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.
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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