Oct 02 2009
VISIONARIES SERIES
Jan Skrentny Presents…
On Saturday, October 24, 2009, 5-time Emmy Award winning Art Director and Production Designer, Rene Lagler will share numerous career highlights and insights with our special guests. This is a rare opportunity to get a behind the scenes look at Rene’s highly acclaimed body of work.
Where are great ideas born? How does a concept become reality? Who creates the future?
Join our host, Jan Skrentny, for the first in a series of extraordinary presentations that take you inside the minds of some of today’s most forward-thinking designers, inventors and innovators.
VISIONARIES – with Rene Lagler, guest presenter
Date: Oct. 24, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Location: Arrowhead Welcome Center ~ 26816 Highway 189, Lake Arrowhead, CA. 92352
Seating is limited ~ RSVP Jan Skrentny 909-908-8520
Price: $75 per person donation
All proceeds will be donated to Mountains Community Hospital Foundation
Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres from the imagination of Casual Elegance.
Press Release-(pdf)
About Rene Lagler
5-time Emmy Award winner Rene Lagler has been the production designer of more than 2,500 television shows and major events, including awards shows and specials, sit-coms, talk shows such as The View, network news shows, and game shows- the first of which was Hollywood Squares.
Rene designed the 57th Academy Awards from which he won an Emmy; the Grammy Awards from 1983 to 1988; the Emmy Awards; and the Country Music Awards from 1991 to 2006. He was Production Designer for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, and for seven events celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty, for which he won an Emmy.
He designed specials and television series for Barbara Streisand, Frank Sinatra, George Burns, Billy Crystal, Julie Andrews, Carol Burnett, Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton, Barry Manilow, Tony Orlando, and Neil Diamond.
Other projects include The Three Tenors at Dodger Stadium and at the Eiffel Tower. He created the stage environment for Pope John Paul’s Mass in Central Park, the 50th Anniversay of Mount Rushmore and We the People 2000 in Philadelphia. Since 2000, Rene has designed the Capital Concerts for Memorial Day and the 4th of July on the lawn of our nation’s capitol. He designed the Democratic National Convention in 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, as well as two Presidential Inaugural Galas in 1993 and 1997.
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