John Carrafa
John Carrafa is an American theater and film director/choreographer best known as the two-time Tony Award nominated choreographer of the Broadway musicals Urinetown and Into The Woods and the Media Choreography Honors Award winner for the Robert Zemeckis film The Polar Express.
He was a dancer and assistant to Twyla Tharp before becoming a choreographer and director for Broadway, film and television.
He currently resides in New York City and in Los Angeles California.
Broadway and theater
- Love! Valour! Compassion! - Off-Broadway (1994) Broadway (1995)
- Dirty Blonde - Off-Broadway (2000) and Broadway (2001)
- Urinetown - Off-Broadway (2001) and Broadway (2002)
- A Little Night Music - Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration, 2002
- Into The Woods - Broadway (2002)
- Dance of the Vampires - Broadway (2003)
- Good Vibrations - Broadway (2005)
Filmography
- Love! Valour! Compassion! - (1997)
- The Last Days of Disco - (1998)
- The Thomas Crown Affair - (1999)
- The Polar Express - (2004)
- Who's The Top? - (2005)
- The Other Guys - (2010)
- Something Borrowed - (2011)
Television
- Sex and The City - (1999)
- Big Love - (2010)
- Ugly Betty - (2009)
- Blue Bloods - (2011)
- The Big C - (2012)
- Elementary - (2012)
- Nashville - (2013)
- Nurse Jackie - (2013)
Awards
- World Dance Award for Feature Film - (2012)
- Director of Best Musical Daegu International Theater Festival - *"Academy" (2010)
- Honorable Mention Best Director NYMF - *"Academy" (2009)
- Joseph Jefferson Award - *"Animal Crackers" (2009) Nomination
- Media Choreography Honors - for *"The Polar Express" (2005)
- Dora Award - *"Urinetown" (2004)
- Drama Desk - *"Urinetown" (2001) Nomination
- Lucille Lortel Award - *"Urinetown" (2001)
- Outer Critics Circle Award - *"Urinetown" (2001) Nomination
- Tony Award - *"Urinetown" (2002) Nomination
- Tony Award - *"Into The Woods" (2002) Nomination
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