John Owen Read (14 November 1920 – 13 April 2006) was a

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television producer,

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and director. Read was born in

Chalfont St Giles Chalfont St Giles is a village and civil parish in southeast Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts, which also includes Chalfont St Peter and Little Chalfont. It lies on the edge of the Chiltern Hills, ...

. He is widely associated with the productions of

Gerry Anderson Gerald Alexander Anderson (; 14 April 1929 – 26 December 2012) was an English television and film producer, director, writer and occasional voice artist. He remains famous for his futuristic television programmes, especially his 1960s produ ...

. Having served as director of photography on ''

Four Feather Falls ''Four Feather Falls'' is a British television programme, the third puppet TV show produced by Gerry Anderson for Granada Television (now ITV Granada). It was based on an idea by Barry Gray, who also wrote the show's music. The series was the ...

'' (1960), ''

Crossroads to Crime ''Crossroads to Crime'' is a 1960 British crime film produced and directed by Gerry Anderson and distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated (AA). Starring Anthony Oliver, George Murcell, Miriam Karlin, David Graham and Ferdy Mayne, ''Crossroads to Crime ...

'' (1960), ''

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'' (1961–62), ''

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'' (1964-65) and '' Thunderbirds'' (1965–66), Read worked on the latter show's second series, the film '' Thunderbirds Are Go'' (1966) and the subsequent series ''

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'', often shortened to ''Captain Scarlet'', is a British science fiction television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and filmed by their production company Century 21 Productions for distributor I ...

'' (1967–68) as associate producer. He returned to cinematography for the film ''

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'' (1969). When filming clouds at 12,000 feet for ''Supercar'', Read told Anderson that he only had one lung.''Filmed in Supermarionation'' Read's other credits include the 1954 film '' Passenger to Tokyo'' and the 1970s TV series '' The Adventures of Rupert Bear'' (cinematographer), as well as the series '' Cloppa Castle'' and '' The Munch Bunch'' (producer). He is also known for producing and directing '' Here Comes Mumfie'' in 1975. Read died in 2006, aged 85, after suffering injuries in a car crash. He had been diagnosed with cancer prior to his death.

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* 1920 births 2006 deaths British cinematographers British television directors Place of death missing British television producers People from Chalfont St Giles Road incident deaths in the United Kingdom {{UK-tv-bio-stub