John Laing

Birthplace:
New Zealand

John Laing is a director, producer, editor and writer from New Zealand. He directed his first feature film Beyond Reasonable Doubt in 1980. He has worked in both television and movies in New Zealand as well as in the United Kingdom and Canada.

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Director:
1980  Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1983  The Lost Tribe
1984  Other Halves
1985  Dangerous Orphans
1993  Absent Without Leave
1994  Cody: Bad Love
1999  Greenstone
2000  The Shirt
2001  No One Can Hear You
2003  Power Rangers Ninja Storm: Lightning Strikers
2006  Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
2012  Safe House
2015  Abandoned
2015  Venus and Mars
2018  A War Story

Director of Photography:
1980  Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1983  The Lost Tribe
1984  Other Halves
1985  Dangerous Orphans
1993  Absent Without Leave
1994  Cody: Bad Love
1999  Greenstone
2000  The Shirt
2001  No One Can Hear You
2003  Power Rangers Ninja Storm: Lightning Strikers
2006  Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
2012  Safe House
2015  Abandoned
2015  Venus and Mars
2018  A War Story

Editor:
1976  No Way They Want to Slow Down
1980  Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1983  The Lost Tribe
1984  Other Halves
1985  Dangerous Orphans
1993  Absent Without Leave
1994  Cody: Bad Love
1999  Greenstone
2000  The Shirt
2001  No One Can Hear You
2003  Power Rangers Ninja Storm: Lightning Strikers
2006  Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
2012  Safe House
2015  Abandoned
2015  Venus and Mars
2018  A War Story

Executive Producer:
1976  No Way They Want to Slow Down
1980  Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1983  The Lost Tribe
1984  Other Halves
1985  Dangerous Orphans
1993  Absent Without Leave
1994  Cody: Bad Love
1999  Greenstone
2000  The Shirt
2001  No One Can Hear You
2003  Power Rangers Ninja Storm: Lightning Strikers
2006  Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
2012  Safe House
2013  Solo
2015  Abandoned
2015  Venus and Mars
2018  A War Story
2020  The Kid Detective
2020  The Rest of Us
2021  Castle in the Ground
2021  The Retreat
2023  My Animal

Writer:
1976  No Way They Want to Slow Down
1980  Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1983  The Lost Tribe
1984  Other Halves
1985  Dangerous Orphans
1993  Absent Without Leave
1994  Cody: Bad Love
1999  Greenstone
2000  The Shirt
2001  No One Can Hear You
2003  Power Rangers Ninja Storm: Lightning Strikers
2006  Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
2012  Safe House
2013  Solo
2015  Abandoned
2015  Venus and Mars
2018  A War Story
2020  The Kid Detective
2020  The Rest of Us
2021  Castle in the Ground
2021  The Retreat
2023  My Animal

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