David Dobkin (director)
David Dobkin is an American director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films Clay Pigeons, Shanghai Knights, Wedding Crashers, The Judge, and .
Early life
Dobkin was raised in Washington, D.C., where he attended Lafayette Elementary School, and later was raised in the suburb of Bethesda, Maryland, where he attended Walt Whitman High School.Career
Dobkin made his music-video debut with a video clips for rapper Tupac Shakur. Fifteen more videos followed for such music groups as Extreme, Robin Zander, Sonic Youth, dada, Blues Traveler, and others. 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". Dobkin also collaborated with band Maroon 5 in their music videos "Sugar", "Don't Wanna Know", "Memories", "Nobody's Love" and "Girls Like You" and an upcoming documantary film, which will be released in 2021.After shooting television commercials, Dobkin broke into feature films with 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 next directed the comedies Shanghai Knights, starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, and Wedding Crashers, with Wilson and Vaughn.
Through his production company Big Kid Pictures, Dobkin both produced and directed Fred Claus, starring Vaughn and Paul Giamatti, and The Change-Up, starring Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman. He co-wrote and was an executive producer of the film adaption of Dark Horse Comics' R.I.P.D., Dobkin directed 2014's The Judge, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall.
Filmography
Films
Television
Music videos
| Title | Year | Artist | Notes | |
| "Keep Ya Head Up" | 1993 | Tupac featuring Dave Hollister | ||
| "I Get Around" | 1993 | Tupac featuring Shock G and Money-B | ||
| "Defense & Desire" | 1993 | Blues Traveler | ||
| "All I Am" | 1994 | Dada | ||
| "Hip Today" | 1995 | Extreme | ||
| "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" | 1995 | John Lee Hooker | ||
| "You Can Make History " | 1996 | Elton John | ||
| "1, 2, 3, 4 " | 1996 | Coolio | ||
| "Just the Two of Us" | 1996 | Toshinobu Kubota featuring Caron Wheeler | ||
| "Banditos" | 1996 | The Refreshments | ||
| "Sugar" | 2015 | Maroon 5 | ||
| "Don't Wanna Know" | 2016 | Maroon 5 | ||
| "Girls Like You" | 2018 | Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B | Original, Volume 2 and Vertical Video versions | |
| "Memories" | 2019 | Maroon 5 | ||
| "Nobody's Love" | 2020 | Maroon 5 |