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Dick Reade

Sound

Sound recordist Dick Reade's list of awards includes gongs for his work on The Navigator, Mt Zion, After the Waterfall and When Love Comes — and an Emmy nomination for TV’s Buggin’ with Ruud. In 2007 he was named SPADA/Onfilm industry champion. After more than a decade with state television, Reade went freelance in the early 80s. These days he runs his own studio in West Auckland.

There’s no one way to do things, only guidelines, so it’s good to try for different effects and see what works…I’ve never been able to do what I’ve been told – ever since I was about five there’s always been that questioning rebel thing. Dick Reade in Onfilm, June 2008, page 22

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King Loser

2023, Sound Mix - Film

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Night Freaks

2023, Sound Mix - Film

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Muru

2022, Sound Design - Film

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The Pinkies are Back

2020, Sound Mix - Film

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Living by the Stars - Matariki Series

2020, Sound Editor - Web

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For My Father's Kingdom

2019, Sound Design - Film

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Herbs - Songs of Freedom

2019, Sound - Film

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Vermilion

2018, Sound Designer, Sound Editor - Film

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Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

2018, Sound Editor - Film

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My Brother Mitchell

2018, Sound Design - Short Film

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Stray

2018, Sound Design - Film

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Paul Callaghan: Dancing with Atoms

2018, Sound Mix - Film

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Yellow is Forbidden

2018, Sound Mix - Film

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Hibiscus & Ruthless

2018, Sound Mix - Film

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Māui's Hook

2018, Sound - Film

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Beyond the Known World

2017, Sound Design - Film

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The Inland Road

2017, Sound Design - Film

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Bill Direen: A Memory of Others

2017, Sound Mix - Film

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Free Theatre - The 37 Year Experiment

2017, Sound Mix - Film

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Swagger of Thieves

2017, Sound Mix - Film

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The Ring Inz - First Episode

2017, Sound- Post-Production Supervisor - Television

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The Rehearsal

2016, Sound Design - Film

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Poi E: The Story of Our Song

2016, Sound Design - Film

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The HeART of the Matter

2016, Sound - Film

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Tickled

2016, Sound Mix - Film

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Wait

2016, Sound Mix - Film

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A Flickering Truth

2015, Sound Mix - Film

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Born to Dance

2015, Sound Mix - Film

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Philip Dadson: Sonics from Scratch

2015, Sound Mix - Film

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The Price of Peace

2015, Sound Editor - Film

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The Ground We Won

2015, Sound Editor, Sound Mix - Film

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Three Wise Cousins

2015, Sound Mix - Film

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Uphill

2014, Sound Design, Sound Mix, Sound Recordist - Short Film

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Erebus - Operation Overdue

2014, Sound Design, Supervising Sound Editor - Television

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Te Awa Tupua - Voices from the River

2014, Sound - Film

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How Bizarre - The Story of an Otara Millionaire

2014, Sound Mix - Television

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Hip Hop-eration

2014, Sound Design, Sound Editor - Film

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The Pā Boys

2014, Sound, Sound Mix - Film

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The Confessions of Prisoner 'T'

2013, Sound Mix - Television

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Fantail

2013, Sound Design, Sound Editor - Film

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Crackheads

2013, Sound Editor, Sound Mix - Film

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Mt. Zion

2012, Sound Design - Film

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Postcard from Afghanistan with Mike King

2012, Sound Mix - Television

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Tātarakihi - The Children of Parihaka

2012, Sound Mix - Film

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How Far is Heaven

2012, Sound Design - Film

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Strongman - The Tragedy

2012, Sound Design - Television

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Night Shift

2012, Sound Editor - Short Film

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In Safe Hands

2011, Sound Design - Short Film

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The Russians are Coming

2011, Sound Mix - Television

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Bird

2011, Sound Design - Short Film

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Billy T: Te Movie

2011, Sound - Film

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Brother Number One

2011, Sound Design - Film

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Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata

2011, Sound Mix - Television

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Inside Outward Bound - The New Zealand Journey

2011, Sound Mix - Television

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Ebony Society

2010, Sound Design - Short Film

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Taku Rākau E

2010, Sound Design - Film

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After the Waterfall

2010, Sound Design - Film

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The Kitchen Job (Series Two, Episode Two)

2010, Sound Mix - Television

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Rain of the Children

2008, Sound Mix - Film

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Rude Awakenings - First Episode

2007, Sound Mix - Television

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The Big Picture - Episode Five

2007, Sound - Television

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Black Grace - From Cannon's Creek to Jacob's Pillow

2005, Sound - Television

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Daughters of the Pacific

2005, Sound - Television

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50 Ways of Saying Fabulous

2005, Sound Supervisor, Sound Editor, Sound Recordist - Film

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Spooked

2004, Sound Recordist - Film

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Good Hands - Lima Lelei - First Episode

