Director  |  Screenwriter  |  Editor
Music Video
"Act of God" — Rum Gold
Commercial
Artlist — "Into the Deep"
Commercial
Nationwide — "Heroes of the Game"
Original | Documentary
508 — The Take Over
Commercial
Hilton — "Style of the Stay"
Commercial
Plastic Buckettt
Music Video
"Another Life" — Rum Gold
Music Video
Big Wild — "6s To 9s"
Original | Feature
The Circle in the Sky
Commercial
Ableton × Sinego
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Andi Lipo is an Albanian-born, Los Angeles-based director, editor and screenwriter. His commercial work is kinetic in pacing and authentic in perspective. Real people, doing the things that they love, side by side with the brands that support them. His personal work explores the immigrant experience, and the tension between tradition and modernity. His screenwriting focuses on genre. High concept features with character driven stories. There's a little bit of his Albanian identity in every single feature.
Awards & Recognition
Finalist — Creative Screenwriting Competition, Neighbors Official Selection — Screamfest, HEDON Official Selection — Chicago Horror Film Fest, HEDON Second Round — Austin Film Festival, Neighbors Quarterfinalist — Final Draft Big Break 2023, HOLLOW Finalist — Golden Script Competition 2023, Neighbors Quarterfinalist — WeScreenplay Diverse Lab 2023, Neighbors Gold — The Telly Awards, ULTA "Beauty Is…" Semifinalist — Final Draft Big Break, Neighbors Official Selection 2022 — KO:SH International, Don't Sleep Bronze 2022 — Anthem Award, REI "Better Is Out There" Silver 2022 — The One Show Award, Hawkers x Anuel Official Selection 2022 — Filmed By Bike, Radix Official Selection 2018 — Filmed By Bike, 508 The Take Over Golden Helmet Award 2018 — Filmed By Bike, 508 The Take Over Official Selection 2019 — Bicycle Film Festival, 508 The Take Over Official Selection 2022 — Kendall Mountain Film Festival, 508 The Take Over
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The Circle in the Sky (Cowritten with Arun Croll)
Romantic Sci-Fi Thriller
When his mentally ill ex-girlfriend threatens to harm herself, a young man travels into the wilderness to find her. But what he discovers challenges his grip on reality.
Hollow 🇦🇱 (Cowritten with Arun Croll)
Feature · Thriller · Supernatural · Historical · Low Budget
A grieving man discovers that his comatose nephew has the power to undo the tragedies of his past. He must travel back in time to prevent his parents from dying during the Kosovo War before his nephew is removed from his care.
Blood Mountain 🇦🇱
Feature · Thriller · Supernatural · Historical · Low Budget
At the turn of the twentieth century, a woman is married against her wishes in a remote village in Albania. When the occupying Ottomans steal the crops in the middle of her wedding ceremony, she must challenge the wishes of a respected priest to find an ancient witch that provides food for the people and frees her from her arranged marriage.
Neighbors
Feature · Thriller / Family Drama
A former legendary Border Patrol Agent puts her life at risk to protect a teenage boy that is being used as a mule by drug cartels in Mexico.
Finalist — Creative Screenwriting 2025 Second Rounder — Austin Film Festival, 2023 Finalist — Golden Script, 2023 Semifinalist — Final Draft Big Break, 2019 Quarterfinalist — WeScreenplay Diverse Lab, 2023
Abscission
Feature · Thriller / Horror
A hopeless addict agrees to a new holistic therapy by his girlfriend's suggestion, but after an invasive plant treatment lets him hear the dead, he quickly discovers he isn't a patient — he's an experiment.
It Was Written 🇦🇱 (Cowritten with Arun Croll)
Feature · Thriller / Horror / Family Drama
After prying into his Albanian heritage, an adopted young man's search for his parents takes him to upstate New York where he finds himself at the center of a centuries-long family curse.
Vrimë 🇦🇱 (Cowritten with Arun Croll)
Feature · Thriller / Horror
20 years after fleeing war torn Kosovo, an Albanian refugee-turned-American citizen follows the cryptic instructions of his ailing grandmother to dig up her backyard in search of a mysterious family heirloom. But he's not the only one looking.