition
Great Britain
- Neil Vivian Bartlett, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith
- Rikki Beadle-Blair, Team Angelica
- Michael Benthall, Old Vic Theatre
- Topher Campbell, Red Room Film and Theatre Company
- Gregory Doran, Royal Shakespeare Company
- Peter Gill, Riverside Studios
- Michael Grandage, Michael Grandage Company, Donmar Warehouse
- Drew McConie, The McConie Company
- Robert Medley, Group Theatre
- Roger Rees, Williamstown Theatre Festival
- Christopher Wheeldon, Royal Ballet
Israel
- Jason Danino-Holt, HABAIT Theatre Tel Aviv
- Yair Hochner, TLVFest
Italy
- Sylvano Bussotti, La Fenice
Mexico
- Tanya Saracho, Teatro Luna
New Zealand
- Alexander Grant, National Ballet of Canada
Russia
- Serge Lifar, Paris Opera
Singapore
- Ivan Heng, Singapore Theatre Festival, WILD RICE Theatre
Spain
- David Delfin, music videos
- Nacho Duato, National Spanish Dance Company, Mikhailovsky Theatre
- Augustin Perez Rubio, MALBA-Fondacion Constantini museum
Taiwan
- Lin Hwai-min, Novel Dance Series
United States
- Alvin Ailey, The Horton Dance Company
- Steven Blier, New York Festival of Song
- Douglas Carter Beane, Drama Dept. Theatre Company
- Christopher Castellani, Grub Street
- Ian Daniel, The Civilians
- Kai Davis, Babel Poetry Collective
- Snehal Desai, East West Players
- Sean Dorsey, Fresh Meat Productions
- Alonso Duralde, USA Film Festival
- Scott Elliot, New Group
- Michael Feinstein, The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana
- Terry Kilburn, Meadow Brook Theatre
- Charles Ludlum, Ridiculous Theatrical Company
- Geoffrey Nauffts, Naked Angels Theatre Company
- Joshua Peugh, Dark Circle Contemporary Dance
- Nicholas Phan, Collaborative Arts Institute
- Rajendra Roy, Hamptons International Film Festival
- Kevin Spacey, Old Vic Theatre
- David Staller, Gingold Theatrical Group
- Christopher Stowell, Oregon Ballet Theatre
- Shawna Virago, San Francisco Transgender Film Festival
- James Warwick, Colonial Theatre
- Storme Webber, Voices Rising
- Kim Yutani, Outfest Las Angeles
See Also
- Notable LGBTQ Playwrights
- Notable LGBTQ Dance Choreographers
- Prominent Theatre and Film Critics Who Identify as LGBTQ