Before graduating from NYU's film program in 2004, Jody Lee Lipes directed and shot dozens of
short films, and received multiple cinematography awards. Since, Lipes has lensed; Afterschool
a narrative feature which premiered internationally at Cannes '08 (un certain regard), and
domestically at the New York Film Festival '08, Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
a feature length documentary which premiered at the Berlinale '08 (panorama), and the first two
seasons of the IFC TV series The Whitest Kids U'Know.
In addition to creating short documentaries for the New York Times, Friends of the Highline, and
Good Magazine, Lipes has shot and directed multiple spots for Amex (Emmy for best 30 second
spot regional), AOL, Citibank and others. His music video resume includes The Shins, El-P, and
Sony Records artist Josh Ritter.
Jody is currently in pre-production as director/dp of Jerome Robbins' NY Export: Opus Jazz the
film, a feature length dance film collaboration with New York City Ballet, and post on his
own feature length documentary Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same, which was
selected for IFP's Spotlight on Docs '08.