1A person who controls and takes care of the lighting for a theatre, film, or television production.
the performers are supported by a team of sound and lighting engineers
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The lighting engineers and designers are all called ' artistes ' and there is room for the avant-garde in this annual reinterpretation of the city's architecture.
He used to work as a lighting engineer for bands such as Hawkwind, Van Morrison and Duran Duran!
During the performance there were 55 lighting cues designed and operated by lighting engineer Ken Wood.
The wardrobe team were busy organising costumes and the lighting engineer was setting up the lighting rig.
He started in the business as a lighting engineer and moved to sound after hearing one too many great bands sound bad.
1.1A person who designs and maintains the lights used to illuminate buildings, streets, or events.
he is a senior lighting engineer with the city council
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Smith, the council's lighting engineer, said: "There has been no action because I am still waiting for a reply to letters I sent last year outlining the work and the estimated costs."
However, local lighting engineer Ron Masters says the expense of replacing city lights with less polluting models may not be worth the cost.
Ideally each town would have a specialist lighting manager, whose job it would be to co-ordinate with architects, designers, road lighting engineers and building owners.
He said large commercial developments aren't the biggest problem because they usually employ lighting engineers who are well-versed in light-pollution issues.
Watson, the council's street lighting engineer, said residents would find the new lights much better.