The Director’s Chair
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It’s one thing to design a home cinema for a movie enthusiast, but another thing entirely when your client actually works in the movies. Matt has spent his working life in editing suites working on major blockbuster movies, so when he and his family decided to commission a dedicated theatre on the lower level of a new-build home, he knew exactly what he wanted.
“I wanted a professional director’s screening room,” Matt told us when we visited the spectacular ocean-front residence and were led downstairs, where a corridor leading to the underground car park branched left to an engraved cinema door. “Having worked in the film industry for over 20 years as a director and editor, I have this passionate love for cinema, and I knew what I wanted to fill this space. And having worked on previous projects together, I knew Alberto was the only one I trusted to make it a reality.”
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The idea, Matt says, was to create a
