{"id":50419,"date":"2016-01-06T09:26:28","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T14:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/david-fillmore\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T14:05:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T19:05:47","slug":"david-fillmore","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/david-fillmore\/","title":{"rendered":"David Fillmore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Fillmore is Professor of Lighting Design for the College of Arts + Architecture at UNC Charlotte and the Associate Chair of the Department of Theatre. He has been working as a professional designer both nationally and internationally for over two decades, realizing more than 200 designs in all forms of dance and theatre.&nbsp; Career highlights include the World Premiere of&nbsp;<em>My Way&nbsp;<\/em>(2000), award-winning production of Margaret Edson\u2019s 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play&nbsp;<em>Wit&nbsp;<\/em>(2000), the international debut of&nbsp;<em>The Laramie Project&nbsp;<\/em>(2006) in Tours, France, and a fellowship as a \u201cDistinguished Visiting Professor of Lighting for Dance\u201d at Colorado College (Winter, 2011).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since moving to Charlotte in 2004, Professor Fillmore has won seven&nbsp;Metrolina Theatre Association Awards, most of which were with the prestigious Children\u2019s Theatre of Charlotte. He is also the 2011 recipient of the \u201cBest Lighting Designer 2011,\u201d&nbsp;Charlotte Theatre Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fillmore&nbsp;is a member of the United Scenic Artists local 829.&nbsp;He holds an M.F.A. in Scenic and Lighting Design from Northwestern University&nbsp;and a B.A. in Theatre from The University of Minnesota, Moorhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dmfillmo.wixsite.com\/lightingdesign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about his work at his website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Fillmore is Professor of Lighting Design for the College of Arts + Architecture at UNC Charlotte and the Associate Chair of the Department of Theatre. He has been working as a professional designer both nationally and internationally for over two decades, realizing more than 200 designs in all forms of dance and theatre.&nbsp; Career [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":50421,"parent":0,"menu_order":50,"template":"","people_types":[147,29,139],"class_list":["post-50419","people","type-people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","people_types-dance","people_types-faculty","people_types-theatre"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>David Fillmore - College of Arts + Architecture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"David Fillmore - College of Arts + Architecture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"David Fillmore is Professor of Lighting Design for the College of Arts + Architecture at UNC Charlotte and the Associate Chair of the Department of Theatre. He has been working as a professional designer both nationally and internationally for over two decades, realizing more than 200 designs in all forms of dance and theatre.&nbsp; Career [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/david-fillmore\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College of Arts + Architecture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-07T19:05:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/David.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/people\\\/david-fillmore\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/people\\\/david-fillmore\\\/\",\"name\":\"David Fillmore - College of Arts + Architecture\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/people\\\/david-fillmore\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/people\\\/david-fillmore\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/807\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/David.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-06T14:26:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-07T19:05:47+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/people\\\/david-fillmore\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/people\\\/david-fillmore\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/people\\\/david-fillmore\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/807\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/David.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/807\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/David.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"David Filmore headshot\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/people\\\/david-fillmore\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"David Fillmore\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/\",\"name\":\"College of Arts + Architecture\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"David Fillmore - College of Arts + Architecture","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"David Fillmore - College of Arts + Architecture","og_description":"David Fillmore is Professor of Lighting Design for the College of Arts + Architecture at UNC Charlotte and the Associate Chair of the Department of Theatre. He has been working as a professional designer both nationally and internationally for over two decades, realizing more than 200 designs in all forms of dance and theatre.&nbsp; Career [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/david-fillmore\/","og_site_name":"College of Arts + Architecture","article_modified_time":"2025-11-07T19:05:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/David.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/david-fillmore\/","url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/david-fillmore\/","name":"David Fillmore - College of Arts + Architecture","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/david-fillmore\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/david-fillmore\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/David.jpg","datePublished":"2016-01-06T14:26:28+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-07T19:05:47+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/david-fillmore\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/david-fillmore\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/david-fillmore\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/David.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/David.jpg","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"David Filmore headshot"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/david-fillmore\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"David Fillmore"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/","name":"College of Arts + Architecture","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/50419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/50419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70325,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/50419\/revisions\/70325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"people_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people_types?post=50419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}