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Tippett Studio is an American visual effects and computer animation company specializing in computer graphics (CG) for films and television commercials. The studio has created visual effects and animations on over fifty feature films and commercials, garnering an Academy Award, four Clio Awards and two Emmy Awards. The company currently consists of approximately 150 employees, with offices located in Berkeley, California.




History


Tippett Studio was founded in 1984 by Phil Tippett and Jules Roman, Phil's wife and the president of the company. The studio began as a stop motion animation company (by means of its particular stop motion animation variant, the so-called go motion animation technique). It also designed and built live action props for films, such as RoboCop, RoboCop 2, RoboCop 3, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Ghost. In 1991, the studio shifted its focus to computer-generated imagery to work on Jurassic Park, (released in 1993, with Industrial Light and Magic) by developing the Digital Input Device (DID). The DID was a new effects technology which placed computer-linked sensors into the moving joints of three-dimensional, articulated character models. This system earned Craig Hayes a Scientific and Technical Achievement Academy Award and the work on Jurassic Park earned the studio an Oscar. Creature animation work for Coneheads (also released in 1993) was the last go motion puppet project done by this company.
The studio also worked on Blockbuster commercials featuring Ray and Carl, a guinea pig and rabbit at a pet store window from 2002 to 2007 during the Super Bowl.
Paul Verhoeven's 1997 film Starship Troopers became at the time Tippett Studio's biggest project, with over 500 effects shots, for which the company received another Academy Award nomination. Phil Tippett co-directed the large-scale battle sequences with Verhoeven. The studio doubled in size to digitally animate and composite hundreds of creature shots for the film.
Early in 2000, the studio re-teamed with Paul Verhoeven on Hollow Man. Craig Hayes co-supervised the creation of the invisible Sebastian whose outline becomes visible in steam, rain, water and even blood. The outstanding visual effects were recognized with another Academy Award nomination.
In March 2024, Tippett Studio was acquired by Indian-based studio PhantomFX. On May 1, 2024, Tippett Studio filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.




Motion picture filmography


1984 Prehistoric Beast
1984 Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure
1985 Dinosaur!
1985 Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
1986 Howard the Duck (alongside Industrial Light & Magic)
1986 The Golden Child
1987 RoboCop
1988 Willow (alongside Industrial Light & Magic)
1989 Ghostbusters II (alongside Industrial Light & Magic)
1989 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
1990 RoboCop 2
1993 Coneheads
1993 Jurassic Park (alongside Industrial Light & Magic)
1993 RoboCop 3
1995 Three Wishes
1996 Dragonheart
1996 Tremors 2: Aftershocks
1997 Starship Troopers
1998 Armageddon
1998 Practical Magic
1999 Bicentennial Man
1999 Komodo
1999 My Favorite Martian
1999 The Haunting
1999 Virus
2000 Hollow Man
2000 Mission to Mars
2001 Cats & Dogs
2001 Evolution
2001 The One
2002 Blade II
2002 Men in Black II (alongside Industrial Light & Magic)
2002 The Ring
2002 The Santa Clause 2
2003 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2003 The Matrix Revolutions
2004 Catwoman
2004 Hellboy
2004 Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
2004 The Stepford Wives
2005 Constantine
2005 Son of the Mask
2005 The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D
2006 Charlotte's Web
2006 Santa Clause 3
2006 The Shaggy Dog
2007 Enchanted
2007 The Golden Compass
2008 Cloverfield
2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles (alongside Industrial Light & Magic)
2008 Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008 Bedtime Stories
2009 Drag Me to Hell
2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2010 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010 Piranha 3D
2011 Immortals
2011 Priest
2011 Season of the Witch
2011 The Smurfs
2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012 Ted
2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
2013 After Earth
2013 Horns
2014 A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014 Deliver Us from Evil
2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014 The Crossing
2014 The Pyramid
2014 The Remaining
2015 Jurassic World
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2016 Gods of Egypt
2016 League of Gods
2017 - present The Orville (TV series)
2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story
2019 Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (alongside Industrial Light & Magic)
2019 Crazy Alien
2021 The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021 Mad God
2022 Black Adam
TBA Sentinel




Awards and nominations






= Film

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2000: Hollow Man – Academy Award nomination - Best Visual Effects
1997: Starship Troopers – Academy Award nomination – Best Visual Effects
1996: Dragonheart – Academy Award nomination – Best Visual Effects
1993: Jurassic Park – Academy Award – Best Visual Effects
1988: Willow – Academy Award nomination – Best Visual Effects
1985: Ewoks: The Battle for Endor – Primetime Emmy Award – Outstanding Special Visual Effects
1985: Dinosaur! – Primetime Emmy Award – Outstanding Special Visual Effects




= Commercials

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2002: Blockbuster Video, Carl & Ray: Kung Fu – Clio Award, Gold – Computer Animation
2002: Blockbuster Video, Carl & Ray: Gotta Dance – Clio Award, Bronze – Computer Animation
2002: Blockbuster Video, Carl & Ray: Prima Donna – Clio Award, Bronze – Computer Animation
2002: Blockbuster Video, Carl & Ray: Kung Fu – Clio Award, Bronze – Visual Effects




References






External links


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