John Owen Read (14 November 1920[1] – 13 April 2006)[2] was a British television producer, cinematographer and director.
Having served as director of photography on Four Feather Falls (1960), Crossroads to Crime (1960), Supercar (1961–62), Stingray (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 (1967–68) as associate producer.
When filming clouds at 12,000 feet for Supercar, Read told Anderson that he only had one lung.
[3] 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).
Read died in 2006, aged 85, after suffering injuries in a car crash.