Background

Television Producer/Director/Writer

Joseph Pipher has been a producer/director/writer of television programs, documentaries, commercials and educational projects for the past thirty years. He has won or been nominated for nearly every conceivable award for excellence in television, especially for children and family programs.

Most recently, Pipher produced/directed/wrote the award-winning PBS primetime special "When Parents Are Deployed", hosted by Cuba Gooding, Jr., which depicts the dilemma of deployed parents. This program is nominated for the 2007 Emmy awards in the catagory of Outstanding Primetime Children's Program.

Pipher's background includes being the youngest Director of Photography admitted to the Local Hollywood Chapter of International Photographers; TV Commercial Directing (over 1,000 national spots); developing the Dave Thomas Wendy's Campaign; co-creating, producing and directing the internationally renowned PBS parenting series "Touchpoints" with Dr. T. Berry Brazelton; television writer for "Derby", a primetime movie-of-the-week for ABC; and dozens of Sesame Workshop projects for broadcast and home video.

Pipher created JoLee TV Corp. (JoLeeTV.com) in 1997 to manage the majority of his production activities. For the past nine years, he has worked extensively on a variety of projects for Sesame Workshop (see credits). In addition, Pipher created projects for HIT Entertainment's "Bob the Builder" and "Barney", created the design for the international launch of the Wine TV Channel, and last summer was Executive Producer for the overall event and the international broadcast of the Yankees New Stadium Groundbreaking Ceremony.

Pipher grew up on a farm in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. He has worked on both coasts, and everywhere in between, and throughout Europe. He presently works in Manhattan and resides in Connecticut with his wife and three children.

Member: Directors Guild of America and Writers Guild of America