---
name: "Michael Lamont"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-lamont"
fi1m_id: "michael-lamont"
imdb_id: "nm0483675"
tmdb_id: 8380
roles: ["Art direction"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-04T21:26:59.622400+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."
---

# Michael Lamont

## Identity

Michael Lamont

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-lamont
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-lamont
- **IMDb ID:** nm0483675
- **TMDB ID:** 8380
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0483675/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8380

Art direction. Born in Marylebone, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Art direction
- **Active:** 1980–2001
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 81 (4), 1990s 76 (2), 2000s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 72 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 3, Action 2, Adventure 2, Drama 2, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,486m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0483675/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8380

## Biography

Michael Lamont (1948–2007) was a British art director and production designer. He worked in the art department on numerous major films, beginning as a draughtsman on *The Shining* (1980) and serving as assistant art director on *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981) and *Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back* (1980).

Lamont received production designer credit, shared with his brother Peter Lamont, on the comedy *Top Secret!* (1984). He later worked as art director on films including *Aliens* (1986), *Licence to Kill* (1989), *The Fifth Element* (1997), *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (2001) and *Casino Royale* (2006). He won an Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Award for contemporary film on the latter.

He was married to Yvonne Barbour and was the father of Simon Lamont.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, commanderbond.net.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (2001), Fi1m 68, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone.md)
- *Shadowlands* (1993), Fi1m 79, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/shadowlands.md)
- *Hamlet* (1990), Fi1m 72, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-1990.md)
- *Licence to Kill* (1989), Fi1m 70, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/licence-to-kill.md)
- *Aliens* (1986), Fi1m 91, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)
- *Top Secret!* (1984), Fi1m 76, Production Design, Art Direction, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/top-secret.md)
- *The Shining* (1980), Fi1m 88, Draughtsman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shining.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Casino Royale* (2006), as Art Direction — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/casino-royale.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (2001), as Art Direction — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone.md)
- *The Avengers* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Event Horizon* (1997), as Art Direction
- *The Fifth Element* (1997), as Art Direction — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fifth-element.md)
- *In Love and War* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Mary Reilly* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Shadowlands* (1993), as Art Direction — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/shadowlands.md)
- *Hamlet* (1990), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-1990.md)
- *Licence to Kill* (1989), as Art Direction — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/licence-to-kill.md)
- *The Adventures of Baron Munchausen* (1988), as Art Direction
- *Aliens* (1986), as Art Direction — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)
- *Top Secret!* (1984), as Art Direction · Production Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/top-secret.md)
- *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/raiders-of-the-lost-ark.md)
- *The Shining* (1980), as Draughtsman — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shining.md)
- *Hitler: The Last Ten Days* (1973), as Set Decoration
- *Carry On Screaming!* (1966), as Draughtsman

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