Jody Lee Lipes (born January 18, 1982) is an American cinematographer and filmmaker.
Life and career A native of Doylestown, Pennsylvania,’Manchester By the Sea” cinematographer Jody Lee Lipes tops list of area entertainers in 2016 Lipes attended New York University, where he studied film.
He worked extensively on short films before serving as cinematographer on Afterschool (2008).
After working with Lena Dunham in Tiny Furniture (2010), Lipes would collaborate with her again as cinematographer and director for some episodes of her HBO series Girls.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
Lipes worked as cinematographer for Kenneth Lonergan's drama Manchester by the Sea (2016), which he shot digitally.‘Manchester By the Sea’: How Kenneth Lonergan & Crew Made a Non-Linear Masterpiece
As a director, Lipes 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.Ballet 422
Lipes became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) in 2021.
Filmography Cinematographer
Film Year Title Director Notes 2008 Afterschool Antonio Campos2010 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 Year Title Director Notes2007 We Are Internet MillionairesDan GregorDoug MandAdam PallyTV shorts Sell Outs 2007-2008 The Whitest Kids U' Know Trevor MooreZach CreggerDave Diomedi 20 episodes 2012 Girls Lena DunhamRichard 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
Documentary works Film Year Title Director Notes 2008 Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell Matt Wolf 2009 Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The SameHimself 2010 N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz 2012 Brute Force Ben Steinbauer2014 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 "Black Leading Women in Hollywood"
Director Documentary film Year Title Director Writer Producer 2009 Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same 2010 N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz 2014 Ballet 422
Television Year Title Episodes2012Girls "Welcome to Bushwick a.k.a. The Crackcident" "Weirdos Need Girlfriends Too"2017-2018The Sinner "Part IV" "Part VI"
Accolades Year Award Category Title Result 2010 Independent Spirit Awards Best Cinematography Tiny Furniture 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series Dead Ringers
References
External links Jody Lee Lipes at the Internet Movie Database