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Kevin James Dobson

Australian director

Kevin James Dobson (born 1952)^[1] is an Australian director who worked extensively in film and television.^[2] 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.^[3]

Personal life

Dobson was born in Manchester.^[1] 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.^[1]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.