Music
Matthew Danger Lippman (MDL) is a musician, actor, and filmmaker based in NYC. Go Bills. As a musician, he has published several albums under his own name, most recently 2025's NIRVANA. His song "Sadomania" was featured in the 2023 Sundance-winning feature MUTT. He has directed music videos for artists including Storey Littleton (Don Giovanni Records) and Katy Rea. He has opened for a variety of acts, including Wild Pink, Ezra Furman, and Dan Licata (Joe Pera Talks With You), and was featured on the Dare’s list of “musicians we need to know.”
Film
He has acted in several films, among them his own short Ain't No Cure For Love: America, which screened at Whammy! and Nitehawk. He has wrapped production on FELLAS, a comedic pilot. He stars in the short Portland Is the New Portland (2024)—for which he won Best Actor at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival—as well as The Deliveryboy (Michael Bernieri), which screened at New/Next and FilmFort (2026). He stars in upcoming feature films Frogs (dir. Robin Schavoir & Matthew Schroeder), and Farewell Island (Antonio Pinto). He recently appeared on SubwayTakes.
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