Mad Dreams and Monsters: The Art of Phil Tippett and Tippett Studio

About this book

Gilles Penso and Alexandre Poncet the documentarians behind Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan present Mad Dreams and Monsters a spectacular and comprehensive authorized retrospective of Oscar-winning visual effects master Phil Tippett founder and namesake of iconic Tippett Studio. Foreword by director Paul Verhoeven and Oscar-winning visual effects artist Dennis Muren Preface by Phil Tippett From Star Wars to Jurassic Park and RoboCop to Starship Troopers special effects master Phil Tippett has brought his magic to some of the most iconic films of all time. His unparalleled career in visual effects spans more than 40 years with two Academy Awards one BAFTA and two Emmys. This stunning book published in a beautiful slipcase celebrates Tippetts career from early Super 8 explorations through his groundbreaking work with Industrial Light & Magic DreamWorks and beyond. While Tippetts first love remains the stop-motion animation that made him a Hollywood legend he was present at the birth of big-screen digital effects and his genius has evolved with the times. In 1984 he founded Tippett Studio which has come to specialize in digital effects. Packed with over a thousand behind-the-scenes photographs and housed in a beautifully designed slipcase Mad Dreams and Monsters includes never-before-published stories from the master himself and a veritable whos who of visual effects luminariesa must-have for movie fans film students and anyone whos ever been captivated by movie magic.