Phil Tippett
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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 27, 1951
Deathday: N/A
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Star Wars
1977-05-25
Star Wars
Overview: Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-25
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Piranha
1978-08-03
Piranha
Overview: When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-03
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From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
1983-12-03
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
Overview: From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga is a 1983 television documentary special that originally aired on PBS. It is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the original Star Wars trilogy, with particular emphasis on the final film, Return of the Jedi. Narrated by actor Mark Hamill, the documentary was written by Richard Schickel who had written the previous television documentaries The Making of Star Wars (1977) and SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-03
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Slice!
2022-10-10
Slice!
Overview: With 18 golf holes of terror, heads will surely roll.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-10
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Jurassic Punk
2022-12-16
Jurassic Punk
Overview: Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams is a pioneer in computer animation. His digital dinosaurs of Jurassic Park transformed Hollywood in 1993, but an appetite for anarchy and reckless disregard for authority may have cost him the recognition he deserved.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-16
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The Making of 'DragonHeart'
1997-01-14
The Making of 'DragonHeart'
Overview: This documentary was first released on the laserdisc for DragonHeart, and was then re-released on both the Collector's Edition and Franchise Collection DVDs.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-14
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Inside the Federation
Inside the Federation
Overview: The 30-minute long featurette "Inside the Federation" mirrors the commentary, with a look at the challenges faced in the filmmaking process with such a limited budget, and how some of the visual effects were handled.
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Original Language: en
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The Secrets of Sinbad: Phil Tippett on Ray Harryhausen
2017-06-26
The Secrets of Sinbad: Phil Tippett on Ray Harryhausen
Overview: Visual effects experts Phil Tippett discusses the legacy of Ray Harryhausen.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-26
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Virus: Ghost in the Machine
Virus: Ghost in the Machine
Overview: A look behind the scenes: making the 1999 film Virus
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Original Language: en
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Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004-09-12
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Overview: From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star Wars Trilogy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-12
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Lost in Time: Unearthing the Primevals
2024-05-31
Lost in Time: Unearthing the Primevals
Overview: Documentary about the 30-year long process of David Allen's The Primevals.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-31
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Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015-11-18
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Overview: The Frankenstein Complex takes a historical as well as a creative perspective, with a mix of fascinating scenes behind the camera, film clips, and dozens of interviews with all the big names in the industry. In addition to the many wonderful anecdotes, the film also offers a wealth of beautiful test material, while along the way showing how the art of filmmaking has changed over the years. An affectionate ode to monster makers throughout history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-11-18
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A Celebration of Tenacity
2024-06-01
A Celebration of Tenacity
Overview: Discussion about David Allen's "The Primevals" at Industrial Light and Magic in San Francisco.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-01
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My Life In Monsters
2015-12-22
My Life In Monsters
Overview: Phil Tippett is the Oscar-winning stop-motion animator and designer behind some of the greatest fantasy creatures and sci-fi set pieces in cinema history. From his humble beginnings as an alien patron in the iconic Cantina sequence from 'Star Wars: A New Hope', to pioneering stop-motion techniques used throughout 'Empire Strikes Back' and 'Return of the Jedi', to seamlessly merging practical animation and CGI in Jurassic Park and beyond. In 'My Life in Monsters', VICE chronicles Tippett's legendary life work, illustrating the process behind his greatest creations, the emotional hardships of transitioning into Hollywood's digital revolution, and completing his return-to-form, stop-motion opus with the brutal, dystopian 'Mad God'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-22
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Return of the Jedi
1983-05-25
Return of the Jedi
Overview: Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-25
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Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'
2017-03-21
Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'
Overview: This retrospective features both archival and 2017 interviews with cast and crew members. It includes interviews with CG supervisor Paul M. Sammon, executive producer Patrick Crowley, associate producer Phil Tippett, cinematographer Mark Irwin as well as actors Nancy Allen, Tom Noonan, and Galyn Görg. Sammon's 1989/90 interviews with producer Jon Davidson and director Irvin Kershner are excerpted. There is also vintage rehearsal and BTS footage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-21
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Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
2016-04-16
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
Overview: An inside look at the making of the movie Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), featuring footage and exclusive interviews with the actors and filmmakers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-16
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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012-09-29
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Overview: There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film, and that man is special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen. Focusing on the man behind the landmark effects on films like Clash Of The Titans, One Million Years B.C., Jason And The Argonauts and many more, this in-depth film features interviews with the great man himself, and with an array of animators and directors influenced by his work including Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Terry Gilliam, James Cameron and Steven Spielberg. The film also features unseen footage of tests and experiments recently uncovered.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-29
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American Scary
2006-10-21
American Scary
Overview: A fond remembrance of and tribute to the uniquely American institution of the horror movie host.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-21
