Philip Strub

Whenever Hollywood needs the help of Uncle Sam in filming a movie, Philip Strub is the man they call. Since 1989, Philip Strub has served as the head of the Defense Department's Film and Television Liaison Office, from which he oversees efforts to provide United States military assistance on various movie projects, such as providing the F-22 Raptors and other vehicles used in the Transformers film trilogy.

Credits and listed thanks

• Transformers
• Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
• Transformers: Dark Of The Moon

Appearances

• The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge Of The Fallen (documentary)

Notes

• By his own admission, the "criteria" used for determining whether or not he will offer military assistance for a project is "very broad and rather subjective". As a result, they take into consideration the different genres and attitudes of various movies, noting as an example that his work with Black Hawk Down was far different than his work with Transformers.
• As an extension of the above, not only does the Pentagon reserve the right to deny requests for military assistance, it also reserves the right to retract assistance from a project. For example, they withdrew support from the live-action Avengers film due to concerns about how S.H.I.E.L.D. was supposed to relate to the United States military.
• Strub's department can receive as many as 15 requests a year for assistance, which may not seem like much until one realizes that even individual films like Black Hawk Down can monopolize all of his available time and attention, let alone the number of television series (like NCIS) that periodically request support.
• In light of the above, it's practically a miracle that the live-action movies received so much support from the government.

External links

• Military Times interview (note: paid subscription required to read)
• Internet Movie Database entry