Ellen Lampert-Gréaux

Bio:

Ellen Lampert-Greaux is the creative director for Live Design and LDI, an annual conference and trade show for entertainment design and technology professionals. She was on the five-person team that founded LDI in 1988, and has produced the conference and special events for the show since its debut, working on all aspects of the show from programming and promotion to operations, registration, and the attendee experience. She has also produced additional events for the Live Design/LDI franchise such as their Master Classes series for lighting, projection, audio, scenic design; the Envision Symposium; Backstage Las Vegas; and XLIVE@LDI. She is also an award-winning writer – FOLIO: EDDY Award in 2021, 2022, and 2023 – and editor who specializes in entertainment design and technology, writing regularly for livedesignonline.com, as well as a freelance writer on technology and architectural lighting. She is also a host on the Light Talk podcast.

She attended NYU where she was an English major, and Temple University for a BFA in television/film production. She earned her MFA in arts administration from Brooklyn College and was the publicity director of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (1979-1986). She is a theatrical press agent and a member of ATPAM/IATSE, as well co-founder in 1996 and co-director of the St. Barth Film Festival in the French West Indies. She speaks fluent French and translates articles for magazines from French to English.