Phil Tippett, the designer behind many of Hollywood's iconic aliens and dinosaurs, is shuttering his visual effects studio in Berkeley.

Tippett Studio closure ends 42 years of go-motion animation and stop-motion craft in Berkeley. Phil Tippett's studio invented the Dinosaur Input Device for Jurassic Park -- the analog bridge that let ...

UPDATE, AUG. 30 at 8pm PT: Tippett Studio took to its official social media accounts Sunday to clarify the current status of its business after founder Phil Tippett announced his retirement and the ...

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If you watch the end credits of Jurassic Park, you’ll see a role that doesn’t appear in any other movie: Dinosaur Supervisor. Phil Tippett is credited with this job, leading many fans to make memes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Phil Tippett, the visual effects artist who crafted aliens in "Star Wars" and dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park," is shutting down his ...

Phil Tippett, the visual effects artist who crafted aliens in “Star Wars” and dinosaurs in “Jurassic Park,” is shutting down his Berkeley-based studios after more than 40 years of business. The ...