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1 6 P E R S P E C T I V E | J A N U A R Y / F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 6 N E W S Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists Craft Winner: Stephen McNally A D G L I F E T I M E A C H I E V E M E N T AWA R D S T E P H E N M C N A L LY In his 47-year career, Scenic Artist Stephen McNally has enjoyed a 29-year membership in ADG, STG, Local 800. His maternal great- grandfather's arrival in San Francisco in 1865, as a shipwright and builder of renowned Victorian Houses, marks Stephen's five children as fourth-generation San Franciscans. He studied fine art and filmmaking at College of San Mateo and San Jose State University, c.1978. Before joining Local 800 and working on films, he spent 18 years smearing paint for print and advertising, retail display, animal parks, corporate murals and TV commercials. His first I.A. film in San Francisco was Flubber. He moved from film to film until he was invited to go to Malaysia to work on 20th Century Fox's Anna and the King in 1999. Returning, he secured a job as the Charge Scenic Artist of Island Creative Management in San Francisco for nine years. A Local 800 contract shop, which generated scenery for Silicon Valley trade shows, displays and theater. Jumping back into motion pictures when the tech boom economy slowed, he worked as a journey scenic and model painter for ILM, Kerner Optical and a Henry Selleck project. Soon after was offered a job at the San Francisco Opera to repair some broken angels and never left! A. STEPHEN MCNALLY. B. MORTAL KOMBAT (1995). SCULPTED DRAGON. C. VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE (2021). SCULPTED BUST. D. ANNA AND THE KING (1999). PAINTED BACKING. A B C D