READ, Jan

READ, Jan. (John Hinton Read). British (born Australia), b. 1917. Genres: Plays/Screenplays, Food and Wine, History, Travel/Exploration, Autobiography/Memoirs. Career: Commonwealth Fund Fellow in Cinema- tography, 1946-47; Scenario Ed., Gainsborough Pictures, 1947-49; Assistant to Executive Producer, Rank Organization, 1950-52; Director, Triangle Film Productions, London, 1952-73. Publications: (with T. Willis) The Blue Lamp (play), 1952; (with A. Mingote) History for Beginners, 1960; The Wines of Spain and Portugal, 1973; The Moors in Spain and Portugal, 1974; (with M. Manjon) Paradores of Spain, 1977; War in the Peninsula, 1977; Guide to the Wines of Spain and Portugal, 1977; (with M. Manjon) Flavours of Spain, 1978; The Catalans, 1978; (with M. Manjon) Visitors Scotland, 1979; The New Conquistadors, 1980; (with M. Manjon) The Great British Breakfast, 1981; The Wines of Spain, 1982; The Wines of Portugal, 1982; Pocket Guide to Wines of Spain, 1983, 7th ed., 2001; Wines of the Rioja, 1984; (with M. Manjon and H. Johnson) The Wine and Food of Spain, 1987; (with H. Johnson) Chilean Wines, 1988; (with M. Manjon) Catalonia: Traditions, Places, Wine, and Food, 1992; Sherry and Sherry Bodegas, 1988; The Wines of Chile, 1994; Young Man in Movieland, 2004. SCREENPLAYS: The Blue Lamp (original story), 1950; White Corridors, 1951; Street Corner, 1953; Jason and the Argonauts, 1963; First Men in the Moon, 1964. TELEVISION: Dr. Finlay's Casebook; Sherlock Holmes. Address: 1 Donaldson Gardens, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9DN, Scotland.