John Richard Tiffany was born on c 1971 and is an English theatre director.
14 Facts About John Tiffany
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John Tiffany directed the internationally successful productions Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Black Watch and Once.
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John Tiffany has won 2 Tony Awards, an Olivier Award, a Drama Desk Award and an Obie Award.
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John Tiffany's mother was a nurse, a chorus girl; his father was an engineer, and played in a brass band.
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John Tiffany initially studied biology at Glasgow University, but switched to classics and drama.
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John Tiffany was literary director at Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre from 1997 to 2001.
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John Tiffany then began his working association with Vicky Featherstone, becoming Associate Director at UK new writing touring theatre company Paines Plough, from 2001 to 2005, where Featherstone was Artistic Director.
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James Bond movie producer Barbara Broccoli acquired the stage production rights for Once, which is based on the 2006 musical film by the same name, and subsequently recruited John Tiffany to produce it after seeing his Black Watch at St Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn.
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John Tiffany collaborated on Once with longtime friend and choreographer Steven Hoggett, with whom he had worked on Black Watch.
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John Tiffany won the 2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical for his direction of Once.
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John Tiffany won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for Once at the 66th Tony Awards.
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John Tiffany received a 2012 Obie Award special citation.
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John Tiffany directed the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
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John Tiffany won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, 2018 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play, and 2018 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Play.