Phil Tippett
Birthday: 1951-09-27
Place of Birth: 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.
Movies
Star Wars
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over ...
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Piranha
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests becom...
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From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga is a 1983 television documentary special that originall...
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Jurassic Punk
Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams is a pioneer in computer animation. His digital dinosaurs of Jurassic Park tra...
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The Making of 'DragonHeart'
This documentary was first released on the laserdisc for DragonHeart, and was then re-released on bo...
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Inside the Federation
The 30-minute long featurette "Inside the Federation" mirrors the commentary, with a look at the cha...
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The Secrets of Sinbad: Phil Tippett on Ray Harryhausen
Visual effects experts Phil Tippett discusses the legacy of Ray Harryhausen....
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Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star...
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Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
Documentary about the 30-year long process of David Allen's The Primevals....
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Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
The Frankenstein Complex takes a historical as well as a creative perspective, with a mix of fascina...
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A Celebration of Tenacity
Discussion about David Allen's "The Primevals" at Industrial Light and Magic in San Francisco....
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My Life In Monsters
Phil Tippett is the Oscar-winning stop-motion animator and designer behind some of the greatest fant...
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Return of the Jedi
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, wh...
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Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'
This retrospective features both archival and 2017 interviews with cast and crew members. It include...
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The Sci-Fi Boys
Legendary all-stars of cinema bring to life the evolution of science-fiction and special effects fil...
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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film, and that m...
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American Scary
A fond remembrance of and tribute to the uniquely American institution of the horror movie host....
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Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
An inside look at the making of the movie Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), featuri...
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The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
This documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Jurassic Park," one ...
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Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
This documentary about "2001: A Space Odyssey" looks at some of the things that seemed fanciful in 1...
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The Creative Brain
Neuroscientist David Eagleman taps into the creative process of various inventors, while exploring b...
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Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Go behind the scenes — and into the costumes — as production footage from Return of the Jedi is inte...
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Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
A look behind the scenes at the making of this science fiction classic about a policeman killed in t...
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Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
An in-depth, sad, and beautiful documentary about the stop motion and VFX artist Phil Tippett, a man...
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Return to Jurassic Park
A multi-part documentary about the making of the Jurassic Park trilogy. Each part walks through the ...
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Willow: The Making of an Adventure
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the film Willow (1988). Included are interviews wit...
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In Search of Tomorrow
A nostalgic journey through ’80s Sci-Fi-films, exploring their impact and relevance today, told by t...
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Making Magic: The Artistry of Karel Zeman
In this conversation, filmed by the Criterion Collection in 2019, animator and visual-effects superv...
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Empire at 40
A special livestream conversation with effects legends Dennis Muren, Joe Johnston, Phil Tippett, and...
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Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
A documentary about the making of, and legacy of, the Forbidden Planet movie....
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The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
Even the most devout Star Wars fan might not know that filmmaker and journalist Michel Parbot was on...
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Worse Than the Demon
A short documentary following artist Phil Tippett, as he turns away from the commercial successes of...
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RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
The astonishing story of the genesis, production, worldwide success, and legacy of King Kong (1933),...
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Why Dinosaurs?
A dinosaur-obsessed teen and his filmmaker father travel the world interviewing paleontologists abou...
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Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
For over a half century, Ray Harryhausen has amazed and inspired countless filmmakers and fans aroun...
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Yub-Nub! The Forgotten Ewok Adventures
Go behind the scenes of the forest moon of Endor, and discover unseen footage and thrilling stories ...
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