Phil Tippett
Visual Effects
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.
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Star Wars
1977
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
2019
Return of the Jedi
1983
The Movies That Made Us
2019
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
2023
Piranha
1978
Icons Unearthed: Star Wars
2022
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
Jurassic Punk
2022
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
Return to Jurassic Park
2011
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
1983
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005
The Creative Brain
2019
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
1988
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
1997
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
2016
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
1980
American Scary
2006
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'
2017
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
2002
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
1983
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
2001
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
2024
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
Inside the Federation
Why Dinosaurs?
2025
The Secrets of Sinbad: Phil Tippett on Ray Harryhausen
2017
Star Wars : La Révolution Visuelle
2020
A Celebration of Tenacity
2024
Slice!
2022
Making Magic: The Artistry of Karel Zeman
2020
My Life In Monsters
2015
Worse Than the Demon
2013
On the crew 46
The Mandalorian
2019
Star Wars
1977
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
Jurassic World
2015
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Jurassic Park
1993
Starship Troopers
1997
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009
Return of the Jedi
1983
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
2011
RoboCop
1987
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
Evolution
2001
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
RoboCop 2
1990
Tremors 2: Aftershocks
1996
The Haunting
1999
RoboCop 3
1993
DragonHeart
1996
Willow
1988
The Golden Child
1986
Coneheads
1993
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
2004
Howard the Duck
1986
Mad God
2021
Piranha
1978
House II: The Second Story
1987
My Favorite Martian
1999
Dragonslayer
1981
The Ewok Adventure
1984
Three Wishes
1995
Sentinel
The Crater Lake Monster
1977
Dead Souls
2025
A Sound of Thunder
1973
MutantLand
2010
Dinosaur!
1985
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
2024
Prehistoric Beast
1984
Mad God: Part 2
2016
Mad God: Part 1
2014
Mad God: Part 3
2018
Dinosaur!
1985