Jean-Philippe "J.P." Dobrin

Oakland, California

415.847.1089

jp@jpdobrin.com

J.P. Dobrin is a documentary filmmaker and video journalist based in Oakland, California. His visual work has been commissioned by the New York Times, PBS Frontline, KQED and the Washington Post. His most recent documentary Irse - Leaving Venezuela (2019, 26 min.) is about the Venezuelan exodus as told through the stories of two pregnant women. The global broadcast premiered in June 2020 on Al Jazeera.

He became passionate about visual journalism while completing his BFA in photography at the Academy of Art San Francisco. After 10 years of freelancing he went on to learn documentary film at the U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

He’s right handed in tennis but kicks a soccer ball with his left foot. His chess.com rating is 1700 on a good day.

Clients and Accolades

PBS Frontline

Al Jazeera

Washington Post

New York Times

Eater / Vox

International Rescue Committee

KQED

Salesforce

Cisco Systems

AOL / Oath

Eddie Adams Class of XXVI