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Phil Tippett

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Phil Tippett

Born Sep 27, 1951 · 74 years90 titles 83 movies · 7 TV
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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.

Born

Sep 27, 1951

Berkeley, California

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

48

Acting credits

9

Directing

2

Writing

42

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1973 1 title(s)

1977 2 title(s)

1978 1 title(s)

1980 3 title(s)

1981 1 title(s)

1983 3 title(s)

1984 3 title(s)

1985 2 title(s)

1986 2 title(s)

1987 2 title(s)

1988 2 title(s)

1990 1 title(s)

1993 3 title(s)

1995 2 title(s)

1996 2 title(s)

1997 2 title(s)

1999 3 title(s)

2001 2 title(s)

2002 1 title(s)

2004 2 title(s)

2005 1 title(s)

2006 3 title(s)

2007 2 title(s)

2008 2 title(s)

2009 1 title(s)

2010 2 title(s)

2011 2 title(s)

2012 2 title(s)

2013 1 title(s)

2014 2 title(s)

2015 4 title(s)

2016 2 title(s)

2017 2 title(s)

2018 2 title(s)

2019 5 title(s)

2020 2 title(s)

2021 1 title(s)

2022 5 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2024 2 title(s)

2025 2 title(s)

Undated 4 title(s)