ABOUT STUART EVERETT
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Stuart Everett was born in Kyogle in
1937 and begun his love affair with the cinema at the age of 12 years old
when he started work for Mr T.J. Dorgan who owned the Kyogle Roxy Theatre
at the time.
By the age of 15 Stuart was running the movies every Saturday at Gatton Agricultural College using the Kalee 7 projectors and Magnacoustian Sound Heads and arc lights. For several years Stuart worked as a travelling showman presenting 16mm movies at Kyogle, Casino and Evans Heads and also worked as a projectionist in various cinemas. With the establishment of Kyogle Cinemas and incorporating "Fairymount Flicks Cinema Museum" Stuart has been able to fulfill his dreams and has set up one of the most extensive displays of working vintage cinema equipment in the country. Stuart has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship for the year 2000 for his work in "Recapturing the techniques used in early cinema presentation" |
