Jody Lee Lipes

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 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

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Director

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Documentary films

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"

Cinematographer

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Film

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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

Television

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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

Documentary works

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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"

Awards and nominations

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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

Notes

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References

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  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.
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