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.
- June 3, 1955 (71)
- Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
- Director, writer, actor and editor
- 11 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
Known for
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.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
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
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Shadowas the Prince in Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss (2005)
Moods and endings
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)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
101 Dalmatians: The Further Adventures of Thunderbolt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Leif Ericson: The Boy Who Discovered America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

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

Casper(1995)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Magic Voyage(1992)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Who Framed Roger Rabbit(1988)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
The Black Cauldron(1985)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Fox and the Hound(1981)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
悟空大圣 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles, 14 of them dated from 1981 to 2022.

Biggest box office
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)

Highest rated
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)

Most popular right now
Marmaduke (2022)
Film career
- 1985Screen debut· The Black Cauldron
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.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed2
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
- Simon WellsShared titles: We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Simon Wells

Composers and editors
- James HornerShared titles: We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)See all 2 shared titles with James Horner

- Nick FletcherShared titles: We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Nick Fletcher
Producers
- Frank MarshallShared titles: We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Frank Marshall

- Kathleen KennedyShared titles: We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Kathleen Kennedy

- Steve HicknerShared titles: We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Hickner

- Steven SpielbergShared titles: We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Steven Spielberg
