Lancelot Narayan

Lancelot Narayan was born in London, England (in front of a television playing 'Queenie's Castle', to be precise) in 1968. He worked for the Ministry Of Defence for 13 years, before being fired for 'gross misconduct'. Said Lance of his sacking, "It's almost impossible to sack a civil servant. But I thought, if I can do that, I can do anything!" And anything he did: Writing for film magazines and newspapers, including The Times and The Daily Telegraph as well as organising PR for James Bond events. His friendship with Graham Rye, editor of OO7 Magazine lead to him organising publicity for OO7 Magazine and JBIFC Events. Lance also served as Contributing Editor for OO7 Magazine and OO7 Newsletter, adding an irreverent voice to all things Bond. It was in 2001 that Lance, along with Matthew Field created the special features for Paramount Pictures DVD release of The Italian Job. Lance never looked back. He went on to co-produce and direct the features for the Zulu DVD and his magnum opus, the making of Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In The West, for which he interviewed Bernardo Bertolucci, Claudia Cardinale, John Milius and John Carpenter among others. Lance is also worked on the special features for the DVDs of Event Horizon, Oh! What A Lovely War and the second season of Twin Peaks. Narayan has created the all-video entertainment website, pictureshowonline.com, bringing news of TV shows and movies in pre-production and production, as well as original long form programming.