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Tag: Phil Tippett

Articles, Retro

Celebrate the release of the new 4K UHD ‘Dragonslayer’ SteelBook release with this Phil Tippett gallery

Posted onMarch 21, 2023

Re-visiting the go-motion work by Phil Tippett at ILM.

Retro

Celebrating 25 years of ‘Starship Troopers’

Posted onNovember 7, 2022November 7, 2022

“The only good bug is a dead bug.”

Magazine

What it was like to work on Phil Tippett’s ‘MAD GOD’

Posted onNovember 2, 2022

An animator’s perspective (and a special bonus excerpt from befores & afters magazine).

Magazine

Inside issue #7 of b&a mag: animatronics, creature effects and Phil Tippett’s ‘MAD GOD’

Posted onOctober 28, 2022November 19, 2022

The latest issue of befores & afters magazine has arrived!

VFX Breakdowns

Full official ‘Jurassic Park’ documentary now online

Posted onJuly 14, 2022

This official featurette made a few years ago and now released by Universal showcases many of the practical effects dinos by Stan Winston Studio, the CG efforts by ILM, and the contributions from Phil Tippett.

Podcasts

VFX Artifacts: Phil Tippett on ED-209 in ‘RoboCop’

Posted onOctober 13, 2021May 20, 2022

The iconic ED-209 is the latest VFX Artifact we discuss.

Articles

Phil Tippett goes behind the scenes of ‘MAD GOD’

Posted onAugust 18, 2021

A video excerpt from a VIEW Conference chat with the stop-motion/VFX legend.

Articles

I kinda love that you can bid on this Phil Tippett video cassette

Posted onJune 22, 2021

Tape contains original animatics for the ‘Jedi’ Rancor sequence.

Articles

The newest speaker announced for VIEW Conference is…Phil Tippett!

Posted onAugust 12, 2020August 13, 2020

He’ll be diving into stop-motion, visual effects and the art of making films.

RoboCop 2 Face
Articles, Retro

‘RoboCop 2’: The crazy story of how Cain got his CG puppeteered head

Posted onMarch 30, 2020June 23, 2020

When real-time digital puppeteering and stop-motion combined.

Empire Strikes Back
Articles, Retro

The way the opening tauntaun shot was done in ‘Empire Strikes Back’ still makes me flip

Posted onMarch 13, 2020May 12, 2020

Phil Tippett explains how Dennis Muren and ILM made it happen…just.

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Articles

Exclusive preview: ‘Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters’

Posted onSeptember 9, 2019May 23, 2020

Phil Tippett, his close collaborators and…the puppets…are the stars of this new documentary film.

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