Kevin James Dobson (born 1952) is an Australian director who worked extensively in film and television. His full name is used in order to avoid confusion with the actor Kevin Dobson.
He started as a film editor for Crawford Productions, then moved into directing when the majority of their police TV programs were shot entirely on color film from the mid-1970s. In 1980, Dobson won the Penguin Award for Best TV Direction of the episode "Dreamtime" from the second season of the family adventure series Young Ramsay.
Personal life
Dobson was born in Manchester. He emigrated to Australia with his parents in 1968. He was formerly married to Australian actress Noni Hazlehurst, who appeared in a number of his early productions.
Select Credits
- The Mango Tree (1977) (film)
- Gone to Ground (1977) (TV movie)
- Image of Death (1978) (TV movie)
- Demolition (1978) (TV movie)
- The Last Outlaw (1980) (mini series)
- I Can Jump Puddles (1981)
- Squizzy Taylor (1982) (film)
- Five Mile Creek (1984-85) (TV series)
- Return To Eden (1985) (TV series)
- Miracle in the Wilderness (1991) (TV Movie)
- What She Doesn't Know (1992) (TV movie)
- Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1992–93) (TV series)
- Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995) (film)
- The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years (1996) (TV miniseries)
- Babylon 5 (1996–97) (TV series)
- The Virgin of Juarez (2006)
- Savages Crossing (2011)
References
- ^ Moran, Albert; Keating, Chris (2009). The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810870222.page 140
- "Kevin Dobson". Cinema Papers. February 1982. pp. 17–18.
- Bazzani, Rozzi (2015). Hector : the story of Hector Crawford and Crawford Productions. North Melbourne, Vic: Arcadia. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-925003-73-4. OCLC 930045883.
External links
- Kevin James Dobson at IMDb
- Kevin James Dobson
- Kevin James Dobson at AustLit (subscription required)
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