Person
John Laing
Directing · New Zealand
Biography
John Laing is a director, producer, editor and writer from New Zealand. He directed his first feature film Beyond Reasonable Doubt in 1980. He has worked in both television and movies in New Zealand as well as in the United Kingdom and Canada.
Known for
Xena: Warrior Princess
Director
Power Rangers
Director
The Hitchhiker
Director
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Director
The Blue Rose
Director
The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson
Creator
The Kid Detective
Executive Producer
Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
Director
Abandoned
Director
The Rest of Us
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2026The Outer ThreatExecutive Producer
- 2024The Silent PlanetExecutive Producer
- 2023My AnimalExecutive Producer
- 2021The RetreatExecutive Producer
- 2021Castle in the GroundExecutive Producer
- 2020The Kid DetectiveExecutive Producer
- 2020The Rest of UsExecutive Producer
- 2018A War StoryDirector
- 2016AbandonedDirector
- 2015Venus and MarsDirector
- 2013SoloExecutive Producer
- 2013The Blue RoseDirector
- 2012Safe HouseDirector
- 2006Outrageous Fortune: The MovieProducer
- 2006Wendy Wu: Homecoming WarriorDirector
- 2005Power Rangers S.P.D.: ZappedDirector
- 2001No One Can Hear YouDirector
- 2000The ShirtDirector
- 1999GreenstoneDirector
- 1998The Adventures of Swiss Family RobinsonCreator
- 1995Xena: Warrior PrincessDirector
- 1995Hercules: The Legendary JourneysDirector
- 1994Cody: Bad LoveDirector
- 1993Power RangersDirector
- 1993Absent Without LeaveDirector
- 1985Dangerous OrphansDirector
- 1984Other HalvesDirector
- 1983The HitchhikerDirector
- 1983The Lost TribeWriter
- 1980Beyond Reasonable DoubtDirector
- 1976No Way They Want to Slow DownEditor
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