mirror light modulator of fig4 while fig5 b is a cross sectional diagram of the micro mirror light modulator of fig4 referring to fig5 a and fig5 b a micro mirror light modulator 42 according to the present invention includes a movable reflecting electrode 421 an electrode 422 a support structure 423 that supports the reflecting electrode 421 to act as a fixed base with respect to which the reflecting electrode 421 moves a reflecting electrode substrate 424 on which the reflecting electrode 421 is formed an electrode wiring layer 425 enabling an external electrical signal to be applied to the electrode 422 and a substrate 426 one end of the reflecting electrode 421 and one end of the reflecting electrode substrate 424 are attached to the support structure 423 and need to be spaced apart from the electrode 422 at a predetermined displacement to remain substantially parallel to the substrate 425 when a voltage is not applied to the electrode 422 when a predetermined voltage is applied to the electrode 422 the reflecting electrode 421 and the reflecting electrode substrate 424 are configured to be tilted by an attractive electrostatic force generated from the electrode 422 such that the electrode substrate 424 contacts the electrode 422 the micro mirror light modulator 42 of fig5 a and fig5 b generally includes a linear array of the micro mirror elements of fig5 a and fig5 b the linear array can be used to form a linear image associated with one row of pixels of the screen of the projection display system in response to an inputted video.