Jock Blair (died May 2020)[1] was an Australian television screenwriter, producer, director and production executive.
He began in the industry as Graham Kennedy’s assistant on In Melbourne Tonight and stayed for five years. He then became a writer, and wrote scripts for the TV show Homicide. He was producer of The Box and later produced The Sullivans, Bluey and Skyways. In the 1980s he worked as head of production for the South Australian Film Corporation.
In the 1990s he produced series such as Paradise Beach, and worked as a production executive at Screen Queensland.[2][3]
Filmography
Producer
- This is a table of producer credits, where serving as Executive Producer (EP) is noted
| Title | Year | Role |
| The Box (TV series) | 1974-1976 (47 episodes) | Producer . Executive Producer |
| The Bluestone Boys (TV series) | 1976 | Producer |
| The Sullivans (TV series) | 1977-1978 (137 episodes) | Producer |
| The John Sullivan Story (TV movie, spin-off of the above;) | 1979 | Executive Producer |
| Skyways | 1979-1980 | Executive Producer |
| Sara Dane (TV miniseries) | 1982 (8 episodes) | Producer |
| Under Capricorn (TV miniseries) | 1983 (2 episodes) | Producer |
| The Fire in tbe Stone (TV movie) | 1984 | Executive Producer |
| Run Chrissie Run! | 1984 | Executive Producer |
| Robbery Under Arms (TV movie) | 1985 | Producer |
| Playing Beatie Bow | 1986 | Producer |
| The Shiralee (TV miniseries) | 1987 (2 Episodes) | Executive Producer |
| Grim Pickings | 1989 (2 episodes) | Executive producer |
| Shadows of the Heart (TV miniseries) | 1990 (2 episodes) | |
| Golden Fiddles (TV miniseries) | 1991 (2 episodes) | |
| Paradise Beach (TV series) | 1993-1994 (254 episodes) | Producer |
| Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (TV series) | 1994-1996 | Producer |
| The Violent Earth (TV miniseries) | 1998 (3 episodes) | Producer |
| Tribe (TV miniseries) | 1999 (4 episodes) | Producer |
References
External links
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