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Tom Read(I)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
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Tom Read is known for The Matrix (1999), The Cave (2005) and Cargo (2017).
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    Known for

    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
    Shine (1996)
    Shine
    7.6
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1996

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Spa Weekend
      • first assistant director
      • Pre-production
    • Travis Fimmel in Black Snow (2022)
      Black Snow
      7.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2025
    • Colin from Accounts (2022)
      Colin from Accounts
      8.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • first assistant director block 1
      • 2022–2024
    • Rebecca Gibney and Richard Roxburgh in Prosper (2024)
      Prosper
      6.5
      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
      • second unit first assistant director
      • 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
      6.7
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2021
    • Drop Dead Weird (2017)
      Drop Dead Weird
      5.9
      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
      6.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Grace Beside Me (2018)
      Grace Beside Me
      8.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Martin Freeman in Cargo (2017)
      Cargo
      6.3
      • first assistant director
      • 2017
    • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
      Sweet Country
      6.9
      • first assistant director (as Thomas Read)
      • 2017

    Additional Crew

    • Toni Collette in Lilian's Story (1996)
      Lilian's Story
      6.2
      • unit assistant
      • 1996
    • The Nostradamus Kid (1993)
      The Nostradamus Kid
      5.7
      • production runner
      • 1993
    • Resistance (1992)
      Resistance
      5.4
      • unit assistant
      • 1992
    • The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)
      The Last Days of Chez Nous
      6.5
      • production runner (as Thomas Read)
      • 1992

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