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The Sci-Fi Boys
2006-04-27
The Sci-Fi Boys
Overview: Legendary all-stars of cinema bring to life the evolution of science-fiction and special effects films from the wild and funny days of B-movies to blockbusters that have captured the world's imagination. This is the story of the Sci-Fi Boys, who started out as kids making amateur movies inspired by Forrest J Ackerman's FAMOUS MONSTERS magazine and grew up to take Hollywood by storm, inventing the art and technology for filming anything the mind can dream.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-27
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The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995-04-23
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Overview: This documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Jurassic Park," one of the 90's biggest hits and a milestone in special effects development. Narrated by James Earl Jones, it includes footage of the filming process, as well as interviews with director Steven Spielberg, and other members of the cast and crew, who give their insights into what it was like working together on this project and the efforts it took to bring the film to completion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-23
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Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007-10-23
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Overview: This documentary about "2001: A Space Odyssey" looks at some of the things that seemed fanciful in 1968, which don't seem quite as much anymore.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-23
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The Creative Brain
2019-04-15
The Creative Brain
Overview: Neuroscientist David Eagleman taps into the creative process of various inventors, while exploring brain-bending, risk-taking ways to spark creativity
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-15
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Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
1983-11-21
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Overview: Go behind the scenes — and into the costumes — as production footage from Return of the Jedi is interspersed with vintage monster movie clips in this in-depth exploration of the painstaking techniques utilized by George Lucas to create the classic creatures and characters seen in the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-21
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Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
2001-10-02
Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
Overview: A look behind the scenes at the making of this science fiction classic about a policeman killed in the line of duty, only to be reborn as a half-man, half-machine supercop. Includes interviews with star Peter Weller and director Paul Verhoeven, who give their views on the efforts that went into making the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-02
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Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019-09-14
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Overview: An in-depth, sad, and beautiful documentary about the stop motion and VFX artist Phil Tippett, a man who changed the landscape of visual effects in film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-14
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Return to Jurassic Park
2011-02-05
Return to Jurassic Park
Overview: A multi-part documentary about the making of the Jurassic Park trilogy. Each part walks through the making of part of one of the films, including the hurricane during the shooting of the first film, and how advances in CGI for Jurassic Park helped change the world of special effects forever. All interviews for these retrospective documentaries come with comments from Spielberg, Johnston, Neill, Dern, Goldblum, the effects crews, the child actors, and Peter Stormare. This documentary is broken into six parts: Dawn of a New Era (25 min), Making Prehistory (20 min), The Next Step in Evolution (15 min), Finding the Lost World (28 min), Something Survived (16 min), and The Third Adventure (25 min).
Genres: Documentary Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-05
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Willow: The Making of an Adventure
1988-04-26
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
Overview: A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the film Willow (1988). Included are interviews with cast and crew and scenes of the actual filming of the production itself.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-26
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Star Wars : La Révolution Visuelle
2020-05-04
Star Wars : La Révolution Visuelle
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-05-04
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In Search of Tomorrow
2022-02-19
In Search of Tomorrow
Overview: A nostalgic journey through ’80s Sci-Fi-films, exploring their impact and relevance today, told by the artist who made them and by those who were inspired to turn their visions into reality.
Genres: Documentary Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-19
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Making Magic: The Artistry of Karel Zeman
2020-02-20
Making Magic: The Artistry of Karel Zeman
Overview: In this conversation, filmed by the Criterion Collection in 2019, animator and visual-effects supervisor Phil Tippett and visual-effects artist Jim Aupperle discuss their appreciation for director Karel Zeman and his cinematic techniques.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-20
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Empire at 40
2020-05-29
Empire at 40
Overview: A special livestream conversation with effects legends Dennis Muren, Joe Johnston, Phil Tippett, and Lorne Peterson in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. ILM's VFX Supervisor Bill George will moderate the discussion.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-29
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Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006-11-14
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Overview: A documentary about the making of, and legacy of, the Forbidden Planet movie.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-14
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The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
1980-09-22
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
Overview: Even the most devout Star Wars fan might not know that filmmaker and journalist Michel Parbot was once given unprecedented access to the set, stars, and filmmakers behind The Empire Strikes Back. The resulting work, The Making of The Empire Strikes Back, has apparently never been commercially released. Most of the footage has been lost, but 15 minutes has circulated online in recent years. Now, the 1 hour cut of Michel Parbot’s lost documentary has been found.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-22
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Worse Than the Demon
2013-01-01
Worse Than the Demon
Overview: A short documentary following artist Phil Tippett, as he turns away from the commercial successes of Hollywood and delves into his 35-year-long passion project MAD GOD. Created as her undergrad thesis by Maya Tippett, the subject's daughter, the film chronicles Phil's journey as an artist as he commits himself to the subterranean stop-motion world of monsters, demons and mad scientists.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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