email: jpdobrin * at * gmail.com
J.P. Dobrin is a multiracial Korean American documentary filmmaker based in San Jose, California. He's a two-time Emmy nominated producer/director of photography that frequently works with news outlets, documentary production companies, and corporate clients.
J.P.’s projects have revolved around themes of immigration, wealth disparity, and criminal justice, often portrayed through the experiences of ordinary individuals. Notably, he co-directed the Al Jazeera Witness documentary "Irse - Leaving Venezuela" in 2020, delving into the Venezuelan exodus by focusing on the narratives of two expectant women. In 2022, he directed "The Lookout," his latest film presented on World Channel/PBS, offering an Asian American outlook on deportation issues.
His directorial work has been supported by SFFILM, the Berkeley Film Foundation, the Center for Asian American Media, the Video Consortium, and the Asian American Journalist Association. He’s been commissioned to make documentaries for Verizon, Capital One, Voice of America, and Vox / Eater.
His educational journey led him to study photojournalism at the Academy of Art San Francisco before pursuing documentary filmmaking at U.C. Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.
He’s right-handed but left-footed in soccer. He enjoys correspondence chess and blitz on chess.com.
Clients
PBS Frontline
Al Jazeera
CNN
Washington Post
New York Times
Eater / Vox
Axios on HBO
Voice of America
World Channel (PBS)
International Rescue Committee
Univision / Jorge Ramos
Salesforce
Cisco Systems
Capital One
Verizon
Film Festival Screenings
United Nations Association Film Festival
Madrid International Film Festival
DocLands Film Festival
San Francisco Documentary Film Festival
Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival
Cinequest Festival
Video Consortium NYC, SF
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Center for Asian American Media Festival CAAMfest
Eddie Adams Class of XXVI
Gear list:
Sony FX9 cinema camera
Sony FX6 cinema camera
Zacuto shoulder mount kit with v-mount batteries
EasyRig minimax Stabil
Sony 28-135mm F4 full frame servo lens
Sony 24-105mm f4 lens
Canon EF 24-70mm F2.8L MK2 lens
Canon EF 50mm F1.4 lens
Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS MK2 lens
Canon EF 16-35mm F2.8L lens
Canon 5d mark3 SLR body
Canon 5d mark4 SLR body
Sennheiser G4 wireless lavalier audio kit
Sennheiser AVX wireless lavalier audio kit
Audio-Technica AT875R Shotgun Microphone
Rode Boom Pole and Blimp Windshield
Small HD 502 monitor
ipad teleprompter pro
Sachtler Flowtech 75 tripod and FSB8 head
Gitzo GK2550XQR 3-Section Explorer Tripod with manfrotto 502 head
Sirui Monopod P-324X
Aputure 300c full color LED light
(2x) Aputure 200x bicolor LED lights
Aputure 48in. Octagon softbox
Aputure MC light