Background
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 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.
University of Adelaide. 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 a television movie about a serial killer. The following year he earned an American Film Institute nomination for his feature debut Fever, which was not released to cinemas but sold widely on Digital Video Disc and video and make 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 twin sons, Sean and Daland.