James Gardiner
Co Owner at Cineplex Australia
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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SeniorJames Gardiner is a cinema technology entrepreneur and hands-on technical director with over three decades of experience in post-production and exhibition, now focused on bringing cinema to regional audiences through cloud and internet technologies. As co-owner of ClubMovie/DCN and founder of Small Cinema Owners Association, he designs and operates a cloud-based TMS and delivers practical automation and cost-saving solutions for microcinemas and independent exhibitors. He runs multiple businesses—Finishing Room and CineTechGeek—providing complex DCP services, consultancy, and industry education while also acting as the go-to L3 troubleshooter for Cineplex Australia. Known for blending software development, systems integration, and onsite technical support, he translates deep domain knowledge into reliable operational systems that keep screens running. Based in Melbourne, he quietly bridges traditional exhibition workflows with modern cloud orchestration to make cinema viable outside major markets.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (154)
windows10
rdp10
remote-desktop10
teamviewer10
p2p10
rust-lang10
linux10
docker-compose10
rust10
dart10
wayland10
cross-platform10
flatpak10
android10
mobile10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
jamiegau/ClairMeta
Aug 2020 - Feb 2022
Clairmeta is a python package for Digital Cinema Package (DCP) probing and checking.
Contributions:1 review, 3 PRs, 13 pushes in 1 year 6 months
python
jamiegau/cinema-catcher-app
May 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:47 commits, 52 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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