Portrait of Phil Tippett

Visual Effects

Phil Tippett

Career

Active from 1984 to 2021, with a break from 1986 to 2003, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mad God
Mad God
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Phil Tippett Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.8, average 5.4
  • Historical
    1.0, average 2.6
  • Crime
    2.1, average 3.6
  • Psychological
    4.2, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    46
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    Upcoming

    1 title
    Sentinel
    Sentinel
    GoodWatch score 37

    Director

    2020s

    4 titles ยท average score 72
    Dead Souls
    Dead Souls (2025)
    GoodWatch score 66

    Visual Effects

    Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
    Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals (2024)

    Thanks

    Slice!
    Slice! (2022)

    as Phil

    Mad God
    Mad God (2021)
    GoodWatch score 78

    Cinematography, Special Effects

    2010s

    10 titles ยท average score 60
    Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
    Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
    GoodWatch score 53

    Visual Effects

    Mad God: Part 3
    Mad God: Part 3 (2018)

    Director

    Mad God: Part 2
    Mad God: Part 2 (2016)

    Director, Producer

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens
    Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
    GoodWatch score 79

    Animation

    Jurassic World
    Jurassic World (2015)
    GoodWatch score 67

    Visual Effects

    Mad God: Part 1
    Mad God: Part 1 (2014)
    GoodWatch score 69

    Producer, Director

    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
    GoodWatch score 54

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
    GoodWatch score 44

    Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

    The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
    The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
    GoodWatch score 53

    Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

    MutantLand
    MutantLand (2010)
    GoodWatch score 60

    Writer, Director

    2000s

    4 titles ยท average score 48
    The Twilight Saga: New Moon
    The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
    GoodWatch score 44

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    The Spiderwick Chronicles
    The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
    GoodWatch score 68

    Animation Supervisor

    Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
    Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)
    GoodWatch score 32

    Co-Producer, Director

    Evolution
    Evolution (2001)
    GoodWatch score 49

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    1990s

    10 titles ยท average score 50
    The Haunting
    The Haunting (1999)
    GoodWatch score 37

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    My Favorite Martian
    My Favorite Martian (1999)
    GoodWatch score 36

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Starship Troopers
    Starship Troopers (1997)
    GoodWatch score 71

    Visual Effects Supervisor, Co-Producer

    DragonHeart
    DragonHeart (1996)
    GoodWatch score 56

    Creature Design

    Tremors 2: Aftershocks
    Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996)
    GoodWatch score 60

    CGI Supervisor

    Three Wishes
    Three Wishes (1995)
    GoodWatch score 36

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Jurassic Park
    Jurassic Park (1993)
    GoodWatch score 82

    Visual Effects

    Coneheads
    Coneheads (1993)
    GoodWatch score 48

    Animation

    RoboCop 3
    RoboCop 3 (1993)
    GoodWatch score 33

    Visual Effects

    RoboCop 2
    RoboCop 2 (1990)
    GoodWatch score 46

    Associate Producer, Visual Effects

    1980s

    13 titles ยท average score 62
    Willow
    Willow (1988)
    GoodWatch score 61

    Visual Effects

    RoboCop
    RoboCop (1987)
    GoodWatch score 77

    Associate Producer, Visual Effects

    House II: The Second Story
    House II: The Second Story (1987)
    GoodWatch score 39

    Visual Effects

    The Golden Child
    The Golden Child (1986)
    GoodWatch score 43

    Visual Effects

    Howard the Duck
    Howard the Duck (1986)
    GoodWatch score 33

    Creature Design, Visual Effects

    Dinosaur!
    Dinosaur! (1985)

    Special Effects

    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
    GoodWatch score 71

    Visual Effects

    The Ewok Adventure
    The Ewok Adventure (1984)
    GoodWatch score 44

    Special Effects

    Prehistoric Beast
    Prehistoric Beast (1984)
    GoodWatch score 73

    Director

    Return of the Jedi
    Return of the Jedi (1983)
    GoodWatch score 77

    as Rancor

    Dragonslayer
    Dragonslayer (1981)
    GoodWatch score 70

    Visual Effects

    The Empire Strikes Back
    The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
    GoodWatch score 88

    Makeup Effects, Animation

    1970s

    4 titles ยท average score 61
    Piranha
    Piranha (1978)
    GoodWatch score 64

    as Scuba Diver (uncredited)

    Star Wars
    Star Wars (1977)
    GoodWatch score 89

    as Cantina Alien (uncredited)

    The Crater Lake Monster
    The Crater Lake Monster (1977)
    GoodWatch score 29

    Visual Effects

    A Sound of Thunder
    A Sound of Thunder (1973)

    Special Effects