John Laing is a New Zealand film and television director and producer.

Early life

Laing was born in

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...

Career

Laiang made his major directorial debut with the film ''

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'' (1980). He directed a number of other films including '' Abandoned'' (2015) before starting a career in television, directing episodes of the Canadian series '' The Hitchhiker''. His other television credits include '' The Ray Bradbury Theater'', '' Mysterious Island'', ''

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'', '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', '' Jack of All Trades'', ''

Cleopatra 2525 ''Cleopatra 2525'' is an American science fiction television series that aired in syndication for two seasons, from January 2000 to March 2001. Produced by Renaissance Pictures and distributed by Studios USA, many stations aired it as part of th ...

'', ''

Power Rangers S.P.D. ''Power Rangers S.P.D.'' is the thirteenth season of the television series, ''Power Rangers'', and is based on the 28th Super Sentai series ''Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger''. The season shares its title with the Korean dub of ''Dekaranger'' in South ...

'', ''

Power Rangers Mystic Force ''Power Rangers Mystic Force'' is the fourteenth season of the television series ''Power Rangers'', based on the Japanese 29th ''Super Sentai'' tokusatsu series. The season premiered on February 20, 2006 as part of the Jetix block on Toon Disney. ...

'', '' Orange Roughies'', ''

Nothing Trivial ''Nothing Trivial'' is a New Zealand comedy-drama television series, produced by South Pacific Pictures. The series is created by the duo of Gavin Strawhan and the co-creator of ''Outrageous Fortune'', Rachel Lang. The pair, who also created the ...

'', ''

Power Rangers Megaforce ''Power Rangers Megaforce'' is the twentieth season of the long-running television series ''Power Rangers''. The show is produced by SCG Power Rangers and began airing on Nickelodeon on February 2, 2013. The show was part of the ''Power Rangers ...

'', '' Duggan'' and the television film '' Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior'' (2006) starring

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. His 1992 film ''

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'' was entered into the

18th Moscow International Film Festival The 18th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 1 to 12 July 1993. The Golden St. George was awarded to the French-Belarusian film '' Me Ivan, You Abraham'' directed by Yolande Zauberman. Jury * Claude Lelouch (France – President o ...

Filmography

Film

Television

The numbers in directing credits refer to the number of episodes.

Producer only

References

External links

* New Zealand expatriates in Canada New Zealand film directors New Zealand television directors Living people Mass media people from Dunedin Year of birth missing (living people) {{NewZealand-tv-bio-stub