DAVID READ FILMS

David Read GBCT has an extensive background in film and television. He began his career at the National Coal Board Film Unit, one of the last great industrial film units. The unit had a reputation for excellence and has been associated with such talents as Lindsay Anderson and Karel Reisz. It was here that he was given his first opportunity of film lighting. When the unit closed he became a freelance camera assistant and worked on numerous film and television productions including the feature films BRAZIL, DANCE WITH A STRANGER, CHAMPIONS and ANOTHER COUNTRY.

All the time David had been working to becoming a Director of Photography in his own right and first started working as a Lighting Cameraman/DOP on such television shows as NEWSNIGHT, WORLD IN ACTION , PANORAMA, THE CLOTHES SHOW and EQUINOX. It was to be the film, REVENGE OF BILLY THE KID that was David’s debut of feature film lighting, working with his long time acquaintance Jim Groom who directed and co-wrote ‘Billy’. Recently Jim and David collaborated again on ROOM 36, a black and white thriller in the Hitchcock tradition, in which David's original and imaginative cinematography creates both atmosphere and menace. Room 36 was nominated for the Golden Hitchcock award at the Dinard British Film Festival and was nominated in several categories at the Syracuse International Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy Film Festival including a personal nomination for David in the Best Cinematography category.

Since then David has shot feature films and worked on many television productions from FAMILY AFFAIRS and THE BILL to numerous documentaries including WATCHDOG and THE MONEY PROGRAMME. He has shot commercials, including Keo beer and Sony and many music videos for artists such as, Flesh for Lulu, the Fall and Meatloaf.