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

• 2025Dead Souls — Visual Effects
• 2024Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals — Self, Thanks
• 2022Slice! — Phil
• 2021Mad God — Director, Producer, Cinematography, Character Designer, Special Effects, Visual Effects Supervisor, Writer, Production Design
• 2020Making Magic: The Artistry of Karel Zeman
• 2020Star Wars : La Révolution Visuelle
• The Mandalorian — Visual Effects Design Consultant
• 2018Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom — Visual Effects
• 2018Mad God: Part 3 — Director
• 2016Mad God: Part 2 — Director, Producer
• 2015Jurassic World — Visual Effects
• 2015Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Animation
• 2014Mad God: Part 1 — Music, Director, Producer
• 2012The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 — Visual Effects Supervisor
• 2011The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 — Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
• 2010MutantLand — Writer, Director
• 2010The Twilight Saga: Eclipse — Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
• 2009The Twilight Saga: New Moon — Visual Effects Supervisor
• 2008The Spiderwick Chronicles — Animation Supervisor
• 2004Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation — Director, Co-Producer
• 2001Evolution — Visual Effects Supervisor
• 1999My Favorite Martian — Visual Effects Supervisor
• 1999The Haunting — Visual Effects Supervisor
• 1997Starship Troopers — Co-Producer, Visual Effects Supervisor
• 1996DragonHeart — Creature Design
• 1996Tremors 2: Aftershocks — CGI Supervisor
• 1995Three Wishes — Visual Effects Supervisor
• 1993Coneheads — Animation
• 1993Jurassic Park — Visual Effects
• 1993RoboCop 3 — Visual Effects
• 1990RoboCop 2 — Associate Producer, Visual Effects
• 1988Willow — Visual Effects
• 1987House II: The Second Story — Visual Effects
• 1987RoboCop — Associate Producer, Visual Effects
• 1986Howard the Duck — Visual Effects, Creature Design
• 1986The Golden Child — Visual Effects
• 1985Dinosaur! — Special Effects
• 1985Dinosaur! — Director, Visual Effects Supervisor
• 1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom — Visual Effects
• 1984Prehistoric Beast — Director
• 1984The Ewok Adventure — Special Effects
• 1983Return of the Jedi — Rancor, Makeup Designer, Creature Design
• 1981Dragonslayer — Visual Effects
• 1980The Empire Strikes Back — Animation, Makeup Effects
• 1978Piranha — Scuba Diver (uncredited), Creature Design
• 1977Star Wars — Cantina Alien (uncredited), Animation
• 1977The Crater Lake Monster — Visual Effects
• 1973A Sound of Thunder — Special Effects
• Sentinel — Director

Appearances as themselves (41)

• 2026Walking with Animators — Self
• 2025Why Dinosaurs? — Self
• 2024A Celebration of Tenacity — Self
• RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop — Self
• Icons Unearthed: Star Wars — Self - Miniature & Optical Effects Unit
• 2022In Search of Tomorrow — Self - Interviewee
• 2022Jurassic Punk — Self
• LIGHT & MAGIC — Self, Self - Creatures and Stop Motion, Self - Model Shop, Self - Creatures and Stop Motion (archive footage)
• 2019Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters — Self
• 2019The Creative Brain — Self
• The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs — Self
• The Movies That Made Us — Self
• 2017Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' — Self
• 2017The Secrets of Sinbad: Phil Tippett on Ray Harryhausen — Himself
• 2016Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey — Self
• 2015Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex — Self
• 2015My Life In Monsters — Himself
• The Real History of Science Fiction — Self
• 2013Worse Than the Demon — himself
• 2012Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan — Self
• 2011Return to Jurassic Park — Self
• 2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” — Self
• 2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 — Self
• 2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 — Self
• 2006Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet — Self
• 2006American Scary — Himself
• 2006The Sci-Fi Boys — Self
• 2005Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection — Self
• 2004Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy — Self
• 2002Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe — Self
• 2001Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop' — Himself
• 1997The Making of 'DragonHeart' — Self
• 1995The Making of 'Jurassic Park' — Self
• 1988Willow: The Making of an Adventure — Self - Visual Effects
• 1983Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi — Self
• 1983From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga — Self
• 1980SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back — Self
• 1980The Making of The Empire Strikes Back — Self
• Fleshing Out the Hollow Man — Self
• Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb — Self
• Inside the Federation — Self