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    Stanley McCandless

    Stanley McCandless (1897–1967) is considered to be the father of modern lighting design. He paved the way for future lighting designers by playing a role in all aspects of theatrical lighting, from the engineering of lighting instruments to consultant work, and of course designing realized theatrical productions.

    Biography

    After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1920, McCandless received a degree in architecture from Harvard in 1923.

    Work as an architect eventually led him to the career of theatrical lighting consultant. McCandless and his Harvard acquaintance George Pierce Baker, served as some of the first faculty to teach at the Yale School of Drama.

    The method of lighting the stage McCandless outlined in A Method of Lighting the Stage, known today as the McCandless Method, is still in wide use today.[1]

    Educator

    During his time at Yale, McCandless published some of the first books to lay out a method and approach to the art of l