2003, Sound Recordist - Television

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Good Hands - Lima Lelei

2003, Editor - Television

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The Locals

2003, Sound - Film

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Blerta Revisited

2001, Sound - Film

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Hotere

2001, Sound Mix, Sound Recordist - Film

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Still Life

2001, Sound Design - Short Film

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God, Sreenu and Me

2000, Sound Editor - Television

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Tala Pasifika - The Overstayer

2000, Sound Recordist - Television

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The Painted Lady

2000, Sound Design - Short Film

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Tala Pasifika - Matou Uma

1999, Sound, Sound Recordist - Television

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The Lunatics' Ball

1999, Second Unit Sound, Sound Design - Film

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Hurtle

1998, Sound - Short Film

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Mes Mer...

1998, Sound - Short Film

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9 Across

1998, Sound Recordist - Short Film

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Flying

1998, Sound Recordist - Short Film

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Pacific Ikon

1998, Sound Recording, Sound Mix - Television

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When Love Comes

1998, Sound Editor, Sound Recordist - Film

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Billy T James - A Daughter's Story

1997, Sound Recordist - Television

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Highwater

1997, Sound Recordist, Sound Mix - Television

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Monster Eats Boy

1997, Sound Mix - Short Film

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The Creakers

1997, Sound Design - Short Film

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The Ugly

1997, Sound Recordist - Film

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Topless Women Talk about Their Lives

1997, Sound - Film

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Te Pahū

1996, Sound Mix - Television

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Tala Pasifika - A Day in the Life

1996, Sound Recordist - Television

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Tala Pasifika - Brown Sugar

1996, Sound Mix, Sound Mix - Television

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Tala Pasifika - Malama

1996, Sound Mix, Sound Recordist - Television

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Dread

1996, Sound Recordist - Television

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Tala Pasifika - Talk of the Town

1995, Sound Recordist - Television

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Tala Pasifika - The Cat's Crying

1995, Sound Mix - Television

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Tala Pasifika - The Hibiscus

1995, Sound Mix - Television

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Bonjour Timothy

1995, Sound - Film

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Mananui

1995, Sound - Short Film

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Letter to Blanchy - The Sweet Smell of Success (First Episode)

1994, Sound Recordist - Television

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Pete & Pio - Series One Compilation

1994, Sound - Television

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It's in the Genes Girls

1993, Sound Recordist - Television

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From Spirit to Spirit

1993, Sound Mix - Television

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From Spirit to Spirit: Tui Tuia - Gathering Thread (Episode One)

1993, Sound Mix - Television

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Jack Be Nimble

1993, Sound Editor, Sound Recordist - Film

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Strictly Acappella

1993, Sound - Television

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Bungay on Crime - A Ferry Tale

1992, Sound Department - Television

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Mon Desir

1991, Sound - Short Film

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The End of the Golden Weather

1991, Sound - Film

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The New Adventures of Black Beauty

1990 - 1992, Sound - Television

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The New Adventures of Black Beauty - Deceptive Appearances

1990, Sound - Television

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The New Adventures of Black Beauty - Ride a Black Horse

1990, Sound - Television

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Dame Cath Moves Up - A Personal Portrait

1990, Sound - Television

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The New Adventures of Black Beauty - A Horse Like Beauty (Episode Two)

1990, Sound Recordist - New Zealand - Television

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Hotshotz

1989, Sound - Television

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Beyond Gravity

1988, Sound - Short Film

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The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey

1988, Sound - Film

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Steel Riders - Bloodstones (First Episode)

1987, Sound - Television

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Steel Riders

1987, Sound Mix - Television

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Walkshort

1987, Sound Recordist, Sound Mix - Short Film

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Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story

1984, Sound Mix - Television

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Heroes

1984 - 1986, Sound - Television

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Heroes - First Episode

1984, Sound - Television

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Our World: The Best Kept Secret - Whirinaki Forest

1984, Sound - Television

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New Streets - Auckland Fa'a-Samoa

1982, Sound Mix - Television

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Loose Enz - The Protesters

1982, Sound - Television

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Gliding On

1981 - 1985, Sound - Television

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People like Us - Apirana Mahuika

1981, Sound Mix - Television

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Gliding On - No Smoke Without Fire (First Episode)

1981, Sound Recordist - Television

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Mortimer's Patch

1980 - 1984, Sound - Television

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The Sea Child

1980, Sound Mix - Short Film

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The Mad Dog Gang Meets Rotten Fred and Ratsguts (TV movie)

1978, Sound Mix - Television

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Johnstone's Journey - A Century of Wendelkens

1978, Sound - Television

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Autumn Fires

1977, Sound Mix - Television

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The God Boy

1976, Sound - Television