# Jody Lee Lipes

Jody Lee Lipes (born January 18, 1982) is an American cinematographer and filmmaker.

## Life and career

A native of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 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. Lipes would later work as cinematographer for Girls producer Judd Apatow's comedy Trainwreck, starring Amy Schumer.
Lipes worked as cinematographer for Kenneth Lonergan's drama Manchester by the Sea, which he shot digitally. He also shot A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, directed by Marielle Heller, and The Good Nurse, directed by Tobias Lindholm. Lipes was also the cinematographer for Savanah Leaf's Earth Mama in 2023.
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.
Lipes became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) in 2021.

## Filmography
### Director

Documentary film
| 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
#### Film

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2008 | Afterschool | Antonio Campos | |
| 2010 | Tiny Furniture | Lena Dunham | |
| 2010 | 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 | |
| 2025 | I Don't Work for Peanuts, I Work for God | Andrew Dominik | |

#### Television

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2007 | We Are Internet Millionaires | Dan Gregor Doug Mand Adam Pally | TV shorts |
| 2007 | Sell Outs | Dan Gregor Doug Mand Adam Pally | TV shorts |
| 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 |
| 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 Same | Himself | |
| 2010 | N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz | Himself | |
| 2012 | Brute Force | Ben Steinbauer | |
| 2014 | The Great Invisible | Magaret Brown | With Jeff Peixoto and Adam Stone |
| 2014 | 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" |

## Accolades

| 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 |