Ioncinema.com’s In the Pipeline is a monthly in-depth conversation about the decision making and creative process surrounding American independent film productions. It features first-time filmmakers who are moments from yelling “cut” or somewhere in post-production bliss. This month, we feature: Lance Edmands. Originally published January 24th, 2011; Factory 25 releases Bluebird in theatres Friday, February 27th.
If you live there, you know Maine is much more than just lobsters and lighthouses. Filmmaker, Lance Edmands, is going to introduce the rest of us to the local side of his home state in his feature film debut, Bluebird. Set in a small Maine town, it’s about a school bus driver who accidentally locks a young boy in a school bus on a cold winter night. The boy is taken to the hospital the next day. The story follows the aftermath of this tragedy and how it affects and changes the families involved.
If you live there, you know Maine is much more than just lobsters and lighthouses. Filmmaker, Lance Edmands, is going to introduce the rest of us to the local side of his home state in his feature film debut, Bluebird. Set in a small Maine town, it’s about a school bus driver who accidentally locks a young boy in a school bus on a cold winter night. The boy is taken to the hospital the next day. The story follows the aftermath of this tragedy and how it affects and changes the families involved.
- 2/26/2015
- by Nicole Emanuele
- IONCINEMA.com
About 3 months ago we made the decision to self-distribute Bluebird in North America. From the beginning, our goal was to make an intimate, quietly affecting ensemble drama. For writer/director Lance Edmands, there was a specific kind of feeling he was trying to express with the film. There was a unique sense of loneliness, solitude, and isolation that was linked directly to a region of Northern Maine and the culture that permeates the area. Lance grew up in Maine, and he felt that these melancholy emotions stood in stark contrast with the great rugged beauty of the state. We wanted to explore that conflicted feeling in way that would resonate personally with a viewer. It was important to us to maintain the subtle, quiet tone of the film both in the way we made it and the way we brought the film to an audience. With that in mind, we...
- 7/16/2014
- by Kyle Martin
- Hope for Film
Making his name with Afterschool and Tiny Furniture, Jody Lee Lipes has quickly solidified his standing as one of the most impressive American cinematographers currently working. Alongside a diverse slate of Dp work (he both shot and directed episodes of Girls and is currently working on Judd Apatow’s next feature Trainwreck), Lipes has also been establishing himself as a documentarian. 2009′s Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same followed the title artist in the middle of a creative and personal breakdown/breakthrough; for 2010′s co-directed NY Export: Opus Jazz, Lipes staged a 1958 Jerome Robbins ballet on New York’s […]...
- 4/22/2014
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Making his name with Afterschool and Tiny Furniture, Jody Lee Lipes has quickly solidified his standing as one of the most impressive American cinematographers currently working. Alongside a diverse slate of Dp work (he both shot and directed episodes of Girls and is currently working on Judd Apatow’s next feature Trainwreck), Lipes has also been establishing himself as a documentarian. 2009′s Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same followed the title artist in the middle of a creative and personal breakdown/breakthrough; for 2010′s co-directed NY Export: Opus Jazz, Lipes staged a 1958 Jerome Robbins ballet on New York’s […]...
- 4/22/2014
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
After spending time as an editor on various films, including "Tiny Furniture," Lance Edmands decided to write and direct his own feature. "Bluebird," starring John Slattery, explores the human connection to the cold, looming landscape of a small Maine town and the struggles of forgiveness when a small mistake has rippling effects. Having a strong connection to the film's geography, Edmands hopes that his film transports audiences into a new world like a dream. What it's about: In the frozen woods of an isolated Maine logging town, one woman’s tragic mistake impacts several lives, leading to unexpected consequences. About the filmmaker: I was born and raised in a small town in Maine and moved to New York City in 2000 to attend Nyu. After I finished film school, I began working as an editor, cutting documentaries, commercials, and features. I edited “Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell,” “Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same...
- 4/17/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
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Subscribe to Filmmaker by Christmas night and be eligible to receive:
* Oscilloscope’s Circle of Trust — A subscription of 10 new DVD releases from this excellent indie distributor.
* Oscilloscope T-shirt.
* From Kimstim and Zeitgeist Films, a DVD of Josh and Benny Safdie...
- 12/23/2011
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
As a way of celebrating this year's nominees for the Spirit Awards in the weeks leading up to the ceremony, we reached out to as many as we could in an effort to better understand what went into their films, what they've gotten out of the experience, and where they've found their inspiration, both in regards to their work and other works of art that might've inspired them from the past year. Their answers will be published on a daily basis throughout February.
It would be one thing to say that Jody Lee Lipes had a beautiful year, but it would be equally accurate to say he made the year beautiful for the rest of us. Following the accomplishments of lensing Antonio Campos' "Afterschool" in 2008 and directing the doc "Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be the Same" in 2009, 2010 began with a bang when Lipes landed at SXSW with...
It would be one thing to say that Jody Lee Lipes had a beautiful year, but it would be equally accurate to say he made the year beautiful for the rest of us. Following the accomplishments of lensing Antonio Campos' "Afterschool" in 2008 and directing the doc "Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be the Same" in 2009, 2010 began with a bang when Lipes landed at SXSW with...
