Howitzer
June 16, 2008, 12:34pm
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Just letting you know that Stan Winston, the one behind the magic of Terminator, Jurassic Park, and countless other films… has died. He was a genius of practical effects and animatronic characters. He will be missed.
Hey guys. Quint here with some absolutely horrible news. We had an unsubstantiated email come in about 20 minutes ago telling us that Stan Winston passed away last night. I couldn't find any reference to it online at the AP wire, Variety,...
Stanley "Stan" Winston (April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008) was an American television and film special make-up effects creator. He was best known for his work in the Terminator series, the first three Jurassic Park films, Aliens, 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 director James Cameron, owned several effects studios, including Stan Winston Digital. The established areas of ex...
rexprime
June 16, 2008, 2:48pm
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both he and his work will be missed,
this reminds me of when Jim Henson died, maybe his(winston’s) work will live on aswell
kbot
June 16, 2008, 4:48pm
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It will live. I’m sure that many artists are here who will use the work as inspiration. I know I will.
Friday13
June 16, 2008, 5:49pm
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I was reading about this earlier, very unexpected… a master of many crafts, now gone. Thankfully, we are left with everlasting samples of his work.
That is so sad. He was genius and was one of the first to be able to make latex and hydraulics come alive, before there was any sort of computer graphics.
His work was much appreciated and admired.
