Charlet Duboc
| Charlet Duboc | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
September 6, 1985 Surrey, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Journalist, Film maker |
| Known for | VICE Host |
Charlet Duboc (born September 6, 1985) is a New York-based on-screen correspondent and documentary producer at VICE Media. Duboc specialises in cultural exposé, human interest, world affairs & satirical reporting, fronting a variety of factual content across VICE's digital and television platforms. She has also written for The Guardian,[1] the Observer and has appeared on CNN.[2]
Early life
Duboc was born in Surrey, United Kingdom.[3] where she lived until aged 17 when she moved to London to read BA American Studies with Film at Kings College London. Captivated by VICE magazine as a teenager, she told scribd.com in 2013, "I’d even travel all the way to London to get a copy of the magazine. I’d take it home, hide it from my mum..."[4]
VICE career
A keen journalist, Duboc started off at VICE in London as an editorial intern. Her first break came when tasked with finding fashion-related stories. She discovered that the first ever fashion week in Islamabad, Pakistan, was scheduled to go ahead in the following weeks. After pitching the idea of using "other" fashion weeks as a hook to explore stories of identity and culture around the world, she was given the go ahead and made the presenter of the new show, which was given the deliberately facetious title 'Fashion Week Internationale'.[5] The production was done with director William Fairman, whom Duboc credits as her mentor and greatest professional inspiration. Each episode of the Fashion Week Internationale web series is 30 minutes long and is based in a country not commonly associated with mainstream fashion programming. Before completion of filming season II, Duboc had learned to self-produce and self-direct herself on-screen and continues to do so with much of the content she fronts. Duboc went on to diversify her video-journalism remit, addressing a variety of themes within the fields of current affairs, cultural commentary, satirical documentary as well as food & music programming. She has produced and hosted content for VICE News, VICELAND and vice.com.
In 2015 Duboc took a break from appearing on-screen in order to step wholly behind the camera, producing a TV show for the launch of VICE Media's first television channel VICELAND in the United States. The production is a re-make of Duboc's webseries Fashion Week Internationale, this time for a US television audience. The show goes by the name, 'State of Undress', and is fronted by Hailey Gates, with whom Duboc worked closely. Filming was completed in late 2015 and the 6-part show aired in 2016.
2016 will see Duboc return to VICE's screens.
Awards and nominations
Front Page Newswomen's Awards
| Year | Category | Show | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Special Reporting | States of Undress | Won |
Broadcast Hotshots Awards
| Year | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Broadcast Hotshot Award | Won |
References
- ↑ Charlet Duboc (19 September 2012). "Beyond London, fashion weeks fabulously cut from a different cloth". The Guardian.
- ↑ Charlet Duboc (19 June 2012). "Fashion week in Islamabad". CNN.
- ↑ Rebeeca Moore (11 December 2012). "Interview Charlet Duboc". Idolmag.
- ↑ Ben Machell (26 January 2013). "The Vice Squad". Times Newspaper.
- ↑ "Interview with Charlet Duboc". rookiecreative. 11 December 2012.