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In 1991, Tippett was hired to create the dinosaur effects for the Steven Spielberg blockbuster Jurassic Park using his go motion technique made famous in the film Dragonslayer. However, Dennis Muren and his CGI team at Industrial Light & Magic created animated test footage of a T. rex that Spielberg loved.
Phil Tippett was the dinosaur supervisor for Jurassic Park. According to The Making of Jurassic Park, he was in charge of the go-motion dinosaurs before Steven Spielberg decided to switch to CG dinosaurs.
Visual Effects: Jurassic Park. Phil Tippett is the founder and namesake of Tippett Studio. His varied career in visual effects has spanned more than 30 years and includes two Academy Awards; and six nominations, one BAFTA award and four nominations, two Emmys and the advent of modern digital effects in motion pictures.
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