Phil Tippett
Visual Effects • AGE 74
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 caree...
Filmography
Why Dinosaurs?
Self
2025
Dead Souls
Visual Effects
2025
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
Self
2024
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
Self
2023
Jurassic Punk
Self
2022
Slice!
Phil
2022
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self
2022
Icons Unearthed: Star Wars
Self - Miniature & Optical Effects Unit
2022
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
2022
Mad God
Director
2021
Star Wars : La Révolution Visuelle
2020
Making Magic: The Artistry of Karel Zeman
2020
The Movies That Made Us
Self
2019
The Mandalorian
Visual Effects Design Consultant
2019
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Self
2019
The Creative Brain
Self
2019
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
Self
2019
Mad God: Part 3
Director
2018
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Visual Effects
2018
Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'
Self
2017
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
Self
2016
Mad God: Part 2
Director
2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Animation
2015
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Self
2015
Jurassic World
Visual Effects
2015
The Real History of Science Fiction
Self
2014
Mad God: Part 1
Director
2014
Worse Than the Demon
himself
2013
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Visual Effects Supervisor
2012
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Self
2012
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
2011
Return to Jurassic Park
Self
2011
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
2010
MutantLand
Writer
2010
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Visual Effects Supervisor
2009
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
Self
2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Animation Supervisor
2008
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
2007
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Self
2006
American Scary
Himself
2006
The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
2006
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Self
2005
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Self
2004
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
Director
2004
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
Self
2002
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
Himself
2001
Evolution
Visual Effects Supervisor
2001
Virus: Ghost in the Machine
Self
1999
The Haunting
Visual Effects Supervisor
1999
My Favorite Martian
Visual Effects Supervisor
1999
Starship Troopers
Visual Effects Supervisor
1997
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
Self
1997
DragonHeart
Creature Design
1996
Tremors II: Aftershocks
CGI Supervisor
1996
Three Wishes
Visual Effects Supervisor
1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Self
1995
Coneheads
Animation
1993
Jurassic Park
Visual Effects
1993
RoboCop 3
Visual Effects
1993
RoboCop 2
Associate Producer
1990
Willow
Visual Effects
1988
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
Self - Visual Effects
1988
RoboCop
Associate Producer
1987
House II: The Second Story
Visual Effects
1987
The Golden Child
Visual Effects
1986
Howard the Duck
Visual Effects
1986
Dinosaur!
Special Effects
1985
Dinosaur!
Director
1985
The Ewok Adventure
Special Effects
1984
Prehistoric Beast
Director
1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Visual Effects
1984
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
Self
1983
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Self
1983
Return of the Jedi
Rancor
1983
Dragonslayer
Visual Effects
1981
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
Self
1980
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Self
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
Animation
1980
Piranha
Scuba Diver (uncredited)
1978
Star Wars
Cantina Alien (uncredited)
1977
The Crater Lake Monster
Visual Effects
1977
A Sound of Thunder
Special Effects
1973
Yub-Nub! The Forgotten Ewok Adventures
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb
Self
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
Self