IMDb > John Steven Lasher > Biography
Date of Birth
18 October 1943, El Paso, Texas, USA

Nickname
Slasher

Height
5' 7½" (1.71 m)

Mini Biography

John Steven Lasher was born on October 18, 1943, in El Paso, Texas, the only son of a United States Army non-commissioned officer and domestic housewife. John's aunt Moselle Donlevy, related to the late actor Brian Donlevy, introduced him to many Hollywood celebrities, who often visited her home in North Hollywood. John became interested in music for motion pictures in the early 1960s. In 1974, at the behest of his friend and colleague, the great composer, Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975), he formed his own record label (Entr'acte Recording Society) in Chicago. The label's first release, the Herrmann soundtrack from Brian DePalma's "Sisters", was a big success for him. In the past 35-years John has produced many fine recordings on several independent labels, including the film scores (newly recorded) from "The Best Years of Our Lives", "King Kong" (1933 RKO film), "Citizen Kane", "The Magnificent Ambersons", as well as then current recordings of the original soundtracks from "Bounty", "Frances", "Sophie's Choice", "Teen Wolf", "Time After Time", "Voyage of the Damned", among others.

In 1992, branching out into film production, John purchased an original Soviet Kinopanorama 3-film panoramic camera, in order to re-launch the format after a 30-year hiatus. Kinopanorama is the Soviet equivalent of Fred Waller's famous Cinerama. John's two Kinopanorama films to date have been screened in the UK and in the USA at Dayton, Ohio and at the Hollywood Cinerama Dome.

In April, 2007 he commenced work on the pre-production of a new Kinopanorama documentary, "The Mother Lode" (working title), a travel film on the city of Broken Hill. Principal photography commences in late 2008.

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Trivia

Soundtrack record producer.

Unbilled appearances as a film extra in Ross Hunter's "Airport" and Richard Brooks' "The Happy Ending". Both times he appeared as an airline employee.


Where Are They Now

(January 2006) Broken Hill, NSW, Australia.


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