Vincent
Paterson

“Challenge is essential to my work. I am a Romantic and fall in love with the process of every creation. My interests run the gamut from rock & roll to opera.”

“As an artist, I attempt to create an experience for the audience/viewer that alters them in a positive way. The work is like a stone thrown into a pond. The ripples emanate. If the audience is affected and moved in a positive way, it is plausible that their energy can create a ripple effect and the better the world will be. Do I sound like a Miss America contestant?”

-Vincent Paterson

Vincent Paterson is a world-renowned director and choreographer whose career spans just about every genre of the entertainment industry including film, theatre, Broadway, concert tours, opera, music videos, television and commercials.

Vincent directed the critically acclaimed opera Man on with soprano Anna Netrebko, conducted by Placido Domingo. His direction of Anna Netrebko: The Woman, The Voice received a nomination for 'Best Television Arts Program' at the Montreaux Film Festival. The DVD is the top selling classical DVD in European history. Vincent directed and choreographed Berlin's first original production of the musical Cabaret at Bar Jeder-Vernunft, a mirror-tent from 1914. It is the longest running play in Berlin’s history. Vincent's direction of the play Gangsta Love, set in a boxing club, earned him a Los Angeles Drama-Logue award for Outstanding Director. He directed Prague's National BlackLight Theater in a stunning version of Gulliver's Travels. Vincent is the Director, Writer, and Co-Choreographer of Cirque du Soleil’s, VIVA! ELVIS.

Vincent created many works for Madonna and Michael Jackson including directing and choreographing Madonna's Blond Ambition Tour and her legendary Marie Antoinette Vogue performance for MTV. He directed & choreographed the Bad Tour for Jackson as well as “Smooth Criminal” and “Blood on the Dance Floor” and multiple other Jackson music videos and live performances, from the Grammy Awards to the Superbowl Halftime Show.

Vincent directed and choreographed the musical sequences in Lars Von Trier's Dancer In The Dark. Among the many films he choreographed are The Birdcage and Closer for director Mike Nichols, Evita for director Alan Parker, HOOK for Steven Spielberg.The TNT Telefilm, In Search of Dr. Seuss, which Vincent directed and choreographed, received seven Emmy nominations. He choreographed London's West End production of Lenny for director Sir Peter Hall and LA Opera's Grand Duchess for director Garry Marshall. Vincent received a Tony nomination for choreographing Hal Prince's Kiss of the Spiderwoman.
He has directed commercials through Dark Light Pictures and has choreographed over 250 commercials, many winning awards in collaboration with director, Joe Pytka.

Vincent has also directed many charitable events, among them 3 star-studded benefits for Alzheimer’s Organization. Each evening presented highlights from Broadway musicals and starred luminaries from Broadway and hit TV series. He also directed 2 stellar benefits for APLA, featuring performers Madonna, Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Kenny Logins, Nathalie Cole, Billy Joel, Elton John, Patty Austin, Sarah Brightman, Wynona Judd, Eddie Van Halen, and Sheila E.

He is presently in development to create and direct two theatrical projects, Duke Ellington’s JUMP FOR JOY and Paulo Coelho’s THE ALCHEMIST.

Vincent is featured in the best selling, Smithsonian publication, Masters of Movement: Portrait's of America's Greatest Choreographers.