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Eugene Lee(1939-2023)

  • Production Designer
  • Art Department
  • Costume Designer
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Eugene Lee was born on 9 March 1939 in Beloit, Wisconsin, USA. He was a production designer and costume designer, known for Saturday Night Live (1975), Man on the Moon (1999) and Schmigadoon! (2021). He was married to Brooke E. Lutz and Franne Lee. He died on 6 February 2023 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
BornMarch 9, 1939
DiedFebruary 6, 2023(83)
BornMarch 9, 1939
DiedFebruary 6, 2023(83)
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  • Won 6 Primetime Emmys
    • 13 wins & 26 nominations total

Known for

Saturday Night Live (1975)
Saturday Night Live
8.0
TV Series
  • Production Designer
Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon (1999)
Man on the Moon
7.4
  • Additional Crew
  • 1999
Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong in Schmigadoon! (2021)
Schmigadoon!
7.4
TV Series
  • Producer
Julianne Moore in Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
Vanya on 42nd Street
7.3
  • Production Designer
  • 1994

Credits

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Production Designer

  • Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Saturday Night Live
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1975–2023
  • A Saturday Night Live Mother's Day (2020)
    A Saturday Night Live Mother's Day
    5.4
    TV Special
    • Production Designer
    • 2020
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 2014–2018
  • SNL Presents: Halloween (2017)
    SNL Presents: Halloween
    7.7
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 2017
  • Martin Short and Maya Rudolph in Maya & Marty (2016)
    Maya & Marty
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 2016
  • Steve Martin, Prince, and Fred Armisen in Goodnight, Sweet Prince (2016)
    Goodnight, Sweet Prince
    7.6
    TV Special
    • Production Designer
    • 2016
  • Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
    Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
    8.1
    TV Special
    • Production Designer
    • 2015
  • SNL Sports Spectacular (2014)
    SNL Sports Spectacular
    4.8
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 2014
  • Saturday Night Live: Best of This Season (2014)
    Saturday Night Live: Best of This Season
    4.4
    TV Special
    • Production Designer
    • 2014
  • Wallace Shawn in A Master Builder (2013)
    A Master Builder
    5.9
    • Production Designer
    • 2013
  • Saturday Night Live: Halloween (2013)
    Saturday Night Live: Halloween
    6.7
    TV Special
    • Production Designer
    • 2013
  • Call It Fiction (2006)
    Call It Fiction
    Short
    • Production Designer
    • 2006
  • Night of Too Many Stars (2003)
    Night of Too Many Stars
    5.2
    TV Special
    • Production Designer
    • 2003
  • Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special (2003)
    Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special
    5.5
    TV Special
    • Production Designer
    • 2003
  • On Golden Pond (2001)
    On Golden Pond
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 2001

Art Department

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
    Late Night with Seth Meyers
    6.4
    TV Series
    • set designer
    • 2014–2016
  • You're Welcome America: A Final Night With George W. Bush (2009)
    You're Welcome America: A Final Night With George W. Bush
    7.0
    TV Special
    • scenic designer
    • 2009
  • Conan O'Brien in Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
    Late Night with Conan O'Brien
    8.2
    TV Series
    • set designer
    • 1993–1994
  • Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
    7.9
    TV Series
    • scenery design
    • settings designer
    • 1974–1981
  • Melvyn Bragg in The South Bank Show (1978)
    The South Bank Show
    7.1
    TV Series
    • design: Sweeney Todd
    • 1980

Costume Designer

  • Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Saturday Night Live
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Costume Designer
    • 1975–1979

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Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Eugene 'Bud' Lee
  • Born
    • March 9, 1939
    • Beloit, Wisconsin, USA
  • Died
    • February 6, 2023
    • Providence, Rhode Island, USA(short illness)
  • Spouses
      Brooke E. Lutz1981 - February 6, 2023 (his death, 1 child)
  • Other works
    (6/05) Stage: Designed set for "Wicked" musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, CA.

Did you know

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    Has won Broadway's Tony Award as Best Scenic Designer three times: in 1974, with collaborator/wife Franne Lee, for "Candide;" in 1979 for "Sweeney Todd;" and in 2004 for "Wicked." He was also nominated in the same category in 1998 for "Ragtime."

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