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John Laing

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Nationality Nouvelle zelande
Birth at Dunedin (Nouvelle zelande)

John Laing is a New Zealand film and television director.

He was born in Dunedin.

Laiang made his major directorial debut with the film Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1982). He directed a number of other films 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, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Jack of All Trades, Cleopatra 2525, Power Rangers Ninja Storm, Power Rangers S.P.D., Power Rangers Mystic Force, Orange Roughies, Nothing Trivial and the television film Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006) starring Brenda Song.

His 1992 film Absent Without Leave was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival.

Usually with

Garson Kanin
Garson Kanin
(1 films)
Tony Barry
Tony Barry
(2 films)
John Bach
John Bach
(2 films)
Bert Moorhouse
Bert Moorhouse
(2 films)
Charles Coburn
Charles Coburn
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John Laing (6 films)

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Actor

Bachelor Mother
Bachelor Mother (1939)
, 1h22
Directed by Garson Kanin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Christmas films
Actors Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn, Frank Albertson, Dennie Moore, Ernest Truex
Roles Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Rating74% 3.745163.745163.745163.745163.74516
Polly Parrish (Ginger Rogers) is a salesgirl at the department store John B. Merlin and Son in New York City who has just been told that since the Christmas season is ending she is going to be dismissed. During her lunch break, she sees a stranger leaving a baby on the steps of an orphanage. Fearing the baby is going to roll down the steps, Polly picks it up as the door is opened, and is mistakenly thought to be the mother.
In Name Only
In Name Only (1939)
, 1h34
Directed by John Cromwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, Kay Francis, Helen Vinson, Charles Coburn, Katharine Alexander
Roles John - Chauffeur
Rating69% 3.497753.497753.497753.497753.49775
Alec Walker (Cary Grant) puts up with a loveless marriage to Maida (Kay Francis) until he meets widow Julie Eden (Carole Lombard). They fall in love and he asks his wife for a divorce. She refuses; as she goes on to tell him, she married him solely for his social position and wealth and won't give them up. She is such a skillful liar that she has Alec's parents (Charles Coburn, Nella Walker) convinced that Julie is out to destroy the marriage.

Director

Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006)
, 1h37
Directed by John Laing
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Children's films
Actors Brenda Song, Shin Koyamada, Sally Martin, Anna Hutchison, James Gaylyn, Justin Chon
Rating54% 2.7212352.7212352.7212352.7212352.721235
The plot was described by the author and numerous critics as a teen installment to a Jackie Chan plot with a Disney twist. Gary Marsh called the film "Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon".
The Lost Tribe
The Lost Tribe (1983)

Directed by John Laing
Genres Adventure, Horror
Actors John Bach, Don Selwyn, Martyn Sanderson
Rating56% 2.823082.823082.823082.823082.82308
Anthropologist Max Scarry (John Bach) mysteriously vanishes following his voyage to the island of Fjordland as part of his study on the reclusive Kiwi tribe Huwera Maori. The police believe him to be guilty of murder, after they find a woman's corpse in his island retreat. Max's spouse Ruth (Darien Takle) accompanies her brother-in-law Edward (also Bach) in uncovering the truth. They venture into the eerie island and are haunted by ghastly happenings. Finally, Edward snaps under mental pressure and his brother, apparently having died, possesses his body during a supernatural Huwera Maori procession.