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John Lamond 
John Lamond has always had an obsession about movies. He commenced his work on films as a teenager still at school working gratis at weekends on children's TV series and films. He joined the industry full time as a camera assistant becoming an assistant film editor then editor. For five years Lamond worked in publicity and producing TV campaigns for films released by Roadshow, Australia's biggest and most successful film distribution company. Between 1974 and 1989 he produced and directed a series of films, mainly for Australian drive-in theatre release. In quick succession he made AUSTRALIA AFTER DARK, ABC OF LOVE, FELICITY and NIGHTMARES. Then followed BREAKFAST IN PARIS, a romantic melodrama starring Barbara Parkins and A SLICE OF LIFE, a TV comedy starring English actor Robin Nedwell. All of these films returned excellent revenues for their investors and were sold for distribution internationally. In 1988 Lamond decided to reach beyond the generally parochial Australian film industry where chronic union problems made it virtually impossible to assemble a cast with international appeal and restrictive nationalistic qualification criteria neutralised government sponsored investor privileges. Lamond explored a different world with SKY PIRATES, an action-adventure Film which sold successfully in most territories throughout the world, and a martial arts action-adventure THE SWORD OF BUSHIDO. Both films were made in the Asia Pacific region. Here Lamond was captivated by the vitality and dynamism of Asia and the Pacific Rim and its advantages as a base for feature films.
JOHN LAMOND - CAREER DETAILS
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