Peter Lamont
Peter Lamont (born November 12, 1929 in London ) is a British film architect .
Live and act
Lamont, of Scottish descent, came to film in 1946. There he got to know the industry from the bottom up and initially took on various assistant jobs. Later he worked as a decorative painter and draftsman (among others for Ist ja crazy - our torpedo is coming back "," Hypno "," O Darling, what a traffic ", Alluring Laurel ) until he worked as a draftsman for the first time with the James Bond - production her Majesty's secret . then came in contact designed Lamont decorations to 1971 as art director , from 1972 as a set designer recently, he was on. James Bond 007: Casino Royale involved (2006), after which he ended his career.
Until 1979 Lamont remained assigned to the 'Bond' chief designer Ken Adam , after his departure to Hollywood in 1980 Lamont moved up to the chief architect of the 007 films. Lamont, on the other hand, delivered one of his most important works beyond the agent film series, when he created an unreal and at the same time terrifying, artificial light-flooded world of grottos and shafts in the second part of the alien series, Aliens - The Return . Another Hollywood large-scale production, no less heavy on special effects, followed at the end of 1993, when Lamont was hired for the Arnold Schwarzenegger action film True Lies . In 1996, with meticulous attention to detail, he designed the structures for the most expensive film of all time, the quarter-billion-dollar film Titanic . Peter Lamont received an Oscar for this achievement .
His son Neil Lamont also works as a film architect.
Awards (selection)
- 1972 - Oscar nomination for Anatevka
- 1978 Oscar nomination for James Bond 007 - The Spy Who Loved Me
- 1987 Oscar nomination for Aliens The Return
- 1998 - Awarded an Oscar for Titanic
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 1998 - Received the LAFCA Award for Titanic
- 1998 - Award for Titanic
Filmography (selection)
As a production designer
- 1981: James Bond 007 - For Your Eyes Only ( For Your Eyes Only )
- 1983: James Bond 007 - Octopussy
- 1984: Top Secret!
- 1985: James Bond 007 - View to a Kill ( A View To A Kill )
- 1986: Aliens - The Return ( Aliens )
- 1987: James Bond 007 - The Living Daylights ( The Living Daylights )
- 1989: James Bond 007 - License to Kill ( License To Kill )
- 1994: True Lies ( True Lies )
- 1995: James Bond 007 - Goldeneye
- 1997: Titanic
- 1999: Wing Commander
- 1999: James Bond 007 - The World Is Not Enough ( The World Is Not Enough )
- 2002: James Bond 007 - Die Another Day ( Die Another Day )
- 2006: James Bond 007 - Casino Royale
As an art director
- 1977: James Bond 007 - The Spy Who loved me ( The Spy Who Loved Me )
- 1978: The Boys from Brazil
As a set decorator
- 1969: James Bond 007 - Her Majesty's Secret ( On Her Majesty's Secret Service )
- 1971: James Bond 007 - Diamonds Are Forever ( Diamonds Are Forever )
literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 552.
Web links
- Peter Lamont in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lamont, Peter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British art director, production designer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |