# Finn Ross

Finn Ross (born 1982) is a Scottish video designer working internationally. He works primarily on stage productions in the London's West End and on Broadway in the USA. He has also worked extensively in opera throughout Europe and has collaborated with designers like Es Devlin and theatre companies like Complicite. Ross has won a Tony Award and two Olivier Awards.

## Early life and education

Ross was born and raised in Glen Tanar, Aberdeenshire. He was educated at Aboyne Academy where he became interested in theatre thanks to his drama teacher, Yevonne Wheeler. He also spent time at The Scottish Youth Theatre.
He studied at Central School of Speech and Drama in London from 2000 to 2003 earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Practise.

## Career

Ross began his career in 2005 being mentored by Dick Straker and Sven Ortel of the video design collective Mesmer, working as an associate on many of their productions and later designing for them.
Notable work in Broadway and the West End includes Chimerica, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, Betrayal, American Psycho, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Frozen, Mean Girls, Bat Out of Hell, Top Girls & The Tempest at the RSC.
Ross has design many opera productions, especially at the ENO and has been cited as part of the movement of Video designers who helped develop the form to maturity. Notable work in opera includes The Magic Flute for DNO and ENO, The Damnation of Faust with Terry Gilliam at The ENO, The Death of Klinghoffer for ENO and The Met and The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at the ROH and Turn of the Screw, Beatrice & Benedict and Pearl Fishers & La Traviata at Theatre an der Wein.
He has also had collaborations with British Theatre director Simon McBurney and his company Complicite, designing 4 shows over a 10-year period.
Ross is also a Design Champion of the V&A Dundee.
In 2015 he formed FRAY Studio in Partnership With Adam Young.
In December 2019 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2013 | Olivier Award | Best Set Design | Curious Incident of the dog in the Night-Time | Won |
| 2014 | Olivier Award | Best Lighting Design | Chimerica | Won |
| 2015 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Projection Design | Curious Incident of the dog in the Night Time | Won |
| 2015 | Tony Award | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Curious Incident of the dog in the Night Time | Won |
| 2016 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Projection Design | American Psycho | Won |
| 2016 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Projection Design | American Psycho | Won |
| 2016 | Tony Award | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | American Psycho | Nominated |
| 2017 | What's on Stage Awards | Best Video Design | The Tempest | Nominated |
| 2017 | What's on Stage Awards | Best Video Design | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (with Ash Woodward) | Won |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle | CGI/Video Design | Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time | Won |
| 2018 | Tony Award | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Mean Girls (with Adam Young) | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Projection Design | Into The Body of the World | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Projection Design | Frozen | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Projection Design | Mean Girls (with Adam Young) | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Projection Design | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (with Ash Woodward) | Won |
| 2018 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Projection Design | Mean Girls (with Adam Young) | Nominated |
| 2018 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Projection Design | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (with Ash Woodward) | Won |
| 2018 | Knight of Illumination Awards | Projection Design | Mean Girls (with Adam Young) | Won |
| 2022 | WhatsOnStage Awards | Best Video Design | Frozen | Won |
| 2022 | WhatsOnStage Awards | Best Video Design | Back to the Future: The Musical | Nominated |
| 2022 | Olivier Awards | Best Set Design | Back to the Future: The Musical | Nominated |