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Tom Read(I)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Department
  • Additional Crew
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Tom Read is known for Shine (1996), The Matrix (1999) and The Cave (2005).
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Shine (1996)
    Shine
    7.6
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1996
    Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Joe Pantoliano, and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix (1999)
    The Matrix
    8.7
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1999
    The Cave (2005)
    The Cave
    5.2
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2005
    Martin Freeman in Cargo (2017)
    Cargo
    6.3
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2017

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer in Colin from Accounts (2022)
      Colin from Accounts
      8.0
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • first assistant director block 1
      • 2022–2026
    • Leslie Mann, Anna Faris, Isla Fisher, and Michelle Buteau in Spa Weekend (2026)
      Spa Weekend
      5.4
      • first assistant director
      • 2026
    • Liv Hewson, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, and Lydia West in He Had It Coming (2025)
      He Had It Coming
      5.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2025
    • Travis Fimmel, Jemmason Power, and Talijah Blackman-Corowa in Black Snow (2022)
      Black Snow
      7.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2025
    • Rebecca Gibney and Richard Roxburgh in Prosper (2024)
      Prosper
      6.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2024
    • Boy Swallows Universe (2024)
      Boy Swallows Universe
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2024
    • Frazer Hadfield in Frayed (2019)
      Frayed
      7.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2019–2021
    • Rachel Griffiths and Deborah Mailman in Total Control (2019)
      Total Control
      7.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director: second unit
      • 2021
    • Michael Caton, Rebecca Gibney, Erik Thomson, Willow Speers, Kaspar Frost, Angus McLaren, HaiHa Le, Hugh Sheridan, George Houvardas, Georgina Haig, and Aaron L. McGrath in Back to the Rafters (2021)
      Back to the Rafters
      6.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2021
    • Drop Dead Weird (2017)
      Drop Dead Weird
      5.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • Poppy Montgomery in Reef Break (2019)
      Reef Break
      6.0
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Thomas Read)
      • 2019
    • Aaron Fa'aoso, Jon Bell, Elizabeth Wymarra, Bjorn Stewart, Nakkiah Lui, and Steven Oliver in Black Comedy (2014)
      Black Comedy
      7.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2014–2018
    • Brett Climo, Marta Dusseldorp, Craig Hall, Noni Hazlehurst, Frankie J. Holden, Deborah Kennedy, Sara Wiseman, Jenni Baird, Tim Draxl, Abby Earl, Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood, and David Berry in A Place to Call Home (2013)
      A Place to Call Home
      8.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2014–2018
    • Mia Milnes, Kimie Tsukakoshi, and Elizabeth Cullen in The Bureau of Magical Things (2018)
      The Bureau of Magical Things
      6.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Grace Beside Me (2018)
      Grace Beside Me
      8.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2018

    Production Department

    • The Nostradamus Kid (1993)
      The Nostradamus Kid
      5.7
      • production runner
      • 1993
    • The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)
      The Last Days of Chez Nous
      6.5
      • production runner (as Thomas Read)
      • 1992

    Additional Crew

    • Lilian's Story (1996)
      Lilian's Story
      6.2
      • unit assistant
      • 1996
    • Resistance (1992)
      Resistance
      5.5
      • unit assistant
      • 1992

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Thomas Read

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