Andrew Hugh Walsh AM is an Australian festival director. He has directed numerous ceremonies and public events.
He was educated at Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne. Among his career highlights, Walsh directed the 2004 Athens Olympics Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony, the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, and the 2003 Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony.
On 12 June 2006, in the Queen's Birthday honours list, Walsh was made...
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Andrew Hugh Walsh AM is an Australian festival director. He has directed numerous ceremonies and public events.
He was educated at Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne. Among his career highlights, Walsh directed the 2004 Athens Olympics Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony, the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, and the 2003 Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony.
On 12 June 2006, in the Queen's Birthday honours list, Walsh was made a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to the events management industry through the creative direction and production of major outdoor performances and public celebrations in Australia and internationally, and to education."
Andrew Walsh is one of the most experienced and respected performing arts professionals in the world. Poised with a great theatrical sense, he has extensive experience creating, directing and managing large-scale events in Australia and throughout Asia, North America and Europe.
Over the past 25 years he has...
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