Kevin_James_Dobson

Kevin James Dobson

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Moran, Albert; Keating, Chris (2009). The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810870222.page 140
  2. [2]
    "Kevin Dobson". Cinema Papers. February 1982. pp. 17–18.
  3. [3]
    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.


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