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.
2026Walking with AnimatorsMovieas Self
2025Why Dinosaurs?Movieas Self
2025Dead SoulsMovieVisual Effects
2024Lost to Time: Unearthing the PrimevalsMovieas Self · Thanks
2023RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCopTV showas Self · 2 episodes
2022Jurassic PunkMovieas Self
2022Slice!Movieas Phil
2022LIGHT & MAGICTV showas Self · as Self - Creatures and Stop Motion · as Self - Model Shop · as Self - Creatures and Stop Motion (archive footage) · 3 episodes
2022Icons Unearthed: Star WarsTV showas Self - Miniature & Optical Effects Unit · 6 episodes
2022In Search of TomorrowMovieas Self - Interviewee
2021Mad GodMovieDirector · Producer · Cinematography · Character Designer · Special Effects · Visual Effects Supervisor · Writer · Production Design
2020Star Wars : La Révolution VisuelleMovie
2020Making Magic: The Artistry of Karel ZemanMovie
2019The Movies That Made UsTV showas Self · 1 episodes2019The MandalorianTV showVisual Effects Design Consultant · 1 episodes
2019Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and MonstersMovieas Self
2019The Creative BrainMovieas Self
2019The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob BriggsTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2018Mad God: Part 3MovieDirector2018Jurassic World: Fallen KingdomMovieVisual Effects
2017Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'Movieas Self
2016Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic JourneyMovieas Self2016Mad God: Part 2MovieDirector · Producer2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensMovieAnimation
2015Creature Designers: The Frankenstein ComplexMovieas Self2015Jurassic WorldMovieVisual Effects
2014The Real History of Science FictionTV showas Self · 3 episodes2014Mad God: Part 1MovieMusic · Director · Producer
2013Worse Than the DemonMovieas himself2012The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2MovieVisual Effects Supervisor
2012Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects TitanMovieas Self2011The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1MovieSenior Visual Effects Supervisor
2011Return to Jurassic ParkMovieas Self2010The Twilight Saga: EclipseMovieSenior Visual Effects Supervisor
2010MutantLandMovieWriter · Director2009The Twilight Saga: New MoonMovieVisual Effects Supervisor
2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”Movieas Self2008The Spiderwick ChroniclesMovieAnimation Supervisor
2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001Movieas Self
2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001Movieas Self
2006Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden PlanetMovieas Self
2006American ScaryMovieas Himself
2006The Sci-Fi BoysMovieas Self
2005Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years CollectionMovieas Self
2004Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars TrilogyMovieas Self
2004Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the FederationMovieDirector · Co-Producer
2002Starship Troopers: Know Your FoeMovieas Self
2001Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'Movieas Himself2001EvolutionMovieVisual Effects Supervisor
1999The HauntingMovieVisual Effects Supervisor
1999My Favorite MartianMovieVisual Effects Supervisor1997Starship TroopersMovieCo-Producer · Visual Effects Supervisor
1997The Making of 'DragonHeart'Movieas Self1996DragonHeartMovieCreature Design
1996Tremors 2: AftershocksMovieCGI Supervisor
1995Three WishesMovieVisual Effects Supervisor
1995The Making of 'Jurassic Park'Movieas Self
1993ConeheadsMovieAnimation1993Jurassic ParkMovieVisual Effects
1993RoboCop 3MovieVisual Effects1990RoboCop 2MovieAssociate Producer · Visual Effects1988WillowMovieVisual Effects
1988Willow: The Making of an AdventureMovieas Self - Visual Effects1987RoboCopMovieAssociate Producer · Visual Effects
1987House II: The Second StoryMovieVisual Effects
1986The Golden ChildMovieVisual Effects
1986Howard the DuckMovieVisual Effects · Creature Design
1985Dinosaur!MovieSpecial Effects
1985Dinosaur!MovieDirector · Visual Effects Supervisor
1984The Ewok AdventureMovieSpecial Effects
1984Prehistoric BeastMovieDirector1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomMovieVisual Effects
1983From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a SagaMovieas Self
1983Classic Creatures: Return of the JediMovieas Self1983Return of the JediMovieas Rancor · Makeup Designer · Creature Design
1981DragonslayerMovieVisual Effects
1980SP FX: The Empire Strikes BackMovieas Self
1980The Making of The Empire Strikes BackMovieas Self1980The Empire Strikes BackMovieAnimation · Makeup Effects
1978PiranhaMovieas Scuba Diver (uncredited) · Creature Design1977Star WarsMovieas Cantina Alien (uncredited) · Animation
1977The Crater Lake MonsterMovieVisual Effects
1973A Sound of ThunderMovieSpecial Effects
—Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the BombMovieas Self
—Fleshing Out the Hollow ManMovieas Self
—YUB-NUB! The Forgotten Ewok AdventuresMovieas SELF