Great job, Internet!: Trove of Phil Tippett Studio work saved at liquidation sale is now online
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Great job, Internet!: Trove of Phil Tippett Studio work saved at liquidation sale is now online
Tippett Studios, the animation house co-founded by Phil Tippett, the legendary stop-motion animator behind Star Wars, RoboCop, Jurassic Park, and more, and Jules Roman, his wife and Studio president, went bankrupt in 2024. It was a sad day for the largely unheralded stop-motion master who revolutionized special effects in numerous features that still generate sequels and merchandise based directly on his work. (In May, his animation featured in …
When the animation studio of renowned special effects artist Phil Tippett closed due to financial difficulties, decades' worth of props and memorabilia were auctioned off. The 90 CD-ROMs containing materials on Tippett's work that were put up for auction have now been made public on the Internet Archive. Read more...
Tippett Studios | In the wake of its closure, a digital archive of animated materials appears online (Film Stories)
Film Stories: Tippett Studios | In the wake of its closure, a digital archive of animated materials appears online. “August brought with it the sad news that Tippett Studios, the Berkeley-based animation and effects house founded by Phil Tippett, was closing down. The company had been in financial trouble for a while, and as it closed its doors on the 28th of that month, decades of props, memorabilia and art was sold off in a two-day auction….An…
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