Phil Tippett

Phil Tippett is an American filmmaker and multi-award-winning visual effects supervisor and producer, specializing in creature design, stop-motion, and computerized character animation. Over his career, he has assisted ILM, DreamWorks, and his own company Tippet Studios, with his work appearing in movies such as the original Star Wars trilogy, Jurassic Park, and RoboCop.

Cast

Star Wars

(Cantina Alien (uncredited))

Piranha

(Scuba Diver (uncredited))

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

(Self)

Slice!

(Phil)

Jurassic Punk

(Self)

The Making of 'DragonHeart'

(Self)

Inside the Federation

(Self)

The Secrets of Sinbad: Phil Tippett on Ray Harryhausen

(Himself)

Virus: Ghost in the Machine

(Self)

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

(Self)

Lost in Time: Unearthing the Primevals

(Self)

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

(Self)

A Celebration of Tenacity

(Self)

My Life In Monsters

(Himself)

Return of the Jedi

(Rancor)

Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'

(Self (archive footage))

The Sci-Fi Boys

(Self)

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

(Self)

American Scary

(Himself)

Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey

(Self)

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

(Self)

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

(Self)

The Creative Brain

(Self)

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

(Self)

Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'

(Himself)

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

(Self)

Return to Jurassic Park

(Self)

Star Wars : La Révolution Visuelle

Willow: The Making of an Adventure

(Self - Visual Effects)

In Search of Tomorrow

(Self - Interviewee)

Making Magic: The Artistry of Karel Zeman

Empire at 40

(Self)

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

(Self)

The Making of The Empire Strikes Back

(Self)

Worse Than the Demon

(himself)

The Movies That Made Us

(Self)

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop

(Self)

Light & Magic

(Self - Creatures and Stop Motion)

The Real History of Science Fiction

(Self)

Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

(Self - Miniature & Optical Effects Unit)

The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs

(Self)

Crew

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation

(Director)

Mad God

(Director)

Piranha

(Creature Design)

Mad God

(Producer)

Mad God

(Cinematography)

Mad God

(Character Designer)

Mad God

(Special Effects)

Mad God: Part 1

(Music)

Mad God: Part 1

(Director)

Mad God: Part 1

(Producer)

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

(Senior Visual Effects Supervisor)

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

(Senior Visual Effects Supervisor)

Prehistoric Beast

(Director)

Mad God

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

Mad God

(Writer)

RoboCop

(Associate Producer)

RoboCop 2

(Associate Producer)

Evolution

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

Dinosaur!

(Special Effects)

Mad God

(Production Design)

Mad God: Part 2

(Director)

Tremors 2: Aftershocks

(CGI Supervisor)

DragonHeart

(Creature Design)

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation

(Co-Producer)

RoboCop

(Visual Effects)

Mad God: Part 2

(Producer)

Willow

(Visual Effects)

Jurassic Park

(Visual Effects)

The Empire Strikes Back

(Animation)

My Favorite Martian

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

Star Wars

(Animation)

Dragonslayer

(Visual Effects)

The Haunting

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

Jurassic World

(Visual Effects)

House II: The Second Story

(Visual Effects)

Starship Troopers

(Co-Producer)

Starship Troopers

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

Howard the Duck

(Visual Effects)

Howard the Duck

(Creature Design)

Coneheads

(Animation)

The Golden Child

(Visual Effects)

RoboCop 3

(Visual Effects)

The Spiderwick Chronicles

(Animation Supervisor)

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

(Visual Effects)

Return of the Jedi

(Makeup Designer)

The Empire Strikes Back

(Makeup Effects)

The Crater Lake Monster

(Visual Effects)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

(Visual Effects)

RoboCop 2

(Visual Effects)

Three Wishes

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

(Animation)

Return of the Jedi

(Creature Design)

The Ewok Adventure

(Special Effects)

MutantLand

(Writer)

MutantLand

(Director)

Sentinel

(Director)

Lost in Time: Unearthing the Primevals

(Thanks)

Mad God: Part 3

(Director)

The Mandalorian

(Visual Effects Design Consultant)