Current mood:

sad

Stan Winston 1946 - 2008
Kinda grieving today. Stan was my all time favorite creature effects guy (Rob Bottin is a close second). When I saw Jurassic Park in the theater, it was amazing. You believed the dinos were real. You knew the Terminator wouldn’t stop and cheered when Ripley yelled at the mother alien and challenged her.

He will be missed.

Stan Winston, 1946 – 2008

Date of Birth
7 April 1946, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Date of Death
15 June 2008, Los Angeles, California, USA (multiple myeloma)

From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news
16 June 2008 1:24 PM, PDT

Stan Winston, an Academy Award-winning special effects and makeup artist known for his work in “Aliens” and “Jurassic Park,” died Sunday after a long struggle with multiple myeloma. He was 62.

Winston won a total of four Oscars in the special effects and makeup categories for his work in “Aliens,” “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” and “Jurassic Park.”

Besides his four wins, Winston was nominated for several other Academy Awards in the same categories for “Batman Returns” and “Artificial Intelligence,” among others.

Other projects he worked on as special makeup effects artists included “Constantine,” “Pearl Harbor” and “Edward Scissorhands.”

Winston also worked on the visual effects in Jon Favreau’s “Iron Man.” He earned his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2001.
Franck Tabouring