Jack Robinette— 2012 Board Candidate Bio

January 24, 2012 By Knights End

Jack Robinette, TV and Filmography

1956-1959 NBC/ABC Affiliate – KYTV

Television Producer/Director/Cameraman NBC/ABC –the Nightly news, affiliate KYTV.
Cameraman, ABC TV Series “Ozark Jubilee” Starring “Red” Foley
Model/Actor , TV Commercial for “Dickies” Clothes while on the “Jubilee”,

1960-1961 US ARMY

Officer-in-Charge, US ARMY, Television for the Country of Korea (AFKN-American Forces Korea Network) Filmed a Coup d’Etat, overthrow of the government of South Korea
Producer/Director of Daily Korean live hour long program (Korea did not have TV at that time, the only Television in Korea was AFKN) also Producer/Director of Television Specials about Korea.
Ft. Ord, CA. Motion Picture Officer and Producer/Director of coverage of Specialized Training Institute with Stanford University Research.

1962-1964 Universal Studios Television (Revue Productions)

Television and Feature Producers Assistant, Developed budgets for Alfred Hitchcock including MARNIE and THE BIRDS, TV Shows including WAGON TRAIN, MCHALE’S NAVY, BOB HOPE PRESENTS, ALFRED HITCHCOCK TELEVISION.

1964-1965 Producer of SUMMER CHILDREN

1966-1969 Independent Producer

Line Producer and various crew Television Commercials and Industrial Films, including:

David Ben Gurion (Prime Minister of Israel) Tour of the U.S.,
DELUSIONS OF THE FURY, by Harry Partch, Assoc. Producer, Cameraman
MINI SKIRT REBELLION, ABC, Line Producer
CBS Films (Educational Division) Writer/Producer/Director
Director/co-Producer W.C. CLOWN, short film
HEART OF TOMORROW, Orange County Hospital, Director/Producer/Cameraman w/ John Gavin host.
Assistant Director, ABC SPECIAL Starring Robert Young, Cinematographer James Wong Howe,

Note: Between Film gigs was a teaching tennis pro to many in the entertainment business, Including Jim Brown, Barbara Anderson, IRONSIDE, Tv Series, The Highlight of the time…Playing tennis as Gene Kelly’s doubles partner, also played with Ben Jaffe from BEN CASEY, Tony Franciosa, director John Ford’s Grandson, Dan Ford. Played tennis at Jack Ryan’s house, Inventor of the Barbie Doll. This was the meeting that kicked off SUMMER CHILDREN.

1968. ABC Pre-Olympic Special and Mexico City Olympics

ABC “100^th Anniversary of College Football” ABC

1970 THE KILLING KIND, Feature

Asst Dir and Second Unit Director, Director Curtis Harrington, Producer George Edwards, Starring Ann Southern and John Savage, with Ruth Roman and Cindy Williams.

1970-1971

THE CABLE REVOLUTION PBS, Documentary, Producer/Director/co-writer

1974

DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) Producer/Director/Writer/Cameraman/Editor. Produced all documentation of Special Projects and Informational Films and Television. Shot footage hanging out of helicopters over the Caribbean, tracking boats carrying contraband, demonstrated technologies such as night vision cameras, travelling to jungles to do surveillance on drug lords, heroine poppy fields in Mexico, and Marijuana fields in Jamaica.

1975