Matt
Lipsey

Director Matt Lipsey is one of the top comedy directors currently working in television.

Matt moved into comedy in the mid 1990's with the successful original series The Armstrong & Miller Show, which was hailed for its ‘delightful surrealistic edge'.

In 2005, Matt was presented with a BAFTA for his work directing the second series of Little Britain. The 2007 Little Britain Christmas Special, also directed by Matt, won an International Emmy.

Matt directed both series of the award-winning Psychoville for BBC2, written by and starring Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton with, among  others, Dawn French and Dame Eileen Atkins. He also directed two series of the Sky Atlantic comedy series This is Jinsy.

Matt has worked with King Bert on several productions now, including Gangsta Granny, the top rating Christmas special: The Boy in the Dress, Billionaire Boy and Walliams and Friend for the BBC.  Matt Directed on Seasons 1 and 2 of Sick Note by James Serafinowicz and Nat Saunders and starring Rupert Grint and Nick Frost. Prior to this Matt directed So Sammy for Disney, Little Big Men for Channel 4, and Rat Burger.

Upstart Crow, written by Ben Elton, transmitted on BBC2 to coincide with the celebrations surrounding the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. He is currently directing Intelligence for Expectation and Sky, and before this directed Inside No 9 for the BBC, and Idris Elba created comedy-drama Turn Up Charlie for Netflix.