Christian Epps’ career as a lighting designer has spanned more than four decades covering the range from major motion pictures, broadcast television, live theater, dance, music videos and special events. TV; Lovecraft Country (HBO), BLACK IS KING for Beyonce, President Clinton Live at the White House, Centennial Olympic Games - Badminton Competition & numerous press areas. Black Movie Awards (TNT). Your Attention Please for Hulu, John Leguizamo’s Broadway show Freak (HBO). Dinner & A Movie (TBS). Man-Made Movie (TBS). The Jacksons’ Reality Show (A&E). Source Awards, Stellar Awards, Comic View, 106 & Park, Jamie Foxx's Laffapalooza, ‘The Tom Joyner Show’ (Syndicated). ‘The Brian McKnight Show, The Weather Channel, Bill Cosby’s web content OBKB. Film; Christian’s passion for dramatic lighting has been put to use with notable directors such as Spike Lee, Hype Williams, Ava DuVernay, David Lowery, Ice Cube and Akin Omotosho. Music video; Michael Jackson, Alicia Keys, The Weekend, P. Diddy, Biggy Smalls, Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah, TLC, Boyz II Men, and many, many more. He served as the gaffer on ‘Belly’, directed by the seminal music video director Hype Williams. Corporate; Nike, Facebook, Cadillac, Sprite, McDonalds, Buena Vista Television, GE Capitol, Paramount Studios, Home Depot, ESPN, Buick, Kaiser Permanente, Amtrak, Panasonic. Disney Imagineering selected Christian to participate in their very exclusive concept program known as ‘Blue Sky’. Recent projects; Strong Black Lead (Netflix), Beck & Lincoln Automotive (commercial), The Door (a short film for fashion brand Prada), Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, (Sundance Cinematography Award winning movie - Bradford Young, DP). From 2006 to 2009 Mr. Epps has been working in Lagos, and Abuja, Nigeria. He designed the lighting rig and coordinated many of the technical departments for the concert series known as ‘This Day! Festival (4 yrs) featuring Beyonce, Snoop Dog, Shakira, John Legend, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Rihanna, Jay-Z, UB-40, Chris Brown, Ne-Yo, and a Fashion show with international design star Oswald Boateng among others. In 2012 he worked with Jungle Films and Nigerian Breweries to design the lighting for 2 popular reality TV shows - Star Quest and Maltina Dance All. In addition, the biggest show in the country - The Headies Awards. Christian was brought in to work with the local vendors and local crews to produce a quality product. Venue; Carnegie Hall, The Kodak Theater, The Kennedy Center, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Apollo Theatre, The White House, The Superbowl Fan Experience, Trinidad & Tobago Jazz Fest, St. Lucia Jazz Festival, This Day Festival (Lagos, Nigeria), throughout the Caribbean, as well as numerous countries on three continents Awards.

UNIONS; I.A.T.S.E. Local 728 & Local 52