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Where a performance lighting director can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a performance lighting director already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Performance lighting directors determine what lights are needed during production, according to the video and motion picture director's creative vision. They use the script to design the lighting requirements for each shot. Performance lighting directors oversee the lighting setup and operation.

Also known as TV lighting director, lighting director, television lighting supervisor, lighting supervisor, motion picture lighting director, lighting art director, television lighting director, lighting designer & director, TV lighting supervisor, lighting designer and director.

Professionals 44 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: hair stylist, 42%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
hair stylist 42% covered director of photography 38% covered production designer 33% covered video and motion picture dire… 32% covered performance lighting technici… 32% covered performance lighting dire… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from performance lighting director, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a performance lighting director already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A performance lighting director needs 21 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • supervise lighting crew management skills
  • design lighting communication, collaboration and creativity
  • plan act lighting management skills
  • read lighting plans information skills
  • design an artificial lighting system communication, collaboration and creativity
  • draw up lighting plan communication, collaboration and creativity
  • cinematography arts and humanities
  • familiarise with personal directing styles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • adapt designers’ work to the performance venue communication, collaboration and creativity
  • use specialised design software working with computers
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a performance lighting director does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Performance lighting director is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a performance lighting director’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.