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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Light ''Empire of Light''] || Sam Mendes || 2022 || Featured ||
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_(2022_film) ''Pearl''] || Ti West || 2022 || Featured || Features a projectionist working in a 1918 single projector booth, with some technical errors.
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  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergman_Island ''Bergman Island''] || Mia Hansen-Løve || 2021 || Featured ||  
  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergman_Island ''Bergman Island''] || Mia Hansen-Løve || 2021 || Featured ||  
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  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_the_Wind ''The Other Side Of The Wind''] || Orson Wells || 2018 || Featured || Excellent projectionist & booth moments throughout
  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_the_Wind ''The Other Side Of The Wind''] || Orson Wells || 2018 || Featured || Excellent projectionist & booth moments throughout
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  | [http://www.ihearvoices.gr/project/24-frames-per-century 24 Frames Per Century] || Athina Rachel Tsangari || 2013 || Featured || Tsangari's short film was made to commemorate the 70th Venice International Film Festival and features two projectors facing the sea and speaking to each other.
  | [http://www.ihearvoices.gr/project/24-frames-per-century ''24 Frames Per Century''] || Athina Rachel Tsangari || 2013 || Featured || Tsangari's short film was made to commemorate the 70th Venice International Film Festival and features two projectors facing the sea and speaking to each other.
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  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chillerama ''Chillerama''] || Adam Rifkin, Tim Sullivan, Adam Green, Joe Lynch || 2011 ||
  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chillerama ''Chillerama''] || Adam Rifkin, Tim Sullivan, Adam Green, Joe Lynch || 2011 ||
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  | [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1773058/ ''Stella Days''] || Thaddeus O'Sullivan || 2011 || Featured || An Irish priest starts a community cinema and feels conflicted.
  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Days ''Stella Days''] || Thaddeus O'Sullivan || 2011 || Featured || An Irish priest starts a community cinema and feels conflicted.
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_(film) ''Hugo''] || Martin Scorsese || 2011 || Featured ||  
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_(film) ''Hugo''] || Martin Scorsese || 2011 || Featured ||  
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  | [http://cironline.org/reports/behind-story-cinema-komunisto-3564 ''Cinema-Komunisto''] || Mila Turajlic || 2010 || Featured || A documentary about President of Yugoslavia Josip Tito as told through his personal projectionist. He claims to have screened a film for Tito every single night for over 30 years.
  | [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1686660/ ''Cinema Komunisto''] || Mila Turajlic || 2010 || Featured || A documentary about President of Yugoslavia Josip Tito as told through his personal projectionist. He claims to have screened a film for Tito every single night for over 30 years.
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Useful_Life ''A Useful Life''] || Federico Veiroj || 2010 || Featured ||  
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Useful_Life ''A Useful Life''] || Federico Veiroj || 2010 || Featured ||  
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_Longlegs_%282009_film%29 ''Daddy Longlegs''] || Josh & Bennie Safdie || 2009 || Featured || A man struggles to watch his two young sons while working as a projectionist in New York City.
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_Longlegs_%282009_film%29 ''Daddy Longlegs''] || Josh & Bennie Safdie || 2009 || Featured || A man struggles to watch his two young sons while working as a projectionist in New York City.
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om_Shanti_Om ''Om Shanti Om''] || Farah Khan || 2007 || Featured || Our hero watches dailies in a studio screening room. His buddy, who is operating the projector, has manipulated the footage as part of a plot to close in on the villain!
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_%28film%29 ''Zodiac''] || David Fincher || 2007 || Incidental || No actual projection booth scenes, but one of the main suspects in the Zodiac murders case is a projectionist who works in a silent film house named Rick Marshall. Marshall doesn't appear in the film as a character, but there is a scene where Jake Gyllenhaal's character visits the house of a friend of Marshall's ( a silent film organist) and sees his creepy basement film collection.
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_%28film%29 ''Zodiac''] || David Fincher || 2007 || Incidental || No actual projection booth scenes, but one of the main suspects in the Zodiac murders case is a projectionist who works in a silent film house named Rick Marshall. Marshall doesn't appear in the film as a character, but there is a scene where Jake Gyllenhaal's character visits the house of a friend of Marshall's ( a silent film organist) and sees his creepy basement film collection.
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moumen_Smihi ''A Muslim Childhood''] || Moumen Smihi || 2005 || Incidental || The cinema plays a formative role in the life of a teenage boy growing up in Tangier. One brief shot of a projectionist (and turret).
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moumen_Smihi ''A Muslim Childhood''] || Moumen Smihi || 2005 || Incidental || The cinema plays a formative role in the life of a teenage boy growing up in Tangier. One brief shot of a projectionist (and turret).
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye,_Dragon_Inn ''Goodbye,Dragon Inn''] || Tsai Ming-liang || 2003 || Featured ||  
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye,_Dragon_Inn ''Goodbye, Dragon Inn''] || Tsai Ming-liang || 2003 || Featured ||  
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletproof_Monk ''Bulletproof Monk''] || Paul Hunter || 2003 || Featured ||  
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletproof_Monk ''Bulletproof Monk''] || Paul Hunter || 2003 || Featured ||  
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  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_Up_Roses_(1986_film) ''Coming Up Roses''] || Stephen Bayly || 1986 || Featured || When the cinema where they work closes the projectionist and concessionaire attempt to start a mushroom growing business in the auditorium. Set and filmed in Wales.
  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_Up_Roses_(1986_film) ''Coming Up Roses''] || Stephen Bayly || 1986 || Featured || When the cinema where they work closes the projectionist and concessionaire attempt to start a mushroom growing business in the auditorium. Set and filmed in Wales.
