Long hours and late nights in hot and sweaty conditions.
“That’s reel work,” film projectionist Russell Campbell jokes.
The 76-year-old is celebrating 60 years as a projectionist and cannot imagine being in any other job. In fact, he reckons his career choice was inevitable.
His mother and father met at a picture theatre in Invercargill — she was an usher and he was the relief manager of the theatre.
One thing led to another and a while later little Russell was born, and a few years after that, the family moved to Gisborne where Mr Campbell (senior) became the full-time manager of the King’s Theatre.