Michael Lippert
Director/Editor
Michael Lippert is an award-winning writer, director, and editor whose films and documentaries have been showcased worldwide on major platforms and festivals. For nearly two decades, he has edited spots at Cutters Studios, where his work has been featured on Ad Age Top 5, as well as the Super Bowl.
Michael's genre-spanning directorial efforts have garnered recognition at prestigious festivals, including Palm Springs, Cinequest, Doc Edge, Fantasia, and Heartland. His 2016 psychological drama “Miriam is Going to Mars” won best in show at Ithaka Fantastic and the Midwest Independent Film Festival, and his 2014 time travel thriller “Reversal” won the top prize at Juggernaut Film Festival in Chicago. In 2018, he shifted focus towards verite documentary storytelling when he directed “Reeves: a Home for Music,” which follows the artists and community leaders who helped transform an art deco movie theater into a new music venue in North Carolina. In 2020, Michael edited “0530: Riding in the Dark,” a short cycling documentary featuring riders who held a multi-day stage race in the dark during the Pandemic.
And most recently, Michael completed his debut feature directorial effort, Sloane: A Jazz Singer, a multi-award-winning documentary (including First Prize, Best Feature Documentary at Flicker’s Rhode Island International Film Festival) about little known jazz legend, Carol Sloane. Sloane has won over a dozen “best of” awards to date, and just bowed at Palm Springs in 2024.