Craig Lahiff (23 April 1947 â€" 2 February 2014) was an Australian
film director. He grew up in the Adelaide suburb of Somerton Park and
studied science at Adelaide University, then trained as a systems
consultant before studying arts in film at Flinders University. He
began working in the film industry on crews for movies such as Sunday
Too Far Away and The Fourth Wish.After making a number of short films
he directed Coda (1987) a TV movie about a serial killer. The
following year he earned an AFI nomination for his feature debut
Fever, which was not released to cinemas but sold widely on DVD and
video and made a profit.Lahiff died on 2 February 2014. At the time of
his death he was developing two film noirs with regular producer Helen
Leake as part of a film noir trilogy started by Swerve, and a biopic
of General Sir John Monash with frequent collaborator Louis Nowra. He
had married in 1976 but the marriage was dissolved. He had twin sons,
Sean and Daland.
film director. He grew up in the Adelaide suburb of Somerton Park and
studied science at Adelaide University, then trained as a systems
consultant before studying arts in film at Flinders University. He
began working in the film industry on crews for movies such as Sunday
Too Far Away and The Fourth Wish.After making a number of short films
he directed Coda (1987) a TV movie about a serial killer. The
following year he earned an AFI nomination for his feature debut
Fever, which was not released to cinemas but sold widely on DVD and
video and made a profit.Lahiff died on 2 February 2014. At the time of
his death he was developing two film noirs with regular producer Helen
Leake as part of a film noir trilogy started by Swerve, and a biopic
of General Sir John Monash with frequent collaborator Louis Nowra. He
had married in 1976 but the marriage was dissolved. He had twin sons,
Sean and Daland.
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