Famous lighting designer biography
Concert lighting designer.
Stanley McCandless
American lighting designer
Stanley Russell McCandless (May 9, 1897 – August 4, 1967) is considered to be the father of modern lighting design.
Famous lighting designer biography
He paved the way for future lighting designers by making contributions to almost all aspects of theatrical lighting, from the engineering of lighting instruments to consultant work, and designing realized theatrical productions.
Perhaps most importantly he wrote one of the seminal works on the theory of stage lighting, which continues to influence the technique of most theatrical lighting designers to this day.
Biography
McCandless was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Dr.
Charles Russell McCandless (1862-1924) and Mary Eliza (Sisson) McCandless (1865-1942). After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1920, he received a degree in architecture from Harvard College in 1923. Work as an architect eventually led him to the career of theatrical lighting consultant.
McCandless and his Harvard