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  | [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090915/ ''Dead End Drive-In''] || Brian Trenchard-Smith || 1986 || Incidental || Set at a dystopian drive-in where no one can leave. Trenchard-Smith's films are seen on the screen, one very brief projection booth moment, and the manager walks around carrying Goldberg cans in several scenes.
  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_End_Drive-In ''Dead End Drive-In''] || Brian Trenchard-Smith || 1986 || Incidental || Set at a dystopian drive-in where no one can leave. Trenchard-Smith's films are seen on the screen, one very brief projection booth moment, and the manager walks around carrying Goldberg cans in several scenes.
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  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demons_(1985_film) ''Demons''] || Lamberto Bava || 1985 || ||
  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demons_(1985_film) ''Demons''] || Lamberto Bava || 1985 || ||
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  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins ''Gremlins''] || Joe Dante || 1984 || Incidental || The gremlins gather in a movie theater to watch ''Snow White''. Chaos ensues!
  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins ''Gremlins''] || Joe Dante || 1984 || Incidental || The gremlins gather in a movie theater to watch ''Snow White''. Chaos ensues!
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah_Ying ''Ah Ying''] || Allen Fong || 1983 || Featured || Two people lovingly clean the port glass in a small screening room. Later, a main character enters a different projection booth to yell at a projectionist for removing a scene from the print.
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Iron ''Man of Iron''] || Andrzej Wajda || 1981 || Featured || Long scene in a very well decorated projection booth about 35mins in.
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Iron ''Man of Iron''] || Andrzej Wajda || 1981 || Featured || Long scene in a very well decorated projection booth about 35mins in.
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masculin_Féminin ''Masculin Féminin''] || Jean-Luc Godard || 1966 || Incidental || Jean-Pierre Leaud yells at the projectionist for messing up the aspect ratio!
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masculin_Féminin ''Masculin Féminin''] || Jean-Luc Godard || 1966 || Incidental || Jean-Pierre Leaud yells at the projectionist for messing up the aspect ratio!
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  | [http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_%28film%29 ''Persona''] || Ingmar Bergman || 1966 || Incidental || Film opens with beautiful images of film running through a projector. See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8TJ2d7-1e8 ''here'']
  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_(1966_film) ''Persona''] || Ingmar Bergman || 1966 || Incidental || Film opens with beautiful images of film running through a projector. See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8TJ2d7-1e8 ''here'']
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_%28film%29 ''Contempt''] || Jean-Luc Godard || 1963 || Incidental || Watch an angry Jack Palance smack a pile of film cans out of the hands of a very dejected looking projectionist.
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_%28film%29 ''Contempt''] || Jean-Luc Godard || 1963 || Incidental || Watch an angry Jack Palance smack a pile of film cans out of the hands of a very dejected looking projectionist.
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  | [http://youtu.be/5iXQ9BpTbBY ''Mother Goose''] || Ray Harryhausen || 1946 || Featured || A goose projectionist!
  | [http://youtu.be/5iXQ9BpTbBY ''Mother Goose''] || Ray Harryhausen || 1946 || Featured || A goose projectionist!
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| ''Cartoons Ain't Human'' || Seymour Kneitel || 1943 || Featured || Popeye makes an animated cartoon and projects it for his family. Toward the end, it becomes an expanded cinema performance!
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellzapoppin%27_%28film%29 ''Hellzapoppin'''] || H. C. Potter || 1941 || Incidental ||  
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellzapoppin%27_%28film%29 ''Hellzapoppin'''] || H. C. Potter || 1941 || Incidental ||  
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  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock,_Jr. ''Sherlock,Jr.''] || Buster Keaton || 1924 || Featured || Buster Keaton as a projectionist who falls asleep on the job and enters the frame himself...
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock,_Jr. ''Sherlock,Jr.''] || Buster Keaton || 1924 || Featured || Buster Keaton as a projectionist who falls asleep on the job and enters the frame himself...
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_of_War!_(film) ''Dogs of War!''] || Robert F. McGowan || 1923 || Featured || The "Our Gang" kids bust into Hollywood, make their own movie, and then project it.
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  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Nibs_(film) ''His Nibs''] || Gregory La Cava || 1921 || Featured || Set in a rural theater run by an elderly projectionist nicknamed "His Nibs," featuring a film within a film that the projectionist narrates because someone cut out the title cards. The film includes number of projection related gags.
  | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Nibs_(film) ''His Nibs''] || Gregory La Cava || 1921 || Featured || Set in a rural theater run by an elderly projectionist nicknamed "His Nibs," featuring a film within a film that the projectionist narrates because someone cut out the title cards. The film includes number of projection related gags.
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* [https://vimeo.com/76383856 85 Years of the Projection Booth in Movies] ([https://letterboxd.com/nungee/list/85-years-of-the-projection-booth-in-movies/ Letterboxd list])
* [https://vimeo.com/76383856 85 Years of the Projection Booth in Movies] ([https://letterboxd.com/nungee/list/85-years-of-the-projection-booth-in-movies/ Letterboxd list])
* [https://www.imdb.com/keyword/projectionist List of films on IMDb tagged with keyword "projectionist"]
* [https://www.imdb.com/keyword/projectionist List of films on IMDb tagged with keyword "projectionist"]
* [https://www.themoviedb.org/keyword/161849 List of films on TMDB tagged with keyword "projectionist"]
* [[List of educational films about film handling and projection]]
* [[List of educational films about film handling and projection]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120207113625/http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/anthologyall.php Peter Knight's Projectionists Anthology]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120207113625/http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/anthologyall.php Peter Knight's Projectionists Anthology]
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