Robert Dustin, also known as Dusty,Lawrence, K. (2014). Skating on Air: The Broadcast History of an Olympic Marquee Sport. United States: McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. is an American Emmy awarded television producer and director. He is known for his work in television programs such as Halloween! (1994), My Sergi (1998) and Fire on Ice: Champions of American Figure Skating (2001).
Early life and career Rob Dustin graduated from the University of Iowa. He began his career working for CBS Sports, covering sports events and remained working there for 17 years until he founded Red Brick Entertainment in 1994. In 2007, when U.S. Figure Skating created an ice network the International Skating Union hired Dustin and Red Brick Entertainment for providing real TV production using multiple cameras. His team consisted of four crew members, to keep the cost down what Dustin calls “high-speed, low-drag approach”. In 2010, U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Dustin helped coordinate the coverage of the event. Dustin also is a longtime Coordinating producer in covering the ice skating championships in the Olympics.
Filmography FilmYearFilmNotes1994Halloween!Producer and directorIce Wars 1Associate producerArtistry on IceProducer1995Too Hot to SkateProducerIce Wars 2Associate producerArtistry on Ice IIProducer1996America's Choice: The Great Skate DebateProducerSergei Grinkov: Celebration of a LifeProducer1997Too Hot to Skate Producer1998My SergeiProducer and DirectorThe Great Skate Debate IIDirector2001Fire on Ice: Champions of American Figure SkatingDocumentary - Producer and DirectorTelevisionYearTitleNotes2005The ChaseTrackdownDirector - Track Down2006Skating with CelebritiesDebut, Episode #1.2, Episode #1.2 - Co-executive producer (all episodes)
Awards and honors Rob Dustin has been nominated for and won the Sports Emmy Award numerous times. Year Award Category Work Result Ref 2013 Sports Emmy Award Outstanding Live Event Turnaround Games of the XXX Olympiad (NBC) 2015 Sports Emmy Award Outstanding New Approaches – Sports Event Coverage The XXII Olympic Winter Games 2017 Sports Emmy Award Outstanding Trans - Media Sports Coverage Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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