Dency Nelson takes his final bow
For the past 25 years, Dency Nelson has been the last person Hollywood royalty see before strutting on stage at the Academy Awards and this year, after over two decades of ushering stars to the stage, was his last. “I said, drink it in — I’m not going to be here next year,” said Nelson, 61. As a stage manager, the Hermosa Beach resident is the eyes, ears and voice of the show’s director. Earlier in the year, Nelson received the Directors Guild of America Franklin J. Schaffner Award for service. He’s worked in the entertainment industry for over 40 years and has met just about everybody there is to meet, except John Wayne. “I’ve met world leaders, I’ve met every president since Jimmy Carter, it goes on and on and on and it’s been very gratifying,” Nelson said. “This year [at the Oscars] so many came to me – Michael Douglass and Meryl Streep and Halle Berry and all those people I’ve been working with – came to me with a big smile and a hug and said, ‘Oh my God we’re going to miss you, you won’t be here next year.’ And I just said back to them, ‘You are who I’m going to miss.’” Nelson started working as a mail clerk for the American Film Institute after graduating from UC Santa Cruz…
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