Opera and film director Brian Staufenbiel is the creative director for Opera Parallèle where he has directed and spearheaded the conceptual designs of the company’s productions since its founding in 2010. Specializing in multimedia, immersive, and interdisciplinary productions, he works across a wide range of artistic disciplines, collaborating in film and with media designers, choreographers and dancers, circus and fabric artists, and designer fabricators. His progressive approach to stagecraft has garnered critical acclaim for many of the company’s productions, including Wozzeck, Orphée, Champion, and Dead Man Walking. His recently-directed pieces include Dove/Angelis’ Flight for Seattle Opera, a graphic novel opera film of Talbot/Scheer’s Everest with Opera Parallèle, and a feature length film of Gordon Getty’s opera Goodbye Mr. Chips. Future opera projects include a new production of Moravec and Campbell’s The Shining for Opera Parallèle and Das Rheingold for the opening of Seattle Opera’s 60th season.