Lorin Bennett Salob

Lorin Salob has been involved in the entertainment field since 1965, when he was hired by Dick Clark on American Bandstand. After working on that and other musical television shows, he was recruited by David L. Wolper to work on his many documentary productions. Lorin was involved in the National Geographic Specials and The World Of Jacques Cousteau, when he joined the Directors Guild of America and began a career in dramatic television and feature films. As a Television Assistant Director and Production Manager, among many productions he worked on were: The Streets Of San Francisco (with Michael Douglas and Karl Malden), Charlie's Angels (with Jackie Smith, Farrah Fawcett and Kate Jackson), and How The West Was Won (with James Arness and Bruce Boxleitner. He also was involved with multiple Movies of the Week and the Emmy nominated mini series East Of Eden (with Jane Seymour). In Feature Films, he worked with many famous directors including Blake Edwards, Sam Peckinpah, John Frankenheimer, Michael Crichton and Franklin Schaffner on movies titled: Islands In The Stream (with George C. Scott), Getaway (with Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw), Tron (with Jeff Bridges), Runaway (with Tom Selleck) plus others. He became a producer on a number of Television shows and in 1992 won the Emmy for producing "A Woman Named Jackie" starring Roma Downey. He has held executive positions at Walt Disney Productions, Tristar Television, New World Entertainment and All American Television, supervising over 200 hours of network and cable television. His work experience has taken him to Europe, Asia, Africa and Canada and after deciding to work less and travel more, he now resides in Vero Beach, Florida. He recently has been invited as an enrichment lecturer aboard Celebrity and Radisson cruise lines.