LDI 2017

Growing up in rural Zimbabwe crafting puppets out of clay and sketching the native birds and animals, Jeremy Railton couldn’t have imagined that one day he would be creating the world’s largest animatronic creatures — in the form of a pair of 90-ft dancing cranes — the star performers in a themed attraction that took flight in the winter of 2010 at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore. He has made a career out of creating many of the “biggest” and “firsts,” all in the pursuit of WOW— the moment when the audience experiences a sense of astonishment and wonder. Educated in fine art, Railton has won four Emmy Awards, four TEA Awards and numerous other industry accolades. Working in film and television, he won acclaim as a production designer for recreating post-World War II Los Angeles in The Two Jakes, the sequel to Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson, and his hundreds of TV credits comprise landmark specials including the concerts for 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina and the inaugural ball for President Clinton. Railton’s credits in live staging, television, concert specials and music videos include projects for Barbara Streisand, Phil Collins, Cher, Michael Jackson, Neil Diamond, Diana Ross, Julio Iglesias, MTV Music Awards, and the Experience Music Project Opening Concert. For the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Railton created the first-ever staged performances and received an Emmy and the Art Director’s Guild Award. Visitors delight in his unique blend of artistry and cutting-edge technology at major retail, amusement, resort and casino venues such as the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Panasonic Pavilion at Universal Studios, the GM Showroom Theatre at Epcot Center and Lake of Dreams at Resort World Sentosa. A pioneer in digital culture, Railton designed the two largest video screens in the world, the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas and the Sky Screen at The Place in Beijing.