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Howard I. Neustadt
Film Handler
Posts: 6
From: Carmel, NY, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 10-03-2002 11:06 PM
OOO! 301! My lucky number! Working projection in NYC for 20yrs.
1981-1983 Freelance gigs
1983-1985 Projectionist:Trans Audio NYC, where the famous Dick Vorisek mixed.
1985-1995 Head of Projection: Todd-A/O NYC (formerly Trans Audio)
1995-1998 Projection Engineer & MGR: Walt Disney Studios NYC Screening Room
1998-2001 Director of Technical Operations: Shooting Gallery & Gun For Hire Production Center
2001-Present Principal: Stellar Media Consulting.Too many great stories to list. Maybe over a pint of Bass at the Oyster Bar Saloon in GCT! (Have you tried the clam chowder?) Thanks, ------------------
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Sam Hunter
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 779
From: West Monroe, LA, USA
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 10-04-2002 12:21 AM
Hello all,
I consider myself a hobbiest when it comes to Cinema and projection.
I am a RF Engineer for a large Wireless Communications company. My first job was a Radio/Television Repair Tech at the age of 18, worked there for about 11 years, then moved up to Two Way Communications for a Motorola Service Center for about 8 more years, then got promototed to manager at another shop for which I worked at for a year till my present job. SO I have been in Electronics for almost my whole life. Geeky huh? I even used to wear a pocket protector  . I have been a collector of 16mm films for a little over a year now and just now getting into 35mm.
I am 41 years old more or less and married with three kids.
My father was a Projectionist at the PARKWAY DRIVE IN which was located in Winnfield LA. for many years and I got my interest in electronics from there. The purple glow of the mercury rectifiers in the main amplifiers fascinated me and I had to know why they glowed and how did all that stuff work. Still I was more interested in the mechanics of the operation more than I was interested in film itself.
Anyway time moved on as did I and only lately did I realize how much I like film and related. Oh yeah, my other hobby is food, love it to the point that I better slack off or I will have a coranary.
Anyway, some folks probably get tired of all my questions and sometimes pointless post but where else can you find such talented and knowing people other than Film Tech?
Well thats enough from me, I will shut up now.
 Later
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Samual Hunter Sr.
KC5ZSL
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Jack Ondracek
Film God
Posts: 2348
From: Port Orchard, WA, USA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 10-24-2002 08:14 PM
Very nice picture, Joe. I have the dubious honor of kicking a couple of those Orcon consoles into submission now and then. That they're sitting behind a set of wonderful Cinecita machines makes it challenging to figure out what part of the system is worse. I do sympathise with you, though... I sure wouldn't want those things in my booth.OK... on the "who the heck" subject:
My family and I own and operate a triplex drive-in and a 4-screen former Moyer/Act III/Regal outlet in Bremerton / Port Orchard, WA. Prior to that:
Projectionist at independent outlets, 1966+
Relief operator with Seattle, WA IATSE, around 1975
Projectionist at Olympia, WA IATSE, 1976 until merge w/Tacoma, WA.
Radio broadcast engineer & occasional station owner, on & off from 1972 up until a couple of years ago. Now... 7 screens, 3 daughters, 4 cats, one dog, one ferret & a big bottle of Grande Marnier. That's about plenty!
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Ray Brown
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 111
From: Dayton, WA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 10-26-2002 01:14 AM
I hope I don't ever have to do that with our Xetron console. The manager will think I've flipped.Like many others who post here at Film-Tech, I live in Washington State (GO COUGS!) and help out on weekends at a local theater. Previous theater experience was at a local drive in that closed in 1985. Projectors were Super Simplexes and Peerless Magnarcs with 20 minute reels.
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Lionel Fouillen
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 230
From: Belgium
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 11-04-2002 07:58 PM
I'm a 32-year-old Belgian. I probably inherited my passion for movies from my father, now a retired high-school teacher, who spent his spare time in the 1970's managing a 450-seat art film house called Le Parc in Liege. When I was a teenager I used to make Super-8 films and also collected 16mm prints. I sold everything about 10 years ago.I have a Bachelor Degree of Communication and wrote a thesis about architectural and technological evolution of cinemas from early palaces to modern multiplexes. I worked a few months in a local movie/TV production company then switched to computers, my other passion. I was an employee in a computer training center then set up my own business in 1997 as a freelance IT consultant, designing websites and installing networks. Furthermore, an old friend and I founded a quarterly magazine called Gotha Magazine which we are currently selling to partners. I had to embrace the digital age and bought a MiniDV camcorder this summer. I also collect quality DVD editions of great classic movies. I always kept a vivid interest in theatre technology and keep myself informed about the latest developments. I recently found the Film-Tech website and I'm happy to see all those professionals caring for projection. A pity this is not the case in all theatres out there...
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Joe Lopez
Film Handler
Posts: 1
From: Tacoma, WA, USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 11-21-2002 08:36 PM
I'm Joe Lopez, age 42. I live in Tacoma, WA, though I grew up back east on Long Island and didn't come out west until I was 25.
I work in the IT department of a large Seattle-based law firm. I'm in charge of planning and managing the firm's major computer systems projects. Though I went to law school and once practiced law, I didn't like it, but didn't ultimately stray too far from it either, I guess.
My love of movies is life-long. The first films that I can remember seeing were at Century's 110 drive-in on Long Island. It had a mini-amusement park where parents could wear the kids out before stuffing them in the back seat to sleep. They had a train ride, a roller coaster, and antique-looking cars that ran on their own track. Looking back, I suppose it was pretty cheesy, but it seemed like pure magic back then, particularly when a half-hour or so of the rides was followed by some James Bond. The first movie that I can clearly recall seeing there was "Goldfinger." The last was "Salt and Pepper" with Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis, Jr. I have no idea why we went to see "Salt and Pepper." I believe the drive-in closed not long after.
Anyway, I just wanted to say hello. This forum is fabulous.
And so, that's who the heck I am: A middle-aged guy with fond memories of a drive-in that closed thirty years ago.
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