A 30-year film industry veteran, Martin Laing has worked on some of the most high profile films in entertainment, many of which have earned Academy Award nominations and awards. He spent the first eight years of his career honing his skills in England, where he was born and raised, before moving to Hollywood in 1993.
Laing has worked on projects across the globe, with such respected directors as Stephen Spielberg, Michael Bay, Tim Burton, McG, Jan de Bont, Gore Verbinski, Neil Jordan and James Cameron. He was part of the team that created the amazing look for Cameron's ground-breaking movies Avatar and Titanic, both of which won multiple Oscars and BAFTAs including those for Best Art Direction/Production Design. Laing, along with seven of his colleagues, was presented the Art Director's Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for his outstanding work on Titanic.
As an art director Laing lent his diverse talents to Pearl Harbor, The Haunting, In Dreams, True Lies and Judge Dredd before becoming a production designer, overseeing the visual style of films like This Means War, Clash of the Titans, Terminator Salvation and City of Ember, for which he won the Hamilton Behind-the-Camera Award in 2008.
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