Phil Tippett

Personal Info

Know For

Visual Effects

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-09-27 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Berkeley, California

Phil Tippett

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.

Acting

1977

Star Wars

as Cantina Alien (uncredited)

1978

Piranha

as Scuba Diver (uncredited)

2022

Slice!

as Phil

2022

2015

1983

2017

2006

American Scary

as Himself

2006

1988

Willow: The Making of an Adventure

as Self - Visual Effects

2022

In Search of Tomorrow

as Self - Interviewee

2020

2013

Production

2021

Mad God

as Director

1978

Piranha

as Creature Design

2021

Mad God

as Special Effects

2021

Mad God

as Character Designer

2021

Mad God

as Producer

2021

Mad God

as Cinematography

2014

Mad God: Part 1

as Director

2014

Mad God: Part 1

as Producer

2014

2010

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

2011

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

1984

2021

Mad God

as Writer

2021

Mad God

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1987

RoboCop

as Associate Producer

1990

RoboCop 2

as Associate Producer

2001

Evolution

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1985

Dinosaur!

as Special Effects

2021

Mad God

as Production Design

2016

Mad God: Part 2

as Director

1977

Star Wars

as Animation

1977

The Crater Lake Monster

as Visual Effects

1980

1981

Dragonslayer

as Visual Effects

1986

Howard the Duck

as Visual Effects

1986

The Golden Child

as Visual Effects

1987

1987

RoboCop

as Visual Effects

1990

RoboCop 2

as Visual Effects

1993

RoboCop 3

as Visual Effects

1988

Willow

as Visual Effects

1995

Three Wishes

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1996

Tremors 2: Aftershocks

as CGI Supervisor

1996

DragonHeart

as Creature Design

1997

Starship Troopers

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1999

My Favorite Martian

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1999

The Haunting

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2008

The Spiderwick Chronicles

as Animation Supervisor

2009

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2012

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2016

Mad God: Part 2

as Producer

1997

Starship Troopers

as Co-Producer

1993

Jurassic Park

as Visual Effects

2015

Jurassic World

as Visual Effects

2018

1986

Howard the Duck

as Creature Design

1983

Return of the Jedi

as Creature Design

1993

Coneheads

as Animation

1984

The Ewok Adventure

as Special Effects

1983

Return of the Jedi

as Makeup Designer

1980

The Empire Strikes Back

as Makeup Effects

2010

MutantLand

as Director

2010

MutantLand

as Writer

-

Sentinel

as Director

2018

Mad God: Part 3

as Director

1985

Dinosaur!

as Director

1985

Dinosaur!

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1973

A Sound of Thunder

as Special Effects

-

Dead Souls

as Visual Effects

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