Amanda Lipitz | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 5, 1980 |
| Occupation(s) | Director, Producer, former voice actress |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Spouse | Greg Smith |
| Website | https://www.amandalipitzproductions.com/ |
Amanda Lipitz is an American director and producer of films and Broadway shows, including the documentary STEP . She's also a former voice actress, best known for voicing Zoey in the English localization of the Japanese anime series Mew Mew Power. [1]
Lipitz was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Brenda Rever and Roger Lipitz. [2] After graduating from the Park School of Baltimore, she studied theatre at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she earned a BFA in theatre in 2002. [3] Shortly after this, she did voice acting for 4Kids Entertainment under the name "Amanda Brown," most notably as Zoey in Mew Mew Power, an English localization of the Japanese anime series Tokyo Mew Mew. [4] Lipitz is the founder of Amanda Lipitz Productions, under which she has produced Broadway shows and directed and produced short films for non-profit organizations.[ citation needed ]
Lipitz began producing New York theatre after graduating from New York University, making her Broadway debut as a producer at age 24 with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in 2005. [5] She produced Legally Blonde: The Musical , which opened on Broadway in 2007. She served as executive producer and creator of MTV's series Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods . [6]
Lipitz' Broadway credits include the Tony Award-winning productions of A View from the Bridge in 2015 [7] and The Humans in 2016. [8]
In 2015, she served as lead producer for Brooklynite, a musical by Peter Lerman, inspired by the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company. [9]
Lipitz has made more than 30 short-form documentaries for organizations which include Young Women's Leadership Network, Citymeals-on-Wheels, College Bound Initiative, The Tory Burch Foundation, Barnard College, Turnaround for Children, and The Gateway School. These documentaries serve as fundraising material, and document the works of each organization.[ citation needed ]
Lipitz' directed the feature-length film STEP , which won an award at the Sundance Film Festival. The subjects of the film, the "Lethal Ladies of BLSYW", attend the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, a school Lipitz had been an active supporter of since its inception in 2009. The film was released theatrically by Fox Searchlight Pictures in 2017. [10]
In 2017, Lipitz was featured on The Hollywood Reporter's Documentary Filmmaker Roundtable, alongside Evgeny Afineevsky, Greg Barker, Yance Ford, Matthew Heineman, Brett Morgen and Peter Nicks, where she said "...we have a very different responsibility than 20 years ago. It's an incredible time to make documentaries because millions and millions of people see these movies now." [11]
In 2021, Lipitz second documentary Found was released on Netflix, following three teenage girls who found out they are blood-related cousins on 23andMe. [12]
Lipitz agreed to direct the English-language remake of the Spanish film, Instructions Not Included . [13]
Lipitz co-created and directed Motherhacker, a scripted podcast with Gimlet Media and Spotify starring Carrie Coon. The first season of Motherhacker was released in 2019, and the second season in 2021.[ citation needed ]
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