I started projecting in November 1997 when I joined Flix - Loughborough Student Cinema at a general meeting. I had had a secret interest in cinema for a long time. I went along to the meeting to vote for the next terms films, only to find that they needed more projectionists. I found that my hand crept up when they asked for nominations.
I was voted on as an assistant projectionist. Over the next four months or so I was trained by the current head projectionist, who had been self taught. This gave me the basiscs of how to put a film on screen. In the February of that year I was voted on as Head Projectionist, a position I kept, officially and unofficially, until I gradutated in Summer 2000. During the time I was head projectionist, I taught myself a lot about projectionism. This was mainly through reading material on the Internet, the BKSTS Projectionists Manaual, joining the BKSTS and talking to people. While I was at Loughborough I was responsible for training up at least another eight projectionists. For a list of the equiment click here.
I graduated in the Summer of 2000 and moved to London to work full time as a Librarian. While in London I have become a freelance projectionist in various venues, with my clients including:
If you are need of a projectionist, then click here for more details, contacts, and my availabilty
I have had some experience of 70mm on a Victoria 8 changeover, Warwick Student Cinema.
I am a regular writer for Screen Trade Magazine
Photographs of cinemas I have worked at or visited can be viewed at my on line gallery by clicking here.
I am a member of the Cinema Technology Committee, BKSTS, Cinema Theatre Association, Projected Picture Trust, Mercia, plus also subscribe to Broadcast and Screen Trade.