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Grant Lahood

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 Grant Lahood

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Grant Lahood

Grant Lahood made his name directing a trio of short films featuring hyper-kinetic snails, troublesome mice and squabbling animal activists. After taking shorts The Singing Trophy and Lemming Aid to success at Cannes, Lahood has gone on to direct documentaries and two features - one of which (Kombi Nation) features an all human cast.

To get into Cannes was great, but then I realised that people like Clint Eastwood are on the jury. We shot Lemming Aid cheaply on a cliff-top in Titahi Bay in three days of wind. I just never dreamed we’d be here with it. 
 
 

Screenography

Screenography
 Role/s
 Intersexion

Intersexion

Director
Sound
Camera
Editor
Writer

2012

 Anzac Songs

Anzac Songs

Writer
Director

2007

 Chop Off

Chop Off

Producer
Director
Writer
Editor

2006

 Bad Dates

Bad Dates

Producer
Director
Writer
Editor

2005

 Nathan Haines Family Album

Nathan Haines Family Album

Director
Camera

2005

 Bogans

Bogans

Director
Editor

2004

 Kombi Nation

Kombi Nation

Writer
Director
Editor
Actor

2003

 Arc

Arc

Producer
Director
Editor

2000

 Chicken

Chicken

Writer
Director

1996

 Lemming Aid

Lemming Aid

Writer
Director
Editor

1994

 The Singing Trophy

The Singing Trophy

Director
Writer

1992

 The End

The End

Writer
Producer
Director

1990

 Snail's Pace

Snail's Pace

Writer
Producer
Director

1989

 L&P Top Town - 1986 Final

L&P Top Town - 1986 Final

Camera

1986


The titles listed here may not reflect this person's full screenography. These are only the titles that are included in or referenced by this site.

Awards

2003 New Zealand Film Awards
Nominated for Best Film (with Larry Parr and Ainsley Gardiner): for Kombi Nation
Nominated for Best Director: for Kombi Nation
Nominated for Best Script (alongside the main cast): for Kombi Nation

1994 Cannes Film Festival

Jury Prize (runner-up for the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film): for Lemming Aid 

1993 Cannes Film Festival
Technical Prize - Special Mention: for The Singing Trophy (this award, spanning both shorts and feature films, honours "technical achievements in images and sound")
Nominated for the Palme d'Or for Best Short

1993 NZ Film and TV Awards 
Best Short Film: for The Singing Trophy

1993 Sydney Film Festival
Audience Vote: Runner-up for Best Short: for The Singing Trophy