Julio Cesar Obscura is an award-winning photographer, director, producer, filmmaker, and independent storyteller based in Washington, D.C., whose work explores identity, immigration, climate, politics, and art—centered on the people most affected by them.

Blending documentary, design, and visual storytelling, he creates films that are cinematic, grounded, and built to resonate.

Obscura is currently the Co-Founder & Lead Filmmaker at Future In Bloom, and has previously led creative work across national politics, including as the first Creative Director at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and in Congress for Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, alongside filmmaking roles at the White House under President Obama, on Hillary Clinton’s campaign, and at PBS.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a former Fulbright Scholar at the Royal College of Art in London, where he earned his MA. He holds a BA from Texas A&M International University in Laredo, TX.


Previously: Senior Creative Director for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its 16th Administrator, Michael S. Regan, Creative Director for the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, Deputy Digital Director/Filmmaker for Hillary Clinton Campaign, Digital for President Obama (White House term), and Digital post-production for PBS.

Education: 
Royal College of Art, MA,
Texas A&M International University, BA

Contact: julio.obscura@network.rca.ac.uk