Damon Dominique
Damon Dominique is an American travel filmmaker, author and language teacher whose videos connect life abroad with culture, dating and philosophy.
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Overview
- From
- Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
- Work
- Travel videos, writing, language courses and workshops
- First trip abroad
- Studying Spanish in Barcelona as a teenager
- First Paris chapter
- A study-abroad year in 2011
- Breakout
- DamonAndJo, his travel channel with Jo Franco
Mini bio
From Indiana to everywhere.
Damon grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. As a teenager, he worked as a barista to help pay for a Spanish-study trip to Barcelona, where he stayed with a local family. He first came to Paris in 2011 for a study-abroad year.
Making the travel show he wanted to watch.
With Jo Franco, he built DamonAndJo and the Shut Up and Go travel project. They began filming their travels for friends and family, turning affordable adventures and language learning into a business. The duo became Travel finalists at the 2018 Shorty Awards.
His own lens.
His solo work mixes travel with the conversations that happen along the way. Red Wine Talks gives friends room to discuss identity, relationships and the bigger questions. For his 2021 pilot Around the World in 80 Dates, he explored Romania through dating and cultural encounters.
Learning, then sharing it.
His French courses bring grammar together with slang and pop culture. In 2023, he published You Are a Global Citizen, a guided journal about culture and identity. He later took that interest in self-examination into in-person workshops and the online Life Direction course.
Creditschronological, newest first
Video and audio
- 2021Around the World in 80 DatesCreator of the travel show pilot
- 2020Red Wine TalksHost and creator
Courses and live events
- 2026Life DirectionCreator of the online workshop
- 2025Global Citizen IRLWorkshop creator and host
- OngoingThe French I Wish I Had Learned in French ClassCourse creator and instructor
Awards
Quotes
You’ll never know until you go.Damon Dominique, FUSAC interview
His answer when FUSAC asked for his motto.
Trivia
- His name, Damon, is “nomad” spelled backward, a connection he points out in his own channel bio.
- His orange sofa came from Emmaüs in Neuilly-Plaisance; he told FUSAC that much of his apartment was furnished through Emmaüs.
- He worked at a retirement home for two years in high school and credits it with giving him an appreciation for aging.
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