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Phil Nibbelink

Director, writer, actor and editor · Born June 3, 1955 (71) · Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

Phil Nibbelink was born on 3 June 1955 in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a director, known for The Black Cauldron (1985), The Great Mouse Detective (1986) and Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss (2005). He has been married to Margit Friesacher since 3 January 1992. They have four children.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
June 3, 1955 (71)
From
Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Works as
Director, writer, actor and editor
Titles
11 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all

What are Phil Nibbelink's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
45%
Self
42%
Society
7%
Morality
5%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Gentle 3 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
3
Joyful
2
Romantic
1
Warm
1
Tense
1
Other
2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Phil Nibbelink's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Phil Nibbelink's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

15 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Marmaduke(2022)

    Co-Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • 101 Dalmatians: The Further Adventures of Thunderbolt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Animation

  • Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss(2005)

    Director · Editor · Writer · as Prince (voice)

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • Leif Ericson: The Boy Who Discovered America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director · Animation · Background Designer · Editor · Writer

  • Puss in Boots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director · Writer

  • Casper(1995)

    Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • The Magic Voyage(1992)

    Animation Director · Key Animation

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit(1988)

    Supervising Animator

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • The Black Cauldron(1985)

    Animation · Character Designer · as Henchmen (voice)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • The Fox and the Hound(1981)

    Animation

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • 悟空大圣 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 15 titles, 14 of them dated from 1981 to 2022.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 15: 0 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting7 of 15: 4 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting3 of 15: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleEditing1 of 15: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew9 of 15: 7 only other crew, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score55th

15 titles, 4 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1980s4 · 1 acting · 4 crew1990s5 · crew2000s2 · 1 acting · 2 crew2010s2 · crew2020s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Phil Nibbelink's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of all 11; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 62/100 and the pacing 39/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Phil Nibbelink work with?

People who share at least 2 of Phil Nibbelink's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Simon Wells shares the most, 2.

Directors

Composers and editors

Producers