Nikita Dobrynin was born in 1987 in Irkutsk, graduated from the Irkutsk State University as a journalist. In 2005-2013 worked as a reporter and news host on regional TV in Irkutsk, Arkhangelsk and Moscow. Worked in advertising.
While studying in the studio of A.N. Sokurov, Nikita Dobrynin shot a documentary archival film “Winner” (2020) and a short fiction film “Signals” (2021).