Architect Breaks Down 120 Years Of Movie Theater Design | Architectural Digest

Richard Weiss has been a movie theater architect for over 25 years, designing Alamo Drafthouses across the United States. Today on AD he joins us to break down the evolution of theaters from the dawn of commercial motion pictures to the present day. From the earliest projections featuring Thomas Edison’s Vitascope in converted vaudeville theaters to the contemporary multiplexes we visit now, learn the detailed history of where and how we’ve gone to the cinema for over a century. Director: Alice Roth Director of Photography: Ben Dewey Editor: Lika Kumoi Producer: Skylar Economy Associate Producer: Landrie Hatcher Production Manager: Melissa Heber Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila Camera Operator: Claudio Cloud Audio: Tyson Dai Production Assistant: Patrick Sargent Post Production Supervisor: Andrew Montague Post Production Coordinator: Holly Frew Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds Want even more AD? Subscri