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Desmond Dolly

Director, writer, producer and editor · Born December 21, 1982 (43) · South Bend, Indiana, USA

Desmond Dolly is a writer, director, producer who got his start in the industry selling TVs at an Indiana Best Buy. After graduating USC Film School - Dez wrote and directed an independently financed feature film, Champion of Glory, while climbing the ranks as a commercial director & editor. Building a post production company from the ground up, Dez cut his teeth on AAA ad campaigns, boasting a client roster that includes Google, Viacom, Warner Brothers, Fox, Visa, Kraft, Dodge, Samsung, and AT&T, to name a few. In 2010, Dolly partnered with film school classmates Freddie Wong and Matt Arnold to form the digital production company and entertainment banner, RocketJump.com. There, Dez and his partners pioneered new forms of online video, bringing professional content to the YouTube platform. Their culturally influential viral videos have accumulated over 7 million subscribers and tallied over one billion views, making Dez one of the most watched video directors on the global web. The first season of his flagship web series, Video Game High School, gained over 130 million cumulative views over 21 episodes, and was named "#1Web Series of 2013" by Variety. Season 3 was heralded as a must-see People pick in 2014, and was nominated for a 2015 Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Digital Series. Dez Executive Produced and co-starred in the hulu docu-reality series, RocketJump: The Show. In 2017, Dolly renewed his first look deal with Lionsgate and served as creator and executive producer of hulu sci-fi anthology series, Dimension 404.

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Born
December 21, 1982 (43)
From
South Bend, Indiana, USA
Works as
Director, writer, producer and editor
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 11% in 30 days

What are Desmond Dolly's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
37%
Society
37%
Ideas
26%
Community2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
2
Absurd
2
Warm
3
Manic
1
Thrilling
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Fun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Desmond Dolly's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Desmond Dolly's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

7 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.

  • It's Florida, Man(2024)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • Dimension 404(2017)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Screenplay · Story · Writer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Every 90s Commercial Ever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Writer

  • RocketJump: The Show(2015)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Kurt Metzger: White Precious(2014)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Jean-Claude Van Damage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Writer · Actor

  • Secret Santa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Executive Producer · as Rhymsey

Career shape

A full career of 5 titles from 2013 to 2017.

Highest rated

Dimension 404 (2017)

Midcredits 27th

Most popular right now

It's Florida, Man (2024)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 5: 0 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting3 of 5: 0 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting3 of 5: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing2 of 5: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleEditing1 of 5: 1 only editing, 0 with another roleOther crew1 of 5: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

5 titles, 4 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 3 of them.

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Who does Desmond Dolly work with?

People who share at least 2 of Desmond Dolly's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jeff Tomsic shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers