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 to 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)

Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey

(Self)

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

(Self)

American Scary

(Himself)

The Sci-Fi Boys

(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)

Willow: The Making of an Adventure

(Self - Visual Effects)

Star Wars : La Révolution Visuelle

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)

RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”

(Self)

Why Dinosaurs?

(Self)

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

(Self)

Yub-Nub! The Forgotten Ewok Adventures

The Movies That Made Us

(Self)

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop

(Self)

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)

LIGHT & MAGIC

(Self)

LIGHT & MAGIC

(Self - Creatures and Stop Motion)

LIGHT & MAGIC

(Self - Model Shop)

LIGHT & MAGIC

(Self - Creatures and Stop Motion (archive footage))

Crew

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation

(Director)

Mad God

(Director)

Piranha

(Creature Design)

Mad God

(Special Effects)

Mad God

(Character Designer)

Mad God

(Producer)

Mad God

(Cinematography)

Mad God: Part 1

(Director)

Mad God: Part 1

(Producer)

Mad God: Part 1

(Music)

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

(Senior Visual Effects Supervisor)

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

(Senior Visual Effects Supervisor)

Prehistoric Beast

(Director)

Mad God

(Writer)

Mad God

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

RoboCop

(Associate Producer)

RoboCop 2

(Associate Producer)

Evolution

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

Dinosaur!

(Special Effects)

Mad God

(Production Design)

Mad God: Part 2

(Director)

Star Wars

(Animation)

The Crater Lake Monster

(Visual Effects)

The Empire Strikes Back

(Animation)

Dragonslayer

(Visual Effects)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

(Visual Effects)

Howard the Duck

(Visual Effects)

The Golden Child

(Visual Effects)

House II: The Second Story

(Visual Effects)

RoboCop

(Visual Effects)

RoboCop 2

(Visual Effects)

RoboCop 3

(Visual Effects)

Willow

(Visual Effects)

Three Wishes

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

Tremors 2: Aftershocks

(CGI Supervisor)

DragonHeart

(Creature Design)

Starship Troopers

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

My Favorite Martian

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

The Haunting

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

The Spiderwick Chronicles

(Animation Supervisor)

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation

(Co-Producer)

Mad God: Part 2

(Producer)

Starship Troopers

(Co-Producer)

Jurassic Park

(Visual Effects)

Jurassic World

(Visual Effects)

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

(Visual Effects)

Howard the Duck

(Creature Design)

Return of the Jedi

(Creature Design)

Coneheads

(Animation)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

(Animation)

The Ewok Adventure

(Special Effects)

Return of the Jedi

(Makeup Designer)

The Empire Strikes Back

(Makeup Effects)

MutantLand

(Director)

MutantLand

(Writer)

Sentinel

(Director)

Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals

(Thanks)

Mad God: Part 3

(Director)

Dinosaur!

(Director)

Dinosaur!

(Visual Effects Supervisor)

A Sound of Thunder

(Special Effects)

Dead Souls

(Visual Effects)

The Mandalorian

(Visual Effects Design Consultant)