Zach Lipovsky

Zach Lipovsky is a Canadian-born filmmaker who has worked in the Canadian and U.S. film and TV industries on theatrical features, TV series, streaming movies and short films as a director, writer, producer, actor, editor, visual effects, post-production supervisor, production designer, animator and sound recordist, and Lipovsky had his feature directorial debut with the Leprechaun franchise reboot, Leprechaun: Origins (2014), with Dylan “Hornswoggle” Postl, Melissa Roxburgh, Garry Chalk and Brendan Fletcher, and released by Lionsgate to poor reviews.

Lipovsky co-directed, co-wrote and co-produced (for the first time on a theatrical feature with Adam Stein) the sci-fi thriller, Freaks (2018), starring Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park, Amanda Crew and Lexy Kolker, and which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival’s Midnight Madness section, and was released by Well Go USA Entertainment; Lipovsky was also director/writer/producer (with Stein) of the Canadian-made sequel, Freaks Underground (date to be announced).

Lipovsky helmed his first studio feature--again co-directed (with Adam Stein) in the horror genre--for the sixth installment in the Final Destination film franchise, Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025), starring Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore and Tony Todd, with lead producer New Line Cinema and released by Warner Bros.

Zach Lipovsky has also been a producer in the indie horror space with co-directors/writers/stars Derek Lee’s and Clif Prowse’s found-footage horror movie, Afflicted (2013), which enjoyed an excellent festival run at the Toronto Film Festival (where it premiered), and then Austin Fantastic Fest, Sitges Film Festival and CPH: PIX.