Background
Dobkin was born in Washington, District of Columbia
Dobkin was born in Washington, District of Columbia
And attended Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree graduated with honors from New York University"s Tisch School of the Arts in Film & Television in 1991.
He is best known for directing the films Clay Pigeons, Shanghai Knights, Wedding Crashers, and The Judge. Dobkin helmed his first feature film, Clay Pigeons, for Scott Free the first film produced at Ridley and Tony Scott"s production company that they did not direct. The black comedy about a series of small-town murders starred Vince Vaughn, Joaquin Phoenix and Janeane Garofalo, and was distributed by Gramercy Pictures.
Dobkin followed the film by directing the hit comedy Shanghai Knights starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson
His spots for the Utah Symphony were named "Spot of the Month" by Adweek Magazine and featured as the year"s best in Communication Arts Magazine.
Dobkin"s music video credits include George Thorogood"s "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer," Elton John"s "You Can Make History" and Coolio"s "1, 2, 3, 4" (Music Television best dance video award), to name a few. Quickly attracting the attention of several music labels, Dobkin made his music video debut with two video clips from rapper Tupac Shakur, both of which turned Platinum.
Fifteen more videos followed in quick succession for such diverse music groups as Extreme, Robin Zander, Sonic Youth, dada, Blues Traveler, and others Dobkin produced the film adaption of the Dark Horse comic Rest in Peace Department and helmed the comedy film The Change-Up starring Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman.
He directed 2014"s The Judge, starring Robert Downey Junior. and Robert Duvall.