BRETT BANAKIS
Scenic Designer

is a designer for theatre, opera, film, environment and live performance based in Brooklyn, NY. Brett’s Broadway design credits include The Cher Show, and upcoming productions of The Devil Wears Prada, The Notebook and Three Sisters.  Brett currently serves as International Scenic Supervisor for all worldwide productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Broadway, West End, Melbourne, San Francisco, Hamburg, Toronto, Japan).  Brett oversaw the architectural and interior redesign of the Lyric Theater on Broadway as part of the Harry Potter production move from the West End, and has similarly redesigned the Princess Theater in Melbourne, the Curran Theater in San Francisco, the Großmarkt Theater in Hamburg, and the Ed Mirvish Theater in Toronto. Brett is a faculty member of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he teaches a range of graduate design skills courses.  Brett holds a B.A. in Theater Arts from UCLA and an M.F.A. in Design for Stage and Film from NYU.