James Upshaw

Australian producer and director

James Upshaw
Born	Australia
Occupation(s)	TV Producer, TV director
Years active	1946-
Known for	The Lorrae Desmond Show

James Upshaw, an Australian producer and director, best known for his work in TV in the 1960s including early variety show The Lorrae Desmond Show, which garnered its hostess Lorrae Desmond as the fist female recipient of the Gold Logie Award

Select credits

Hit Parade (1957) (TV series)
Bolshoi Ballet (1959)^[1]
Make Ours Music (1959) (TV variety show)^[2]
The Scent of Fear (1960) (TV movie)
The Lorrae Desmond Show (1960) (TV series)
The Big Client (1961) (TV movie)
Red Peppers (1961) (TV documentary)
The Red Moore Show (1961) (TV movie)
Don't Listen Ladies (1963) (TV movie)
Four for the Show (1963) (TV variety series)^[3]^[4]
Spanish dance theatre special (1963)^[5]
The Gordon Boyd Show (1964) (TV series)
The Four-Poster (1964) (TV movie)
On Stage (1964) (TV movie)
The Big Killing (1965) (TV movie)^[6]
Off the Peg (1965) (TV Series)
Petrushka (1966) (TV ballet)
Three Cornered Hat (1966) (ballet)^[7]

References

^ "Friendly fans drive Cheyenne to hilltop". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 27, no. 13. Australia. 2 September 1959. p. 62. Retrieved 1 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "T.V. HIGHLIGHTS". The Biz. New South Wales, Australia. 23 December 1959. p. 7. Retrieved 1 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "An hour of laughs with Red Skelton". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 31, no. 2. Australia. 12 June 1963. p. 15. Retrieved 1 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "FOUR FOR THE SHOW". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 31, no. 8. Australia. 24 July 1963. p. 18. Retrieved 1 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Three Spanish Ballets". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, no. 10, 674. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 October 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 1 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Vagg, Stephen (27 April 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: The Big Killing". Filmink. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ "Teletopics". The Age. 13 October 1966. p. 18.