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

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]

Select Credits

• 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)