- 2/7/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
[Editor's Note: To coincide with all the attention we're currently giving to the Sundance Film Festival, we figure there's no better time to introduce our first In the Pipeline feature of the year with a filmmaker who participated in both the Sundance Screenwriters and Directors labs. And we are returning to this feature in style with Nicole Emanuele a NYC based producer and Fsu Film School alumni who is in post production on Not Waving But Drowning. She will be profiling more In The Pipeline filmmakers and their projects throughout the year. If you live there, you know Maine is much more than just lobsters and lighthouses. Filmmaker, Lance Edmands, is going to introduce the rest of us to the local side of his home state in his feature film debut, Bluebird. Set in a small Maine town, it’s about a school bus driver who accidentally locks a young boy in a school bus on a cold winter night. The boy is taken to the hospital the next day. The story follows the aftermath of this tragedy and how it affects and changes the families involved. The town is as much a character as any person in this ensemble piece. Covered in snow and ice and surrounded by vast landscape,...
- 1/24/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
A good film producer hires the right personnel and makes sure the production doesn't go over budget. A great film producer does that and supports talented new voices. You could say that Kyle Martin appears to often be at the right place at the right time. In a very short time frame, he has supported a talented batch of skilled folk such as: Jody Lee Lipes (NY Export: Opus Jazz - see pic), Lena Dunham (Tiny Furniture) and is currently developing Bluebird alongside filmmaker Lance Edmands. A 2007 graduate from Nyu’s Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television in 2007, before getting into producing strictly indie and doc films, Martin oversaw television spots and online branding. His first producer cred was by way of 2007 shot film Blue Dress, while his first pair of doc features came with Matt Wolf's Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell and Lipes’ Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same...
- 7/16/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
What do filmmakers Sean Durkin, Lance Edmands and Alistair Banks Griffin all have in common? Besides being future talents worth keeping tabs on and being featured on our American New Wave 25 list, they all use the same “ace” in their deck. Of all the people included on this list, Jody Lee Lipes needs no introduction. If your an art-house theatre patron, you've seen this award-winning cinematographer's work in 2008 for Antonio Campos' Afterschool and Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell. If you read Filmmaker Magazine, you've seen him be profiled in the 25 New Faces of 2009 issue. If you're into docs – then he goes by the title of “director” as he gave us last year's Hot Doc presented Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same and the year before, he scripted and co-directed SXSW winning NY Export: Opus Jazz. If you're a film journalist covering the film fest circuit this year,...
- 7/15/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same is not your traditional documentary per se, it doesn’t have narration or a heavy handed point of view. Instead it lulls the audience into an ambient hypnosis, delving deep into an intimate portrait of a complex artist, Brock Enright. Most likely you haven’t heard about this film, but don’t let that deter you from seeking out this excellent and intriguing documentary, now available on Blu-Ray and Netflix, from first time director Jody Lee Lipes. This strikingly assured debut from the extremely talented Lipes, better known in the indie community for his bold Roger Deakins-esque cinematography (Afterschool, Tiny Furniture, NY Export: Jazz Opus), is more like a glimpse into the window of someone’s life during a very transformative and creative process.
The film focuses on emerging New York artist Brock Enright as he prepares a career defining...
The film focuses on emerging New York artist Brock Enright as he prepares a career defining...
- 7/1/2010
- by Raffi Asdourian
- The Film Stage
Jody Lee Lipes, cinematographer of Antonio Campos' Afterschool, makes his feature length directorial debut with the SXSW Emerging Visions selection Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be the Same, a beautifully shot doc about an artist struggling to maintain a somewhat normal domestic relationship while producing a half-baked, largely inscrutable but still vaguely offensive installation for a New York gallery. Below the jump, check out the film's trailer, as well as Lipes' answers to The 5 Questions We Ask Everyone. <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="4 ...
- 3/10/2009
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
SXSW is one of my favorite festivals of the year as it showcases some of the best and most innovative real independent films, and with this host of world premiers, it's also playing alot of Sundance material as well as genre fare from all over the world, many of which we've covered heavily in these pages.
From the Sundance lineup, we have films like Moon, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, You Won't Miss Me, Grace, and Humpday, among others.
For the world genre material we've covered, there's Lake Mungo, The Square, Zift, and Awaydays.
I think you get the point that lots of great looking film will be playing. I'll leave a bit of the exploration to you..
Lineup after the break.
Narrative Features Competition
Artois the Goat
Director: Kyle Bogart. Writer: Cliff and Kyle Bogart
Lab technician Virgil Gurdies embarks on an epic quest to craft the greatest...
From the Sundance lineup, we have films like Moon, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, You Won't Miss Me, Grace, and Humpday, among others.
For the world genre material we've covered, there's Lake Mungo, The Square, Zift, and Awaydays.
I think you get the point that lots of great looking film will be playing. I'll leave a bit of the exploration to you..
Lineup after the break.
Narrative Features Competition
Artois the Goat
Director: Kyle Bogart. Writer: Cliff and Kyle Bogart
Lab technician Virgil Gurdies embarks on an epic quest to craft the greatest...
- 2/2/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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