How to Use projectionist in a Sentence

projectionist

noun
  • Each buzzer had two motors with wires that ran up to the booth, and the projectionist would hit the switch.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The theater had planned to hire a nonunion projectionist to run the screening.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Whether the show would go on came down to Chris Jolly, the projectionist.
    — Ted Alcorn Evelyn Freja, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Parents were yelling at the projectionist to stop, covering their kids’ eyes and ears.
    — Joe Dziemianowicz, ajc, 29 Apr. 2018
  • The popcorn guy or movie projectionist would have to have collected them.
    — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 9 July 2019
  • Habibullah Habib, 61, a film projectionist who helped hide the films decades ago, said of that day.
    — Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2019
  • So, the Wolfe brothers would argue, the projectionist is part of the same creative process.
    — Ted Alcorn Evelyn Freja, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • And imagine a team of four or five projectionists working to keep the presentation in sync.
    — Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2018
  • And so the projectionist room at the Texas Theatre is build with fire suppression in mind.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2018
  • Plus, going the extra mile by having a real-life projectionist show films this way makes every screening one-of-a-kind.
    — Sophie-Claire Hoeller, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Mom’s youngest brother was a movie projectionist by trade, and a railroad enthusiast.
    — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 17 Nov. 2019
  • The projectionist showed the second reel first, and as my grandfather said, the film was already confusing enough.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The theater also serves the best popcorn in town, says Ferguson, who once worked here as a projectionist.
    — Julekha Dash, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026
  • The film’s title was inspired by late night walks and talks Belabbes shared with the cinema’s projectionist.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 26 Nov. 2021
  • The daily diaries also note some screenings the White House projectionist wouldn’t have been aware of.
    — Matt Novak, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • But sucking at vanilla here is like taking popcorn to a cinema without a projectionist or waiting for a lover who has long since left you.
    — Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Mays was at a movie theater in Sioux City, Iowa, when the projectionist stopped the film to make an announcement.
    — Dan Brown, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
  • The light from the projectionist’s booth haloes out from behind her head in warm, sanctifying rays, electrifying strands of her hair.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The projectionist was losing a bout with the two antiquated projectors used to show the film’s 10 full reels.
    — Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2019
  • Everyone working at this screening — venue staff, projectionist, and culinary team — will be female.
    — Andrea Park, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2017
  • In the projection room at the back of the theater, there is a film splicer, a set of old projectors, and a toilet and sink for film projectionists working long shifts.
    — Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Showing film itself has gotten much more challenging, just in terms of the equipment, the qualified projectionists and so forth.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 9 May 2023
  • Great movie, interrupted a half-dozen times when the 35-millimeter print failed and was promptly fixed by the projectionist.
    — Mary Jo Murphy, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2017
  • The Billiken had two projectors, and the projectionist had to seamlessly switch between reels via a foot pedal.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Oct. 2020
  • The Belcourt has a rectangular projectionist's room that will make any movie fan nostalgic.
    — Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 18 May 2025
  • Look for non-employees coming in and out of the projectionist’s booth or arriving at odd hours claiming to be a friend of an employee or manager.
    — Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 16 Nov. 2013
  • The theaters call into service 60 projectionists with special training, some of them retired.
    — Marc Tracy, New York Times, 18 July 2023
  • At one point, Miguel visits his old projectionist friend Max (Mario Pardo), who has a large, dusty archive full of film reels.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2024
  • At one point, Miguel visits his old projectionist friend Max (Mario Pardo), who has a large, dusty archive full of film reels.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 May 2023
  • The projectionist offers up a rare print of Cries and Whispers, the one where the trio of sisters slowly destroy one another’s lives and/or die.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 12 July 2021

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