Directed credits
8
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Phil Tippett
Visual Effects
Career Snapshot
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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 0All crew credits: 45
TMDB ID: 7727
IMDb ID: nm0864138
Known for: Visual Effects
Born: September 27, 1951
Age: 74
Place of birth: Berkeley, California
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1973 - 2025
Years active: 53
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q1935109
Frequent jobs
Director (8)Visual Effects (12)Visual Effects Supervisor (7)Animation (4)Creature Design (3)Special Effects (3)Associate Producer (2)Senior Visual Effects Supervisor (2)Animation Supervisor (1)
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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Phil Tippett.
Director
Mad God
2021 • Movie
Director
Mad God: Part 3
2018 • Movie
Director
Mad God: Part 2
2016 • Movie
Director
Mad God: Part 1
2014 • Movie
Director
MutantLand
2010 • Movie
Director
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
2004 • Movie
Director
Dinosaur!
1985 • Movie
Director
Prehistoric Beast
1984 • Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Phil Tippett.
Animation
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 • Movie
Animation
Star Wars
1977 • Movie
Visual Effects
Jurassic Park
1993 • Movie
Creature Design
Return of the Jedi
1983 • Movie
as Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004 • Movie
Associate Producer
RoboCop
1987 • Movie
Visual Effects
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984 • Movie
Animation
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Starship Troopers
1997 • Movie
Visual Effects
Willow
1988 • Movie
Director
Mad God
2021 • Movie
Animation Supervisor
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 • Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Phil Tippett.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Phil Tippett.
Animation
Star Wars
1977 • Movie
Visual Effects
Jurassic World
2015 • Movie
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
2011 • Movie
Visual Effects
Jurassic Park
1993 • Movie
Animation
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 • Movie
Visual Effects
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018 • Movie
Animation
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012 • Movie
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009 • Movie
Visual Effects
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984 • Movie
Creature Design
Return of the Jedi
1983 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Phil Tippett.
Visual Effects Design Consultant • 1 eps
The Mandalorian
2019 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
2019 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Movies That Made Us
2019 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
2023 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Phil Tippett.
Visual Effects
Dead Souls
2025 • Movie
Thanks
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
2024 • Movie
Visual Effects
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018 • Movie
Animation
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 • Movie
Visual Effects
Jurassic World
2015 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012 • Movie
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
2011 • Movie
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009 • Movie
Animation Supervisor
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Evolution
2001 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Haunting
1999 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
My Favorite Martian
1999 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Starship Troopers
1997 • Movie
Creature Design
DragonHeart
1996 • Movie
CGI Supervisor
Tremors II: Aftershocks
1996 • Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Phil Tippett.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Phil Tippett.
as Self
Why Dinosaurs?
2025 • Movie
as Self
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
2024 • Movie
as Self
Jurassic Punk
2022 • Movie
as Phil
Slice!
2022 • Movie
as Self - Interviewee
In Search of Tomorrow
2022 • Movie
Star Wars : La Révolution Visuelle
2020 • Movie
Making Magic: The Artistry of Karel Zeman
2020 • Movie
as Self
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019 • Movie
as Self
The Creative Brain
2019 • Movie
as Self
Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'
2017 • Movie
as Self
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
2016 • Movie
as Self
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Phil Tippett.
as Self • 2 eps
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
2023 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022 • Series
as Self - Miniature & Optical Effects Unit • 6 eps
Icons Unearthed: Star Wars
2022 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Movies That Made Us
2019 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
2019 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014 • Series