Lanie Zipoy(1972-2022)
- Producer
- Director
- Additional Crew
Her feature directorial debut THE SUBJECT, starring Jason Biggs and Aunjanue Ellis, won over 21 awards on the festival circuit, including Best Film at the Catalina Film Festival, Stony Brook Film Festival and the Lighthouse International film Festival.
Lanie's producer credits include: APRIL FLOWERS (Academy Awards Nicholl Fellowship semifinalist); ALINA, directed by legendary producer Ben Barenholtz;and the feature documentary DOG CAMP.
Her theater credits include Laura Marks' BETHANY, starring America Ferrera (WP Theater, 2 Lortel Award nominations); Emmy-winner Ted Greenberg's ACE (Annenberg Center in Philadelphia, Off-Broadway); and the Brooklyn premiere of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE.
Lanie was the co-founder and producing director of Voices Inside/Out, a playwriting exchange program at a Kentucky prison. Participating actors included Michael Shannon, Michael Chernus, Ashlie Atkinson, Teddy Sears, Ron Canada and more.
She produced PEN America's Prison Justice Awards in 2020. With comedy group Recent Cutbacks, she produced the Audible Original, Master Lecture Series: History of the 3rd Robot War.
Lanie was a Time Warner Foundation Fellow of the 2012-2014 Lab at WP Theater, NYC. Her novel ME AND THE MOON was one of six finalists for The Write Stuff through MTV Books/Simon & Schuster.
Lanie passed away on June 25th, 2022, when she succumbed to her injuries from a hit-and-run accident in Memphis, TN that also took the life of her mother, Lucy.
She touched the lives of hundreds with her kindness and generosity of spirit. We miss her so much.
Lanie's producer credits include: APRIL FLOWERS (Academy Awards Nicholl Fellowship semifinalist); ALINA, directed by legendary producer Ben Barenholtz;and the feature documentary DOG CAMP.
Her theater credits include Laura Marks' BETHANY, starring America Ferrera (WP Theater, 2 Lortel Award nominations); Emmy-winner Ted Greenberg's ACE (Annenberg Center in Philadelphia, Off-Broadway); and the Brooklyn premiere of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE.
Lanie was the co-founder and producing director of Voices Inside/Out, a playwriting exchange program at a Kentucky prison. Participating actors included Michael Shannon, Michael Chernus, Ashlie Atkinson, Teddy Sears, Ron Canada and more.
She produced PEN America's Prison Justice Awards in 2020. With comedy group Recent Cutbacks, she produced the Audible Original, Master Lecture Series: History of the 3rd Robot War.
Lanie was a Time Warner Foundation Fellow of the 2012-2014 Lab at WP Theater, NYC. Her novel ME AND THE MOON was one of six finalists for The Write Stuff through MTV Books/Simon & Schuster.
Lanie passed away on June 25th, 2022, when she succumbed to her injuries from a hit-and-run accident in Memphis, TN that also took the life of her mother, Lucy.
She touched the lives of hundreds with her kindness and generosity of spirit. We miss her so much.
