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Mad Dreams and Monsters: The Art of Phil Tippett

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By (author): Alexandre Poncet Gilles Penso

A spectacular and comprehensive authorized retrospective of Oscar-winning visual effects master Phil Tippett, founder and namesake of iconic Tippett Studio

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 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, 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.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 267 x 337mm
  • Publication Date: 10 Nov 2022
  • Publisher: Cameron & Company Inc
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781951836559

About Alexandre PoncetGilles Penso

Gilles Penso has worked on more than a dozen film and television projects in English as well as his native French including Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011); Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex (2015); and Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters (2019) created with coauthor Alexandre Poncet. Alexandre Poncet is a composer producer and director based in France. He has created the music for six films and worked with Penso on the special-effects documentaries Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan; Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex; and Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters. Paul Verhoeven is a noted director of films such as RoboCop Starship Troopers Basic Instinct and Total Recall among others and credits Tippett with an invaluable on-the-fly education in practical effects on the set of RoboCop. Dennis Muren is a nine-time Academy Awardwinning visual effects artist. He has worked on blockbusters such as the Star Wars saga E.T. Indiana Jones and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

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