Phil Tippett

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Phil Tippett
General information
Name	Phil Tippett
Aliases	Philip Tippett
Roles	Actor Producer Special effects artist
Place of birth	Illinois
Gender	Male
Date of birth	1951
Date of death	N/A
First appearance	The Crater Lake Monster (1977)
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Phil Tippett is an American visual effects technician, stop-motion animator, as well as a director, producer and creative designer. He has occasionally appeared as an extra in various films beginning with the 1977 sci-fi epic Star Wars where he played a cantina alien. Tippett's first work in the horror genre was creating miniatures for the 1977 film The Crater Lake Monster. A year later, he made an appearance in as a scuba diver in Joe Dante's 1978 movie Piranha.

Body of work

Film	Year	Role
Piranha	1978	Actor
Jurassic Park	1993	Dinosaur supervisor
Tremos II: Aftershocks	1996	CGI supervisor
The Haunting	1999	Visual effects supervisor
Twilight: New Moon	2009	Visual effects supervisor
Twilight: Eclipse	2010	Visual effects supervisor

Notes & Trivia

• Was inspired by the stop-motion works of Ray Harryhausen.

External Links

• Phil Tippett at IMDB
• Phil Tippett at Wikipedia
• Phil Tippett at Wookieepedia
• Phil Tippett at Headhunter's Holosuite

References

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Jurassic Park Actor or Crew member This article relates to actors or production crew members pertaining to the Jurassic Park film franchise. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Jurassic Park crew members category.

Piranha Actor or Crew member This article relates to actors or production crew members pertaining to the Piranha film franchise. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Piranha crew members category.

Twilight Actor or Crew member This article relates to actors or production crew members pertaining to the Twilight film franchise. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Twilight crew members category.