Rob Sitch
Robert Ian Sitch (born March 17 1962), is an Australian director, producer, screenwriter and actor.
Sitch attended St Kevin's College and graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Melbourne. He practised medicine for a short time.[citation needed]
Sitch is currently a member of the Working Dog production company which produced the television shows Frontline, A River Somewhere and The Panel; and also the movies The Castle and The Dish. Sitch co-wrote and directed both of these movies. In 2006, to mark 50 years of television in Australia, the Nine Network special 50 Years 50 Stars listed Rob at the 39th greatest living television star in Australia. Several of Rob's programs, including the D-Generation and Frontline, were included in the earlier special; 50 Years 50 Shows coming in at 50 and 22 respectively.
Jane Kennedy and Sitch have been a couple for many years and have five children together.[citation needed] The pair seldom comment publicly on their relationship. Sitch's brother Greg is a high-profile lawyer who also served as executive producer of The Mick Molloy Show.
Rob was often a guest host on the now canceled Triple M radio show Get This.
Sitch is a supporter of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League.[citation needed]
He is also a co-author of the satirical Jetlag Travel Guides to Molvanîa, Phaic Tăn and San Sombrèro.
Television roles have included:
- The Hollowmen (2008) - Tony, the Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary
- The Panel (1998–2004) - Himself (also executive producer)
- A River Somewhere (1997–98) - Himself (also director/writer/producer)
- Frontline (1994–95, 97) - Mike Moore (also director/writer/producer)
- The Late Show (1992–93) - Himself/Various (also writer)
- The D-Generation Goes Commercial (1988) - Various
- The D-Generation (1986–87) - Various (also writer)
Movies:
- The Dish (2000), director, producer, and screenwriter
- The Castle (1997), director and screenwriter
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