Mark Lipsky Explained

Mark Lipsky was the Executive Producer of The Nutty Professor (Jada Pinkett Smith),[1] Metro which The A.V. Club called "too lazily assembled, and too stingy with the jokes, to even live up to its modest ambitions",[2] Beverly Hills Cop III "considered by critics and admittedly by Murphy himself as the most disappointing film in the series", Goosed,[3] Boomerang (Halle Berry, Martin Lawrence), Another 48 Hrs. (Nick Nolte) and Coming to America (James Earl Jones), Vampire in Brooklyn (Angela Bassett) and Harlem Nights (Richard Pryor, Danny Aiello), all starring Eddie Murphy. In addition, Lipsky has produced Tony n' Tina's Wedding and executive produced Precinct Hollywood for AMC.

Lipsky and his wife Judy live in New Jersey. They have three children and eight grandchildren.

Filmography

He was producer for all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

YearFilmCredit
1988 Coming to America Executive producer
1989 Harlem Nights
1990 Another 48 Hrs. Executive producer
1992 Boomerang Executive producer
1994 Beverly Hills Cop III Executive producer
1995 Vampire in Brooklyn
1996 The Nutty Professor Executive producer
1997 Metro Executive producer
1999 Goosed
2004 Tony n' Tina's Wedding
2012 Iniquity Consulting producer
Fly Guys
Never Give Up
The Amazing Mr. Z Executive producer
Miscellaneous crew

Television

YearTitleCreditNotes
1989 The Arsenio Hall Show Executive producer
2016 Rock the House Television film
2018 Johnny Watson: Functionally Dysfunctional Television special

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=Z7JzuND1xFIC&dq=%22Mark+Lipsky%22++%22The+Nutty+Professor%22&pg=PT80 Screen World 1997 By John Willis
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=a0QhtY4YswQC&dq=%22Mark+Lipsky%22++%22Metro%22&pg=PT11 Screen World 1998
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=AvzrAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Mark+Lipsky%22++%22Beverly+Hills+Cop+III%22 The Film journal, Volume 97, Issues 1-6