Kevin James Dobson


Kevin James Dobson is an Australian director who worked extensively in film and television. 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.''

Personal life

Dobson was born in Manchester. 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. 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. 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. Kevin Dobson now works again in Sydney.

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