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Also known as Stanley Winston

American special effects artist (1946–2008)

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It is catalogued under topics including 1946 births, 2008 deaths and American make-up artists.

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Top works

  • Mutant Earth
  • Stan Winston's Realm of the Claw
  • Trakk Vol. 1
  • Trakk

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Film & TV

Arlington, Virginia, USA

Stanley Winston (April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008) was an American visual effects supervisor, makeup artist, and film director. He was best known for his work in the Terminator series, the Jurassic Park series, Aliens, the Predator series, Iron Man, Edward Scissorhands, Avatar and Enthiran. He won four Academy Awards for his work. Winston, a frequent collaborator with director James Cameron, owned…

Known for

  • The Movies That Made Us — Self (archive footage)2019
  • Return to Jurassic Park — Self (archive footage)2011
  • I Am 'Iron Man' — Self2008
  • Bloodsucking Cinema — Self2007
  • Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film — Self2006
  • The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' — Self (archive footage)2005
  • Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection — Self2005
  • Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn' — Self2004
  • Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods — Self2004
  • Stan Winston: Monster Mogul — Self2004

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Key facts

Born
Stanley Winston , ( 1946-04-07 ) April 7, 1946, Richmond, Virginia , U.S.
Died
June 15, 2008 (2008-06-15) (aged 62), Malibu, California , U.S.
Resting place
Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
Occupation
Special effects artist
Years active
1972–2008
Spouse
Karen Winston ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1969 ) ​
Children
2, including Matt Winston

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Richmond
Place of death
Malibu
Occupation
engineer
Number of children
2
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date of birth
1946-04-07
date of death
2008-06-16
cause of death
multiple myeloma
manner of death
natural causes
place of burial
Hillside Memorial Park
start of work period
1972-00-00
social media followers
511000
name in native language
Stanley Winston
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Encyclopedic overview

Stanley Winston (April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008) was an American television and film special make-up effects artist, best known for his work in the Terminator series, the first three Jurassic Park films, Aliens, The Thing, the first two Predator films, Inspector Gadget, Iron Man, and Edward Scissorhands. He won four Academy Awards for his work.

Winston, a frequent collaborator with directors James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and Tim Burton, owned several effects studios, including Stan Winston Digital. The established areas of expertise for Winston were in makeup, puppets and practical effects, but at the time of his death, he had expanded his studio to encompass digital effects as well.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stan Winston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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