Jody Lee Lipes

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

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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 Mareille 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 films

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

Short films

YearTitleDirector
2003Smalltown Boys Matt Wolf
2005Vacationland [lower-alpha 1] Lance Edmands
The Dog BurglarLydia Budianto
2006Prom DatePoull Brien
PastoralJeremy Holloway
Doris Sean Durkin
Rounding ThirdBrandon Kusher
I Killed Zoe DayPowell Weaver
2007Blue DressKatie Stern
2008Pelican TideAlexander Engel
2009Science Fair (Or: Migratory Patterns
& the Flight of the March Brown Mayfly)
Dean Fleischer Camp
PiquoPaul Yee
2010Only Good ThingsTyler Gamble
2011How It EndedGabriel Nussbaum
The FortAndrew Renzi
2020Thank You, New York Justin Peck

Feature films

YearTitleDirector
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 [lower-alpha 2] Lance Edmands
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

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

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"

Awards and nominations

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

Notes

  1. Also credited as associate producer
  2. Also credited as second unit director

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  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
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