MEET SKYLIGHT THEATRE COMPANY’S NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

CAMERON WATSON

Cameron Watson is a multiple award-winning theatrical director and filmmaker who has carved a unique career that crosses over many genres and formats.  Cameron is considered one of the most prolific and respected directors in the Los Angeles area and beyond.  He is a recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Achievement in Directing.  Having been heralded as “one of our finest contemporary directors” by the Los Angeles Times, Cameron is known for his much-celebrated work with Pasadena Playhouse, Antaeus Theatre Company, Rogue Machine Theatre, Road Theatre, Ensemble Theatre Company, Fountain Theatre, New American Theatre, and more.

His productions have been seen across the nation, including The Kennedy Center, and the Wall Street Journal has declared his work as “the best in the country.”  Cameron wrote, directed and produced the comedy series “Break a Hip,” which garnered Christina Pickles a Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress. He wrote, directed and produced the Miramax feature film Our Very Own, starring Allison Janney in an Independent Spirit Award-nominated performance.

“Watson has both the artistic acumen and audience sensitivity needed to usher Skylight through this perilous moment in the American theater when so many companies seem to be holding on by a thread…Watson’s appointment as artistic director of Los Feliz’s Skylight Theatre Company is good news for the city’s theater ecology.” - Charles McNulty, LA Times