John D. Lamond was born in 1947 and died on 24 October 2018. He was an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter, best known for directing such films as Felicity, A Slice of Life, Breakfast in Paris and Nightmares. Before becoming a director he worked in distribution for Roadshow. Lamond began working in the industry at Channel O in Melbourne in the props department, and became a film editor. He worked for several companies, mostly making TV ads at places like Ajax Studios. In 1969 he moved into the feature film industry when he was hired by Terry Turtle to help with the roadshow release of This Year Jerusalem. After that he became involved in the release of The Naked Bunyip (1970), showing it around the country, which led to him performing a similar function on The Adventures of Barry McKenzie before Roadshow took over the release of that film. Terry Turtle then hired Lamond to handle the Australian release of Dynamite Chicken. He designed a poster of a nun in a compromising position which caused a great deal of controversy, earning the ire of then-Minister for Customs Don Chipp and got Lamond a job offer from the Roadshow organisation to work in distribution. Lamond stayed with Roadshow for six months, working on the release of Alvin Purple and a number of other films, then he took a trip around the world with Byron Kennedy looking at various production and distribution set ups. He produced a short documentary with Kennedy, The Devil in Evening Dress (1974) which was an early directorial effort from George Miller. Lamond's dramatic feature film debut was Felicity (1979), an erotic movie which sold widely around the world. The intention was to launch a series but the film was not a financial success. It was partly funded by the South Australian Film Corporation – who were criticised in Parliament for financing a sexually explicit film. Lamond moved into slasher films with Nightmare (1980). He made a romantic comedy, Breakfast in Paris (1982), then did another broad comedy with Hopgood, A Slice of Life (1983). Lammond produced and edited an action adventure film, Sky Pirates (1985). He also helped provide the story for what became the melodrama Backstage (1986). He died at 71 years old. More Famous Dead Visit https://historygreatest.com/ Support our game on Roblox: Disco Emotes https://www.roblox.com/games/2361810899/Old-School-Reggae-Night https://www.roblox.com/games/1540981525/Disco-Emotes-Floss-EMOTE GENUINE WAYS TO EARN MONEY ONLINE, start making easy money working from home, click here: https://goo.gl/hCEHE2 Join the health and beauty page on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healthbenefits1 Latest weight loss info https://tickleme.info/ Famous people dead https://deadobituary.com/ https://dhshop.info/ https://www.facebook.com/historygreatest/

• published: 25 Oct 2018
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