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]
Documentary films
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same | ||||
| 2010 | |||||
| 2014 | Ballet 422 |
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 | |||
| 2010 | Tiny Furniture | |||
| Two Gates of Sleep | Alistair Banks Griffin | |||
| 2011 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | |||
| 2013 | Bluebird | Lance Edmands | Also credited as second unit director | |
| 2015 | Trainwreck | |||
| 2016 | Manchester by the Sea | |||
| 2019 | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | |||
| 2022 | The Good Nurse | |||
| 2023 | Earth Mama |
| Year | Title | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | We Are Internet Millionaires | TV shorts | ||
| Sell Outs | ||||
| 2007-2008 | The Whitest Kids U' Know | Trevor Moore Zach Cregger Dave Diomedi | 20 episodes | |
| 2012 | Girls | 7 episodes | ||
| 2013 | The Sonnet Project | R Jameson Smith | Episode "Sonnet #14" | |
| 2017 | The Sinner | Episode "Part I" | ||
| 2018 | Drew Michael | TV special | ||
| 2020 | I Know This Much Is True | Miniseries | ||
| 2023 | Dead Ringers | 2 episodes |
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | |||
| 2009 | Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same | Himself | |
| 2010 | |||
| 2012 | Brute Force | ||
| 2014 | The Great Invisible | 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" |
| 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 |