Blaise Godbe (born in Big Sur, California) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor and the executive director of Clarinet Marmalade, a New York and LA based film collective. Lipman began his career acting on series such as The Office, Weeds, CSI: NY, Hawaii 5-0, numerous Disney programs, TV movies, and acclaimed dramas including Nobody Walks (Magnolia Pictures, Sundance 2012) and The Amateur (Tar & Feather, Dances with Films, 2015) for which he also served as co-producer and the lead role of Keegan Dark, in "The Dark Place".