Nigel Lythgoe
Executive producer and television director · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Born 1949 · age 77
Nigel Lythgoe OBE is an English television and film director and producer, television dance competition judge, former dancer in the Young Generation and choreographer. He was the producer of the shows Pop Idol and American Idol and created the 2009 competition Superstars of Dance.
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Sherman's ShowcaseSeries, Nigel Lythgoe2018
High Strung Free DanceFilm2012
Opening ActSeries, Producer
A Snow White Christmas: Opening NightFilm, 2012Executive Producer2011
Method to the Madness of Jerry LewisFilm2009Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday SpecialFilm, Director2008Can You DuetSeries, Creator2006Corkscrewed: The Wrath of GrapesSeries2005
So You Think You Can DanceSeries, Creator, Producer2002
American IdolSeries, Director, Producer
I Love MuppetsFilm, 20022001Good Day LiveSeriesThe Hear'Say StoryFilm2000
Aladdin: The ITV PantomimeFilm, Producer1997
An Audience with Bruce ForsythFilm, Producer
An Audience with Elton JohnFilm, 1997Producer
An Audience with Ronnie CorbettFilm, 1997Producer
Another Audience with Freddie StarrFilm, 1997Producer1995
An Audience with Shirley BasseyFilm, Director1990
Wayne Dobson - A Kind of MagicSeries, Director, Producer1989Davro's Sketch PadSeries, Director1987Bobby Davro's TV WeeklySeries, Director1949Born9 July 1949People around Nigel
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He is also the creator and executive producer of So You Think You Can Dance, on which he served as a permanent judge for the first sixteen seasons.
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Adam ShankmanAlso in Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special (2009)
Paul MertonAlso in Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime (2000)
Erich BergenAlso in A Snow White Christmas: Opening Night (2012)
Billy MurrayAlso in Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime (2000)
Lindsay PearceAlso in A Snow White Christmas: Opening Night (2012)
Ralf LittleAlso in Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime (2000)