Kevin James Dobson

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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.

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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] 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]

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  1. 1 2 3 Moran, Albert; Keating, Chris (2009). The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   9780810870222.page 140
  2. ↑ "Kevin Dobson". Cinema Papers. February 1982. pp. 17–18.
  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.
  4. ↑ "Thurlow House". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01980. Retrieved 1 April 2025. CC BY icon.svg Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence .
  5. ↑ Susie Dobson Retrieved 1 April.
  6. ↑ Kevin James Dobson Retrieved 1 April 2025.


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