User:Carlos Navarrete-Patiño

PRODUCTION DESIGNER / COSTUME DESIGNER

Live events Production and Costume Designer. He has designed more than 30 productions of theatre, dance, ceremonies and live events around the world. His practice involves the creative direction of multiple visual aspects of a performance; combining set, wardrobe, systems, props, video projection and puppetry.

In 2014 he was Head Production Designer, Cauldron Designer and Costume Designer for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the XXII Central American and Caribbean Games Veracruz 2014, as well as stage designer for Toronto’s Luminato Festival. In 2015 he was the Production Designer and Costume Designer for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the XVII PanAm and ParapanAm Games Toronto 2015, the PANAMANIA Live Site at Nathan Philips Square and PanAm Park. He was recently nominated for a Daytime Creative Arts Emmy® Award for Outstanding Lighting Direction for a Variety Show or Live Event and has been awarded three Bronze Telly Awards for Production Design, Art Direction and Visual Effects.

In 2016 he is the Production, Projection and Wardrobe Designer for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Invictus Games Orlando 2015 as well as well as the Invictus Games’ Medal Ceremonies and Athlete’s Village. He is also the Production Designer of the The Invictus Games Symposium on Invisible Wounds, presented by the George W. Bush Institute. He continues his year as creative consultant and art director for various production/design companies in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.