PHOTOS:
(CLOCKWISE
FROM
TOP
LEFT)
JENNIFER
ALTMAN;
BRIAN
DAVIS;
COURTESY
VINCENT
DeDARIO;
MARK
MAHANEY;
COURTESY
DENCY
NELSON
"
It was excellent," Wall
said, recalling how touched
he was when 60 Minutes
veteran Charlie Rose intro-
duced him during the cer-
emony. "I enjoyed my time
with the Guild, and I am
proud to be part of it.
"
Dency Nelson
STAGE MANAGER
"[At The Obama Inaugu-
ral Celebration in 2009]
the president-elect walks
through with his family,
shakes my hand, and says,
'Hey, we gotta have a pic-
ture with the crew.' I say,
'Sir, we would love that but
I don't think it would make
your detail happy,' and he
nods and moves on."
Esperanza "Candy"
Martinez
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR/NEWS
"The petty nonsense I
had to go through [in the
newsroom]. I said to myself
I would not let anybody else
go through it. At that time, I
didn't have anybody to look to
for help, but over the years I be-
came that person for anybody
else who comes through here."
Ken Stein
STAGE MANAGER
"A lead stage manager is like
the 1st AD on a film. They're the
first hired, and get to bring in a
lot of the other people. … [On the
Oscars] our value is that the pre-
senters are comfortable with us
because we've helped them get
through other awards shows."
Vincent DeDario
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
"Associate directing sports is
vastly different than news or
entertainment. It's a whole differ-
ent ballgame. You have to have
an organized mind, and always
be aware of the situation and
what you're doing. I think my
strengths were that I was very
analytical and I would always
double- and triple-check every-
thing."
Jimmy Wall
STAGE MANAGER/NEWS
One of the first African-American
stage managers in television. Jimmy
Wall received the Franklin J. Schaffner
Award in 1994.
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