Jody Lee Lipes

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Jody Lee Lipes (born January 18, 1982) is an American cinematographer and filmmaker.

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Life and career

A native of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, [1] Lipes attended New York University, where he studied film. He worked extensively on short films before serving as cinematographer on Afterschool , directed by Antonio Campos and Tiny Furniture , directed by Lena Dunham.

Lipes would collaborate with Dunham again as cinematographer and director for several episodes of her HBO series Girls . [2] Lipes would later work as cinematographer for Girls producer Judd Apatow's comedy Trainwreck , starring Amy Schumer. [3]

Lipes worked as cinematographer for Kenneth Lonergan's drama Manchester by the Sea , which he shot digitally. [4] He also shot A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood , directed by Marielle Heller, and The Good Nurse , directed by Tobias Lindholm. [5] [6] Lipes was also the cinematographer for Savanah Leaf's Earth Mama in 2023. [7]

As a director, he helmed a documentary on the NY Export Opus Jazz ballet, which had a screening at the annual South by Southwest festival, and the documentary Ballet 422, which screened at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. [8]

Lipes became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) in 2021. [9]

Filmography

Director

Documentary film

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducer
2009Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The SameYesYesYes
2010 N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz YesYesNo
2014Ballet 422YesNoNo

Television

YearTitleNotes
2012 Girls Episodes "Welcome to Bushwick a.k.a. The Crackcident" and "Weirdos Need Girlfriends Too"
2017-2018 The Sinner Episodes "Part IV" and "Part VI"

Cinematographer

Film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2008 Afterschool Antonio Campos
2010 Tiny Furniture Lena Dunham
Two Gates of Sleep Alistair Banks Griffin
2011 Martha Marcy May Marlene Sean Durkin
2013 Bluebird Lance EdmandsAlso credited as second unit director
2015 Trainwreck Judd Apatow
2016 Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
2019 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Marielle Heller
2022 The Good Nurse Tobias Lindholm
2023 Earth Mama Savanah Leaf
2025 I Don't Work for Peanuts, I Work for God Andrew Dominik

Television

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2007We Are Internet MillionairesDan Gregor
Doug Mand
Adam Pally
TV shorts
Sell Outs
2007-2008 The Whitest Kids U' Know Trevor Moore
Zach Cregger
Dave Diomedi
20 episodes
2012 Girls Lena Dunham
Richard Shepard
7 episodes
2013The Sonnet ProjectR Jameson SmithEpisode "Sonnet #14"
2017 The Sinner Antonio Campos Episode "Part I"
2018Drew Michael Jerrod Carmichael TV special
2020 I Know This Much Is True Derek Cianfrance Miniseries
2023 Dead Ringers Sean Durkin 2 episodes
2024 The Listeners Janicza Bravo All 4 episodes

Documentary works

Film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2008 Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell Matt Wolf
2009Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The SameHimself
2010 N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz
2012Brute Force Ben Steinbauer
2014The Great Invisible Magaret Brown With Jeff Peixoto and Adam Stone
Ballet 422HimselfWith Nick Bentgen

Television

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2009High Line Stories Matt Wolf
2013Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film Mark Romanek TV short
2015 Independent Lens Margaret Brown Episode "The Great Invisible"
2025 Number One on the Call Sheet Shola Lynch Episode "Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Women in Hollywood"

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryTitleResult
2010 Independent Spirit Awards Best Cinematography Tiny Furniture Nominated
2023 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series Dead Ringers Nominated

References

  1. ’Manchester By the Sea” cinematographer Jody Lee Lipes tops list of area entertainers in 2016
  2. A SPIRITED Q & A WITH “TINY FURNITURE” CINEMATOGRAPHER JODY LEE LIPES
  3. “It’s Almost Impossible to Watch Something That was Shot on Film Projected on Film”: DP Jody Lee Lipes on Trainwreck
  4. ‘Manchester By the Sea’: How Kenneth Lonergan & Crew Made a Non-Linear Masterpiece
  5. Dillon, Mark (December 10, 2019). "Jody Lee Lipes on Shooting A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood". American Cinematographer. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  6. Ntim, Zac (September 12, 2022). "Jessica Chastain And Eddie Redmayne On Finding Humanity In Their Serial Killer Film 'The Good Nurse' — Toronto". Deadline. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  7. Debruge, Peter (January 20, 2023). "'Earth Mama' Review: Savanah Leaf's Feature Debut Offers Tough but Sensitive Look at Single Mother's Struggle". Variety. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  8. Ballet 422
  9. Dillard, Samantha (March 17, 2021). "Jody Lee Lipes Welcomed Into Society Membership". American Society of Cinematographers . Retrieved April 1, 2021.