---
name: "James Lamont"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-lamont"
fi1m_id: "james-lamont"
imdb_id: "nm2023623"
tmdb_id: 1265622
wikidata_id: "Q16221856"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "15 June 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T02:13:05.341008+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# James Lamont

## Identity

James Lamont

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-lamont
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-lamont
- **IMDb ID:** nm2023623
- **TMDB ID:** 1265622
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16221856
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lamont_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16221856, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2023623/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1265622

Writer. Born 15 June 1982 in London, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 15 June 1982, London, England
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Jon Foster](https://film.one/person/jon-foster.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lamont_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16221856, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2023623/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1265622

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Amazing World of Gumball*](https://film.one/tv/the-amazing-world-of-gumball.md) (82)
- **Netflix:** [*Paddington in Peru*](https://film.one/film/paddington-in-peru.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

James Lamont is a British screenwriter. He frequently collaborates with Jon Foster and co-wrote the screenplay for the film *Paddington in Peru* (2024) with Foster and Mark Burton.

Lamont wrote for the animated series *The Amazing World of Gumball* (2011–2016) and co-developed the animated series *The Adventures of Paddington* (2019–2023). With Foster, he wrote the "Paddington meets the Queen" sketch for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022. He has also contributed to series including *Cuckoo* and the film *The Harry Hill Movie* (2013).

Lamont was born James Deon Lamont on 15 June 1982 in London. He has won BAFTA Children's Awards and a Daytime Emmy Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, bbc.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Paddington in Peru* (2024), Fi1m 64, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/paddington-in-peru.md)
- *The Amazing World of Gumball* (2011), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-amazing-world-of-gumball.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Paddington in Peru* (2024), Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/paddington-in-peru.md)
- *Paddington Meets The Queen* (2022), Writer
- *The Adventures of Paddington* (2019), series, Creator
- *My Haunted House* (2018), Writer
- *Wasted* (2016), series, Creator
- *The Harry Hill Movie* (2013), Writer
- *The Amazing World of Gumball* (2011), series, Writer, Additional Writing — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-amazing-world-of-gumball.md)
- *Critterz*, Screenplay

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