Kevin James Dobson
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
[edit]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] Dobson married Susie Thurlow in the 1990s. She was born and raised in Sydney. Her father David Thurlow, a Sydney medical practitioner, engaged Harry Seidler to design a home in Blakehurst in the 1950s.[4] After her parents separated in the 1970s Suzie lived in Hunters Hill. Kevin, Susie and their sons Harry and Jonathan resided in Pacific Palisades when they lived in Los Angeles.[5] Kevin Dobson now works again in Sydney.[6]
Select credits
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Thurlow House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01980. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
- ^ Susie Dobson Retrieved 1 April.
- ^ Kevin James Dobson Retrieved 1 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- Kevin James Dobson at IMDb
- Kevin James Dobson
- Kevin James Dobson at AustLit (subscription required)
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