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]
- ^ ’Manchester By the Sea” cinematographer Jody Lee Lipes tops list of area entertainers in 2016
- ^ A SPIRITED Q & A WITH “TINY FURNITURE” CINEMATOGRAPHER JODY LEE LIPES
- ^ “It’s Almost Impossible to Watch Something That was Shot on Film Projected on Film”: DP Jody Lee Lipes on Trainwreck
- ^ ‘Manchester By the Sea’: How Kenneth Lonergan & Crew Made a Non-Linear Masterpiece
- ^ Dillon, Mark (December 10, 2019). "Jody Lee Lipes on Shooting A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood". American Cinematographer. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ballet 422
- ^ Dillard, Samantha (March 17, 2021). "Jody Lee Lipes Welcomed Into Society Membership". American Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved April 1, 2021.