---
name: "Matt Lipsey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-lipsey"
fi1m_id: "matt-lipsey"
imdb_id: "nm0513754"
tmdb_id: 168578
wikidata_id: "Q6788985"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T13:40:08.003083+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Matt Lipsey

## Identity

Matt Lipsey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matt-lipsey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matt-lipsey
- **IMDb ID:** nm0513754
- **TMDB ID:** 168578
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6788985
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Lipsey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6788985, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0513754/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/168578

Director. Born 1 January 1901 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Lewisham, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Declan Lowney](https://film.one/person/declan-lowney.md), [Ruth Jones](https://film.one/person/ruth-jones.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 66 (2), 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Sport 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Lipsey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6788985, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0513754/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/168578

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ted Lasso*](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Matt Lipsey is a British television and film director. He began directing comedy series in the mid-1990s and has worked on productions including Baby Cow sitcoms and Hartswood Films series such as Supernova, The Cup and Jekyll.

His credits include directing episodes of Little Britain (2003–2006), all 14 episodes of Psychoville (2009–2011), Inside No. 9 (2014–2021), Intelligence (2020–2021) and Ted Lasso (2020–). He has also directed television films and specials including The Boy in the Dress (2014), Gangsta Granny (2013) and Billionaire Boy (2016).

In 2005 Lipsey received a British Academy Television Award for directing the second series of Little Britain. In 2021 he won a BAFTA for his work on Inside No. 9.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, curtisbrown.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Ted Lasso* (2020), Fi1m 78, Director, Supervising Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md)
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Saxondale* (2006), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/saxondale.md)
- *Little Britain* (2003), Fi1m 58, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-britain.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mr Bigstuff* (2024), series, Director
- *Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas* (2020), Director
- *Ted Lasso* (2020), series, Director, Supervising Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md)
- *Intelligence* (2020), series, Director
- *Island of Dreams* (2019), series, Director
- *Ratburger* (2017), Director
- *Upstart Crow* (2016), series, Director
- *Billionaire Boy* (2016), Director
- *Ruby Robinson* (2015), Director
- *The Boy in the Dress* (2014), Director
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Gangsta Granny* (2013), Director
- *Big School* (2013), series, Director
- *Psychoville Halloween Special* (2010), Director
- *Vexed* (2010), series, Director
- *This Is Jinsy* (2010), series, Director
- *Psychoville* (2009), series, Director
- *Caught in the Act* (2008), Director
- *Jekyll* (2007), series, Director
- *Saxondale* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/saxondale.md)
- *Supernova* (2005), series, Director
- *Catterick* (2004), series, Director
- *Little Britain* (2003), series, Director — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-britain.md)
- *Appointment with Dr. Terrible* (2003), as Interviewee – Director
- *Dr Terrible's House of Horrible* (2001), series, Director
- *Human Remains* (2000), series, Director
- *Border Cafe* (2000), series, Director
- *Up Rising* (2000), series, Creator
- *One for My Baby* (1985), Gaffer

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