A statement from the ALD reads: "Francis was a founding member of the Association, playing a key role in establishing the practice of stage lighting design and the role of Lighting Designer in the UK.
He was 86, and had spent all his working life in and around theatre, but was also an inspiring teacher and a prolific author, who made lighting and the arts of theatre making come alive for several generations of practitioners, at RADA, at what is now Central St Martins, the Royal Conservatoire Scotland and around the world. But at heart he was always a theatre maker who did lighting, rather than a lighting man who did theatre."
Our thoughts are with Reid's family and friends at this sad time.
(LSi Online)
