Lamont graduated to production designer on "For Your Eyes Only" (1981), and though he has contributed to the high-tech trappings of practically every James Bond movie, the future may best remember him for his collaborations with director James Cameron. He picked up his third Oscar nomination for his production design work on Cameron's "Aliens" (1986), providing the labyrinthine interiors where H R Geiger's monster pursued the beleaguered crew, and reunited with the director for "True Lies" (1994). Their third teaming, "Titanic" (1997), offered his biggest challenge ever, actually building and floating a ship that was practically to the original's scale (then sinking it). He also recreated portions of the inside of the luxury liner in period detail, including the ship's grand staircase, promenade decks and first-class accommodations. $200 million later, there can be no denying Lamont's significant contribution to the spectacular achievement.