GrantLahood
- Director
Grant Lahood made his name with a trio of short films featuring speedy snails, troublesome mice and squabbling animal activists. After taking The Singing Trophy and Lemming Aid to success at the Cannes Film Festival, Lahood has gone on to direct documentaries, commercials and two feature films — one of which (Kombi Nation) features an all human cast.
Screenography
Biography
Grant Lahood's began his directing career in distinctive style: with a series of short films combining animals, frenetic activity and quirky angles. He continued the animal connection with his feature debut in 1996, with comedy Chicken, followed by road movie Kombi Nation and in 2013, documentary Intersexion.
Awards
2003 New Zealand Film Awards
Nominated for Best Film (with Larry Parr and Ainsley Gardiner): Kombi Nation
Nominated for Best Director: for Kombi Nation
Nominated for Best Script (alongside the main cast): for Kombi Nation
“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 clifftop in Titahi Bay in three days of wind. I just never dreamed we’d be here with it.”
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