projectionist
noun
pro·jec·tion·ist
prə-ˈjek-sh(ə-)nist 
: one that makes projections: such as
a
b
: a person who operates a movie projector or television equipment
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By age 14, Tornatore was working as a projectionist while attending school, studying editing by examining film strips during projection.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 June 2025
Hopefully that was due to a setting made by the projectionist.
—Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
This is why, to ensure things go smoothly, there is a team of twelve projectionists working in shifts over the four days of the festival.
—Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Alexandre works as a projectionist at one of the movie palaces revisited in Pictures of Ghosts; scenes in the booth as well as posters in the lobby and outside provide a fresh hit of the affection for the moviegoing experience that was so intoxicating in the doc.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 June 2025
Hopefully that was due to a setting made by the projectionist.
—Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
This is why, to ensure things go smoothly, there is a team of twelve projectionists working in shifts over the four days of the festival.
—Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Alexandre works as a projectionist at one of the movie palaces revisited in Pictures of Ghosts; scenes in the booth as well as posters in the lobby and outside provide a fresh hit of the affection for the moviegoing experience that was so intoxicating in the doc.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Projectionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/projectionist. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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projectionist
noun
pro·jec·tion·ist
prə-ˈjek-sh(ə-)nəst
: a person who operates a motion-picture projector or television equipment
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