Supervising art director who entered British film as set dresser for THE MAGNIFICENT TWO (1967). He worked as an uncredited draughtsman on 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY and as an assistant art director on ONLY WHEN I LARF (both 1968). Other ass't a.d. credits include PERCY and QUEST FOR LOVE (both 1971), CONFESSIONS OF A WINDOW CLEANER (1974), ROBIN AND MARION and THE RITZ (both 1976), THE GREEK TYCOON (1978 - UK) and THE SEA WOLVES and FLASH GORDON (both 1980). Some of Reading's notable art directing credits include PAPER TIGER (1975), SUPERMAN (1978), KRULL (1983), THE BOUNTY (1984), LIFEFORCE (1985), CLUB PARADISE (1986), WILLOW (1988), WHITE HUNTER, BLACK HEART (1990), UNDER SUSPICION (1991), FAR AND AWAY (1992 - Ireland), SWING KIDS (1993), EVENT HORIZON, TOMORROW NEVER DIES and THE SAINT (Russia) (all 1997), THE MUMMY (1999), THE MUMMY RETURNS (2001), RESIDENT EVIL (2002 - supervising art director), SHANGHAI KNIGHTS (2003), VAN HELSING (2004), SAHARA (2005) and THE DA VINCI CODE (2006).  Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration 1981: RAGTIME - Art Direction (w. John Graysmark & Patrizia von Brandenstein) 1 nomination