James Lamont is a BAFTA-winning London

London

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 based comedy writer and one half of the writing partnership James Lamont and Jon Foster

Jon Foster (writer)

Jon Foster is a BAFTA winning English comedy writer. He grew up in Cheltenham, attending Dean Close School and then studied English and History at Trinity College Dublin graduating in 2005.-Television Work:...

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Television work

His writing credits to date include the award winning 'The Amazing World Of Gumball'

The Amazing World of Gumball

The Amazing World of Gumball is a British/American animated television series created by Ben Bocquelet. It first aired on May 2, 2011 in the United Kingdom as a sneak preview and officially premiered on September 5, 2011. It premiered a week later on May 9, 2011 in the United States on Cartoon...

 for Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network

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 (Season 1 and 2), The BAFTA winning The Armstrong and Miller Show

The Armstrong and Miller Show

The Armstrong and Miller Show is a British sketch comedy television show produced by Hat Trick Productions for BBC One. It features the double act Armstrong and Miller and a number of notable scriptwriters including Andy Hamilton and The League of Gentlemen's Jeremy Dyson.The series followed four...

 (season 2 & 3) for BBC1

BBC One

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 made by Hattrick, School Of Comedy

School of Comedy

School of Comedy is a British comedy sketch show written and performed by a cast of teenagers. A television spin-off of a revue performed in London and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, School of Comedy was piloted on Channel 4's Comedy Lab in 2008, before a six-part series ran on E4 from 2 October...

 season 2, for e4

E4

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28 Acts in 28 Minutes for BBC3, and several commissioned pilots. At time of writing (2011) he has scripts optioned by NBC

NBC

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 uk, Angel eye, and Darrall Macqueen.

Online

Online James Lamont is most famous for his spoof magician character David Zanthor. However, he has written and performed for various online productions such as 'Dom Jolly's Joy Stick', Dawn Porter's Bad Girls Guides, The Amazing world of Gumball online' Ashen's tech dump' 'Normal activity' 'sleep terrorist' and 'Big Noises'.

Live comedy

James Lamont has performed live comedy since 2001, either as a stand up, as part of a sketch group or as his well know stage persona David Zanthor

He has also written for London and Edinburgh stage shows including:
"The Works" - Monthly Sketch Show at Madame JoJos featuring Dan Skinner

Renton Skinner

Daniel "Dan" Renton Skinner is a British actor and comedy writer, working in stage, film and television. Renton is a member of the popular British five-man sketch troupe Dutch Elm Conservatoire...

 and Dave Armand, "Ealing Live" featuring Miranda Hart

Miranda Hart

Miranda Katharine Hart Dyke , known professionally as Miranda Hart, is an English actress, writer and stand-up comedienne. She writes and stars in the BBC sitcom Miranda...

, "Nudge" featuring Charlie Chuck

Charlie Chuck

Charlie Chuck is the stage name of British comedian David Kear.-Biography:Kear began his career as a drummer with various bands in the late-1970s and early-1980s, including a stint with the Small Faces and the Amazing Bavarian Stompers with whom he performed on an edition of the children's TV...

, "Stickmen" featuring Tom Price

Tom Price

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 and "The Bing show" Featuring himself.

Education

James graduated from Queen Mary, University of London

Queen Mary, University of London

Queen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...

 in 2003 with a BA hons in English and Drama, where he studied Greek

Greek mythology

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 and Norse Myth

Norse mythology

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, a fact that has influenced his writing on many occasions.
Previous to that he studied at St. Edmund's College, Ware

St. Edmund's College, Ware

St Edmund's College is the oldest post-Reformation Roman Catholic school in England. It is an independent school in the British public school tradition set on in Ware, Hertfordshire. During two periods of its history, it has also incorporated a seminary....

, the oldest catholic school in England. Despite the fact he is not Catholic

Catholic

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Heritage

James Lamont is a proud member of the Scottish clan Lamont

Clan Lamont

Clan Lamont is a Highland Scottish clan. Clan Lamont claim descent from Lauman who lived in Cowal in 1238. Tradition gives this Lauman a descent from an Irish prince of the O'Neill dynasty, Ánrothán Ua Néill, son of Áed, son of Flaithbertach Ua Néill, King of Ailech and Cenél nEógain, died 1036...

whose blood line dates back well into the 4th century. His family motto is 'Ne parcus nec spernus' meaning 'neither spare nor dispose' a principal James says he tries to maintain in all his writing works.

External links

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• James Lamont on Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=97965213&trk=tab_pro
• James Lamont on fringe report http://www.fringereport.com/0404comedyajojo.php
• James Lamont on fringereport http://www.fringereport.com/0208bing.php