Jared Lipworth
Director Science Programs, Thirteen/WNET New York
30 Minutes with Jared Lipworth, Thirteen/WNET
SPEED PITCHING: Jared Lipworth, Executive Producer, Science Programs, Thirteen/WNET New York

As executive producer for Science Programs, Jared Lipworth is responsible for commissioning and overseeing all science programs produced by Thirteen. Prior to becoming executive producer, he was the series producer for the department's technology series, Innovation. Mr. Lipworth also served as series producer for the Emmy-Nominated Secrets of the Dead and coordinating producer for many of the department's projects, including Warrior Challenge, Secrets of the Pharaohs, the Emmy Award-winning Frontier House and The Secret Life of the Brain, Warship, Taxi Dreams, Echoes From The White House and Savage Planet. In 2003, Mr. Lipworth was nominated for a writing Emmy for Secrets of the Dead: Mystery of the Black Death. Additional credits at Thirteen include post-production producer for The American President, and 1900 House, and production assistant for Savage Seas, On The Trail of Mark Twain, The Great Balloon Race and Stories of Lupus.

Before arriving at Thirteen, Mr. Lipworth produced, directed and edited In the Footsteps of the Black Rhino for the BBC's Animal Zone. He received his master's degree in broadcast journalism from New York University, where he won the award for academic excellence, and he received his bachelor's degree in business management from Cornell University.