Phil Tippett
Visual Effects
1951-09-27 · Berkeley, California
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.
Filmography
Why Dinosaurs?
2025 · Movie
Dead Souls
2025 · Movie
A Celebration of Tenacity
2024 · Movie
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
2024 · Movie
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
2023 · Series
Jurassic Punk
2022 · Movie
Slice!
2022 · Movie
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022 · Series
Icons Unearthed: Star Wars
2022 · Series
In Search of Tomorrow
2022 · Movie
Mad God
2021 · Movie
Star Wars : La Révolution Visuelle
2020 · Movie
Making Magic: The Artistry of Karel Zeman
2020 · Movie
The Movies That Made Us
2019 · Series
The Mandalorian
2019 · Series
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019 · Movie
The Creative Brain
2019 · Movie
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
2019 · Series
Mad God: Part 3
2018 · Movie
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018 · Movie
The Secrets of Sinbad: Phil Tippett on Ray Harryhausen
2017 · Movie
Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'
2017 · Movie
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
2016 · Movie
Mad God: Part 2
2016 · Movie
My Life In Monsters
2015 · Movie
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Movie
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015 · Movie
Jurassic World
2015 · Movie
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014 · Series
Mad God: Part 1
2014 · Movie
Worse Than the Demon
2013 · Movie
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012 · Movie
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012 · Movie
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
2011 · Movie
Return to Jurassic Park
2011 · Movie
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010 · Movie
MutantLand
2010 · Movie
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009 · Movie
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008 · Movie
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · Movie
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 · Movie
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007 · Movie
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006 · Movie
American Scary
2006 · Movie
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006 · Movie
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005 · Movie
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004 · Movie
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
2004 · Movie
Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe
2002 · Movie
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
2001 · Movie
Evolution
2001 · Movie
The Haunting
1999 · Movie
My Favorite Martian
1999 · Movie
Starship Troopers
1997 · Movie
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
1997 · Movie
DragonHeart
1996 · Movie
Tremors 2: Aftershocks
1996 · Movie
Three Wishes
1995 · Movie
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995 · Movie
Coneheads
1993 · Movie
Jurassic Park
1993 · Movie
RoboCop 3
1993 · Movie
RoboCop 2
1990 · Movie
Willow
1988 · Movie
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
1988 · Movie
RoboCop
1987 · Movie
House II: The Second Story
1987 · Movie
The Golden Child
1986 · Movie
Howard the Duck
1986 · Movie
Dinosaur!
1985 · Movie
Dinosaur!
1985 · Movie
The Ewok Adventure
1984 · Movie
Prehistoric Beast
1984 · Movie
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984 · Movie
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
1983 · Movie
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
1983 · Movie
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Movie
Dragonslayer
1981 · Movie
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Movie
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Movie
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Movie
Piranha
1978 · Movie
Star Wars
1977 · Movie
The Crater Lake Monster
1977 · Movie
A Sound of Thunder
1973 · Movie
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb
Movie
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
Movie
Sentinel
Movie
Inside the Federation
Movie