Gregory J. Read

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Gregory J. Read (l) with the cast of The Eye of the Storm (2011 film)

Gregory J. Read is an Australian

filmmaker
.

Career

Read started his film career writing, directing, producing and editing documentaries: Spirits of the Carnival, Tides of Passage, and Photographers of Australia: Dupain, Sievers, Moore. In 2006 Read wrote and directed Like Minds starring Eddie Redmayne (in his feature film début[1]), Tom Sturridge, Toni Collette and Richard Roxburough.[2]

Although Like Minds was Read's feature film directorial début, he had assisted in the production of many low-budget Australian features and directed, produced, and/or art directed television commercials and music videos for performers such as Kate Ceberano, Iva Davis, Grant McLennon, and the Divinyls.

In 2008 he established Aerial Film Australia, a specialist aerial company with credits on films such as

Pacific Rim: Uprising, Aquaman, and Spiderhead.[3][4]

In 2011, he produced with Anthony Waddington the multi award-winning film The Eye of the Storm.

Read wrote, shot and directed the Australian Writers' Guild (AWGIE) award-winning (2020) feature documentary, Own The Sky chronicling David Mayman's journey in the development of the world's first real

jetpack
. He shot, field directed and associate produced the Akos Armont directed feature documentary Brabham (2020).

References

  1. ^ MuggleNet (7 February 2021). "Movie Review: "Like Minds," Starring Eddie Redmayne". MuggleNet. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  2. ^ "LIKE MINDS". Irish Film Institute. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  3. ^ "CREDITS". Aerial Helicopter Filming Cinematography - Aerial Film Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Aerial Film Australia (AFA)". Ausfilm. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

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