Blaise Godbe Lipman

Blaise David Godbe Lipman
Born June 19, 1989
Big Sur, California, U.S.
Other names Blaise Embry, Blaise Godbe Lipman
Occupation Actor, Director
Years active 2004–present

Blaise Godbe is an American film director, screenwriter, actor and the executive director of Clarinet Marmalade, a New York and LA based film collective.[1]

Lipman began his career acting on series such as The Office, Weeds, CSI: NY, Hawaii 5-0, numerous Disney programs,[2] TV movies, and acclaimed dramas including Nobody Walks (Magnolia Pictures, Sundance 2012)[3] and The Amateur (Tar & Feather, Dances with Films, 2015) for which he also served as co-producer[4] and the lead role of Keegan Dark, in "The Dark Place".

His short films Another Stupid Day, Dreaming Awake & the Exquisite Doors of the Fractal Self was an official selections at the Big Sur International short film Screening Series.[5]

In 2016, Lipman was named a Film Independent Fellow, invited to participate in the Director's Lab, supported by The Time Warner Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Lipman is working with James Ponsoldt on his debut feature film In the Shadows of the Rainbow.[6][7]

In October 2017, Lipman accused his former agent, Tyler Grasham, of giving him alcohol and sexually assaulting him in 2007 when Lipman was 17 or 18.[8] Following the allegation, Grasham was placed on leave by his agency, APA, prompting actor client Finn Wolfhard to leave the agency.[9]

References

  1. http://clarinetmarmalade.com/profile/blaise-godbe-lipman/
  2. "Actor Blaise Embry - The Dark Place". thedarkplacemovie.com. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  3. Team, Indiewire (11 May 2016). "Nobody Walks". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  4. "Crew". 19 July 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  5. Big Sur International Short Film Screening Series Film Database, 2015
  6. Galuppo, Mia (2 February 2016). "Film Independent Unveils This Year's Directing Lab Fellows". The Hollywood Reporter.
  7. "FILM INDEPENDENT SELECTS EIGHT FELLOWS FOR 2016 DIRECTING LAB". Film Independent. 2 February 2016.
  8. Robb, David. "APA Investigating Agent As Two Men Come Forward With Sexual Assault Allegations". Deadline Hollywood.
  9. Garcia-Roberts, Gus. "'Stranger Things' star Finn Wolfhard leaves APA as his agent is placed on leave following a sexual assault claim". Los Angeles Times.
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