Brandon Stirling Baker is a lighting designer working internationally in the areas of dance, theatre, and opera. His work can be seen on stages throughout the United States and abroad including Broadway, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Concert Hall, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Australian Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Park Avenue Armory, Compañia Nacional Danza Spain, Opera Philadelphia, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Miami City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Washington Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Houston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem, Philadelphia Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Semperoper Dresden, Staatsballett Berlin, Finnish National Ballet, and many others.
Baker is best known for his extensive collaborations with director and choreographer Justin Peck where they have collaborated on over 30 premieres worldwide since 2010. Recent collaborations include new works by Savion Glover, William Forsythe, Sufjan Stevens, Jamar Roberts, Michelle Dorrance, Pam Tanowitz, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Lauren Lovette, Tiler Peck, Shepard Fairey, Daniel Buren, Eva LeWitt, and Benjamin Millepied.
In 2019, Baker was featured at the Guggenheim Museum Works & Process in a series dedicated to his work titled The Choreography of Light. He was appointed Lighting Director of the Boston Ballet in 2018, and is the recipient of the Knight of Illumination Award and Lotos Foundation Prize.