Q: Both Zoë Daelman Chlanda in CONTACT and Deneen Melody in Crestfallen (movie) give incredibly heartfelt and expressive performances. Do you work very closely with your actors to develop character and empathy, or trust more to their intuition?

A: You meet them halfway. I wouldn’t have cast them if I didn’t want to draw from their talent. There has to be mutual trust and respect. Both of those actors know how much I love what they do, so when I’m there guiding them or giving an alternate direction or image at them during the shoot, they go with me. They know I will never humiliate them. If something doesn’t work, I won’t use it. But I love actors who are open to exploring. Zoë was unafraid; she wanted that role and she went for it. She’s one of the most committed, fearless and tenacious actors I’ve ever worked with. I’d love to make another movie with her soon. CRESTFALLEN’s writer-producer Russ Penning and I knew Deneen from her work with genre filmmaker Anthony G. Sumner. Like Zoë, Deneen comes to the set very prepared, emotionally available and ready to work. This role was personal for her, since she based the character on a friend of hers who had committed suicide. That’s what she was drawing from."

http://misterneil.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-way-we-respond-to-light-q-with.html

"Imagine the massage scene in EMMANUELLE 2 if Lars von Trier had challenged Brian Yuzna to remake it. Welcome to the world of Jeremiah Kipp.

CONTACT concerns sex, drugs and reunion. Specifically, it’s about a monstrously bad trip – and I use the term 'monstrous' advisedly. Kipp deals out some repellent imagery as Koreen (Zoë Daelman Chlanda)’s mind is opened not to the doors of perception but a tunnel of grotesquerie...The closing scene brings the narrative full circle, in a scenario that could best be described as Mike Leigh gone metaphysical. Kipp – a talented director with the nous to surround himself with equally talented collaborators – is steadily building a body of work that confirms him as filmmaker with a voice and confidence that are his own." 

- Agitation of the Mind review  http://misterneil.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/light-and-dark-three-short-films-by.html

"It's only a matter of time before Jeremiah Kipp kicks open the Hollywood gates and shows them what's what. Having already worked with the likes of Larry Fessenden, Tom Savini and Harry Manfredini, he's well on his way to becoming a major name in the genre." - from profile at Midnight Cinephile

http://www.midnightcinephile.com/2013/02/inside-mind-and-films-of-jeremiah-kipp.html

Here's a short film I directed in Yonkers.

Produced by Jenny Joslin and Aliki Paraschis.

Starring Alexandra Vino and Jay Horton.

Director of Photography Arnold Finkelstein.

Editor: John Kersten

Composer: Barbara J. Weber

Watch it here:
http://vimeo.com/60594729