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Phil Tippett (born September 27, 1951) is an American film director and visual effects supervisor and producer, who specializes in creature design, stop-motion and computerized character animation. Over his career, he has assisted ILM and DreamWorks, and in 1984 formed his own company, Tippett Studio.
Phil Tippett is the founder and namesake of Tippett Studio. His varied career in visual effects has spanned more than 30 years and includes two Academy Awards; and six nominations, one BAFTA award and four nominations, two Emmys and the advent of modern digital effects in motion pictures.
Phil Tippett is the founder and namesake of Tippett Studio. His varied career in visual effects has spanned more than 40 years and includes 2 Academy Awards, 6 Academy Award nominations, 1 BAFTA, 4 BAFTA nominations, 2 Emmys and the advent of modern digital effects in motion pictures.
Jun 16, 2022 · A maverick of stop-motion animation and a restless Renaissance man, Phil Tippett is the visual effects alchemist responsible for emblematic sequences in some of the most popular American...
May 25, 2023 · Starting in the nascent days of George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic in a warehouse in Van Nuys, California with a rag-tag crew of geeky geniuses, Phil Tippett created a wealth of old-school "...
Jun 20, 2022 · Phil Tippett, the VFX artist whose credits include 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Empire Strikes Back,' tells us about his decades-long quest to make 'Mad God.'
Feb 20, 2024 · A VFX wizard in the industry for nearly 50 years, Tippett has designed many of the most memorable special effects in science fiction history.
Sep 1, 2021 · Mr Tippett began work on “Mad God” in 1987 and created thousands of sketches and hundreds of puppets. But assignments on blockbuster films took up his time, and the project was put to one...
Aug 26, 2021 · Phil Tippett Looks Back on His 30-Year Journey Making Stop-Motion Magnum Opus ‘Mad God’. The legendary visual effects artist behind 'Jurassic Park' and 'Robocop' has finally completed his life's...
Nov 5, 2021 · In this transcript of The Fabulist’s wide-ranging conversation with Phil Tippett, the modern master of stop-motion animation talks about the art, mental health struggles, and techniques of sculpture, puppetry, writing, film editing, lighting, and collaboration that come together in his epic, unhinged feature film, “Mad God.”.
