Peter Curtis Lamont (12 November 1929 – 18 December 2020[1][2]) was a British set decorator, art director, and production designer most noted for his collaborations with filmmaker James Cameron, and for working on eighteen James Bond films, from Goldfinger (1964) to Casino Royale (2006). The only Bond film that he did not work on during that period was Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), as he was working on Cameron's Titanic (1997) at the time. He also worked extensively as a set dresser on the Carry On series in the 1960s.
Peter Lamont
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| Born | Peter Curtis Lamont (1929-11-12)12 November 1929 |
| Died | 18 December 2020(2020-12-18) (aged 91) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Art director, Set decorator, Production designer |
| Years active | 1950–2006 |
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Throughout his near 60-year career, Lamont was nominated for four Academy Awards for his work on Fiddler on the Roof (1971), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Aliens (1986),[3] and Titanic (1997), winning for the latter film. His memoir, The Man With the Golden Eye: Designing the James Bond Films, was published in 2016.[4]