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Rob Sitch

{{short description|Australian film director and comedian (born 1962)}}

{{Use Australian English|date=April 2012}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Rob Sitch

| image = Rob Sitch at the AACTA Awards Sydney, Australia, January 2012.jpg

| caption = Sitch at the AACTA Awards, January 2012

| birth_name = Robert Ian Sitch

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|03|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| education =

| alma_mater = University of Melbourne

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director|producer|writer}}

| nationality = Australian

| spouse = Jane Kennedy

| children = 5

| website =

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Robert Ian Sitch (born 17 March 1962) is an Australian filmmaker, actor and comedian. He directed and co-wrote the comedy films The Castle (1997) and The Dish (2000); the former of which is often considered one of the greatest Australian films ever made.{{cite web|url=https://www.flicks.com.au/news/the-castle-has-been-voted-the-greatest-australian-film-ever-made/|title=The Castle has been voted the greatest Australian film ever made|website=Flicks|date=31 August 2018|access-date=4 November 2024}} On television, he is known for the 1990s comedy series Frontline and the long-running comedy series Utopia (2014–present).

Early life and education

Sitch graduated as a medical doctor{{cite interview |first1=Rob|last1=Sitch|first2=Jonny |last2=Vasic| interviewer-last=Fidler | interviewer-first=Richard |interviewer-link=Richard Fidler| title=Rob Sitch studied medicine before comedy, and Jonny Vasic's campaign against whaling | publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|series= Conversations with Richard Fidler| website=ABC|format=audio + text | date=28 September 2006 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2006/09/28/1751236.htm | access-date=16 July 2023}} from the University of Melbourne, and practised medicine for a short time.{{cite interview | title=Laughter is Sitch Good Medicine|website= The University of Melbourne News | date=2 September 2008|first1=Rob|last1=Sitch| interviewer-last=Smith | interviewer-first=Katherine | url=http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/news/5343/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927181834/http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/news/5343/ | archive-date=27 September 2011 | url-status=dead | access-date=16 July 2023|quote=The University of Melbourne Voice, Vol. 3, No. 6, 11 August - 8 September 2008}}

Career

File:Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch, Michael Hirsh 2012 (1).jpg (left), Rob Sitch (middle) and Michael Hirsh at the 2012 Sydney premiere of Any Questions for Ben?]]

Sitch is a member of the Working Dog production company, which has produced the television shows Frontline, A River Somewhere, The Panel, Thank God You're Here, and Utopia, as well as the feature films The Castle, The Dish, and Any Questions for Ben?. Sitch co-wrote and directed each of these films.

In 2006, to mark 50 years of television in Australia, the Nine Network special 50 Years 50 Stars listed Sitch at the 39th greatest living television star in Australia. Several of his programs, including The D-Generation and Frontline, were included in the earlier special, 50 Years 50 Shows, coming in at 50 and 22 respectively.{{Citation|title = 50 Years 50 Shows – Channel 9 (Full) (2005)|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsLALp_Yl0k|date = 2013-10-28|access-date = 2016-02-07|last = Jason Kelly}}

Sitch is also a co-author of the satirical Jetlag travel guides to Molvanîa, Phaic Tăn, and San Sombrèro.

Filmography

=Films=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"| Year

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Production

! scope="col" colspan="5"| Credited as

Director

! Producer

! Writer

! Actor

! Other

rowspan="2"| 2012

| Kath & Kimderella

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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Any Questions for Ben?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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2003

| Bad Eggs

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Special thanks

2000

| The Dish

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

1997

| The Castle

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

=Television=

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" |Year(s)

! rowspan="2"|Television show

! colspan="4"|Credited as

Director

! Producer

! Writer

! Actor

2016–17

| Pacific Heat

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

2014–present

| Utopia

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

2013–present

| Have You Been Paying Attention?

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

2013–15

| Santo, Sam and Ed's Total Football

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

2012–13

| Audrey's Kitchen

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

rowspan="3"|2012

| Pictures of You

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Santo, Sam and Ed's Sports Fever!

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

2011

| A Quiet Word With ...

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

rowspan="2" | 2010

| Santo, Sam and Ed's Cup Fever!

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

Lowdown: Zirco Goes Berko

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

2008

| The Hollowmen

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

2007

| Kath & Kim

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

2006–09

| Thank God You're Here

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

2004

| Russell Coight's Celebrity Challenge

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

| {{no}}

2001–02

| Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

| {{no}}

2000

| Numero Bruno

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

1998–2007

| The Panel

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

1997

| A River Somewhere

|{{yes}}

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

1996

| The Campaign

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

1995

| Funky Squad

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

1994–97

| Frontline

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

rowspan="2"| 1993

| The Olden Days

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

Bargearse

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

1992–93

| The Late Show

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

1991

| Turn It Up

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

1989

| Midday

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

1988–89

| The D-Generation: Goes Commercial

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

{{nowrap|1986–1987}}

| The D-Generation

| {{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

=Albums=

  • The D-Generation: The Satanic Sketches (1989)
  • The D-Generation: The Breakfast Tapes (1990)

Personal life

Sitch is married to fellow Australian comedian Jane Kennedy. They have five children, including Joshua Sitch, who starred in ABC's Little Lunch.{{Cite web|title = Sitch: ABC's Utopia actually reality|url = http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/rob-sitch-says-reality-outpaced-satire-during-the-making-of-season-two-of-comedy-series-utopia/news-story/c47908afde5a5bed7a25add03c5a9498|website = NewsComAu|date = 14 August 2015|access-date = 2016-02-07}}

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0803203}}

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