Jody Lee Lipes (born January 18, 1982) is an American cinematographer and filmmaker.
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]
Documentary film
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2010 | N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz | Yes | Yes | No |
2014 | Ballet 422 | Yes | No | No |
Television
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
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" |
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
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 Edmands | Also 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 |
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2007 | We Are Internet Millionaires | Dan 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 |
2013 | The Sonnet Project | R Jameson Smith | Episode "Sonnet #14" |
2017 | The Sinner | Antonio Campos | Episode "Part I" |
2018 | Drew 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 |
Film
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2008 | Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell | Matt Wolf | |
2009 | Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same | Himself | |
2010 | N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz | ||
2012 | Brute Force | Ben Steinbauer | |
2014 | The Great Invisible | Magaret Brown | With Jeff Peixoto and Adam Stone |
Ballet 422 | Himself | With Nick Bentgen |
Television
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2009 | High Line Stories | Matt Wolf | |
2013 | Picasso 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" |
Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Cinematography | Tiny Furniture | Nominated |
2023 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series | Dead Ringers | Nominated |