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WORK EXPERIENCE

June 1985 - present - Freelance Lighting Cameraman/Director of Photography

April 1983 - May 1985 - Freelance Assistant Cameraman

Oct. 1981 - March 1983 - Assistant Cameraman for the National Coal
Board Film Unit.

PRODUCTIONS WORKED ON AS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Revenge of Billy the Kid (Feature Film)
Room 36 (Feature Film)
Cosmic Brain Suckers (Feature Film)
Donald Pleasance's House of Horrors (BSKYB)
The Noise and the Silence
A Shortage of Angels (Feature Film)
The Box (Feature Film)
The Corpse

PRODUCTIONS WORKED ON AS LIGHTING CAMERAMAN

TV

The Bill
Family Affairs
World in Action
That's Life
The Money Programme
Newsnight
Blue Peter
Surprise Surprise
Family Matters
Panorama
Watchdog
Jim'll Fix It
Wimbledon the Other 50 weeks
Televison Man (animation)
Heart of the Matter
Black Briton
Beadles About
Country File
The Clothes Show
Equinox
And many more...

SHORT FILMS (TV AND CINEMA)

The Repairman
The Voice
I am Touched
Scene of the Crime
Offnight
Win
Hangmen
A Mynah Incident
Cocaine and Abel

COMMERCIALS

Sony Walkman
Keo Beer
SWS
Day of the Dead (Trailer Inserts)
Flowers in the Attic (Trailer Inserts)
It Couldn't Happen Here (Trailer Inserts)

POP PROMO'S

Praxis--------------- 'Mirrors in my Eyes'
Flesh for Lulu-----'Roman Candle'
Marseilles-----------'Walking on a High Wire'
Cadet-----------------'There's Something Cruel' and
-----------------------'The Hunter'
Tradegar------------'Duma'
Mod Air-------------'All or Nothing'
Blue in the Bush---'The Only Jewel'
The Fall-------------'Hey! Luciana'
The Sing Market---'Via TV'
Evaluation----------'Jamie's Eyes'
Coda-----------------'Superstar'

I have worked as an ENG Cameraman for Dutch, Italian and Japanese television and covered American Football for ABC.

I have also directed a feature length science documentary and commercials for Birds Eye, Vauxhall and Reebok.


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Email: david.read123@ntlworld.com

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