Person
Phil Tippett
Visual Effects · Born 1951-09-27 · Berkeley, California
Biography
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.
Known for
The Mandalorian
Visual Effects Design Consultant
Star Wars
Cantina Alien (uncredited)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Jurassic Park
Visual Effects
Jurassic World
Visual Effects
The Empire Strikes Back
Animation
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Animation
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Visual Effects
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Visual Effects Supervisor
Filmography
- 2025Why Dinosaurs?Self
- 2025Dead SoulsVisual Effects
- 2024A Celebration of TenacitySelf
- 2024Lost to Time: Unearthing the PrimevalsSelf
- 2023RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCopSelf
- 2022Jurassic PunkSelf
- 2022Slice!Phil
- 2022LIGHT & MAGICSelf
- 2022Icons Unearthed: Star WarsSelf - Miniature & Optical Effects Unit
- 2022In Search of TomorrowSelf - Interviewee
- 2021Mad GodDirector
- 2020Star Wars : La Révolution Visuelle
- 2020Making Magic: The Artistry of Karel Zeman
- 2019The Movies That Made UsSelf
- 2019The MandalorianVisual Effects Design Consultant
- 2019Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and MonstersSelf
- 2019The Creative BrainSelf
- 2019The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob BriggsSelf
- 2018Mad God: Part 3Director
- 2018Jurassic World: Fallen KingdomVisual Effects
- 2017The Secrets of Sinbad: Phil Tippett on Ray HarryhausenHimself
- 2017Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'Self
- 2016Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic JourneySelf
- 2016Mad God: Part 2Director
- 2015My Life In MonstersHimself
- 2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensAnimation
- 2015Creature Designers: The Frankenstein ComplexSelf
- 2015Jurassic WorldVisual Effects
- 2014The Real History of Science FictionSelf
- 2014Mad God: Part 1Director
- 2013Worse Than the Demonhimself
- 2012The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2Visual Effects Supervisor
- 2012Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects TitanSelf
- 2011The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
- 2011Return to Jurassic ParkSelf
- 2010The Twilight Saga: EclipseSenior Visual Effects Supervisor
- 2010MutantLandDirector
- 2009The Twilight Saga: New MoonVisual Effects Supervisor
- 2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”Self
- 2008The Spiderwick ChroniclesAnimation Supervisor
- 2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001Self
- 2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001Self
- 2006Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden PlanetSelf
- 2006American ScaryHimself
- 2006The Sci-Fi BoysSelf
- 2005Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years CollectionSelf
- 2004Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars TrilogySelf
- 2004Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the FederationDirector
- 2002Starship Troopers: Know Your FoeSelf
- 2001Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'Himself
- 2001EvolutionVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1999Virus: Ghost in the MachineSelf
- 1999The HauntingVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1999My Favorite MartianVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1997Starship TroopersVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1997The Making of 'DragonHeart'Self
- 1996DragonHeartCreature Design
- 1996Tremors II: AftershocksCGI Supervisor
- 1995Three WishesVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1995The Making of 'Jurassic Park'Self
- 1993ConeheadsAnimation
- 1993Jurassic ParkVisual Effects
- 1993RoboCop 3Visual Effects
- 1990RoboCop 2Associate Producer
- 1988WillowVisual Effects
- 1988Willow: The Making of an AdventureSelf - Visual Effects
- 1987RoboCopAssociate Producer
- 1987House II: The Second StoryVisual Effects
- 1986The Golden ChildVisual Effects
- 1986Howard the DuckVisual Effects
- 1985Dinosaur!Special Effects
- 1985Dinosaur!Director
- 1984The Ewok AdventureSpecial Effects
- 1984Prehistoric BeastDirector
- 1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomVisual Effects
- 1983From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a SagaSelf
- 1983Classic Creatures: Return of the JediSelf
- 1983Return of the JediRancor
- 1981DragonslayerVisual Effects
- 1980The Making of The Empire Strikes BackSelf
- 1980SP FX: The Empire Strikes BackSelf
- 1980The Empire Strikes BackAnimation
- 1978PiranhaScuba Diver (uncredited)
- 1977Star WarsCantina Alien (uncredited)
- 1977The Crater Lake MonsterVisual Effects
- 1973A Sound of ThunderSpecial Effects
- —Inside the FederationSelf
- —Yub-Nub! The Forgotten Ewok AdventuresSelf
- —Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the BombSelf
- —Fleshing Out the Hollow ManSelf
- —SentinelDirector
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