Stan Winston

Stanley Winston(April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008) was an American television and filmspecial make-up effectsartist, best known for his work in theTerminatorseries,the first threeJurassic Parkfilms,Aliens,The Thing,the first twoPredatorfilms,Inspector Gadget,Iron Man,andEdward Scissorhands.He won fourAcademy Awardsfor his work.

Stan Winston
Winston at the1997 Cannes Film Festival
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 ​ (m.1969)​
Children	2, includingMatt Winston

Winston, a frequent collaborator with directorsJames Cameron,Steven SpielbergandTim Burton,owned several effects studios, including Stan Winston Digital. The established areas of expertise for Winston were in makeup, puppets and practical effects, but he had recently expanded his studio to encompass digital effects as well.

Early life

Winston was born on April 7, 1946, inRichmond, Virginiato aJewishfamily,where he graduated fromWashington-Lee High Schoolin 1964. He studied painting and sculpture at theUniversity of VirginiainCharlottesville,from which he graduated in 1968.

Career

In 1969, after attendingCalifornia State University, Long Beach,Winston moved toHollywoodto pursue a career as an actor. Struggling to find an acting job, he began a makeup apprenticeship atWalt Disney Studios.

1970s

In 1972, Winston established his own company, Stan Winston Studio, and in 1973, he won anEmmy Awardfor his effects work on the 1972 telefilmGargoyles.Over the next seven years, Winston continued to receiveEmmy Awardnominations for work on projects and won another for 1974'sThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.Winston also created theWookieecostumes for the 1978Star Wars Holiday Special.In 1978, Winston was the Special Make-up Designer forThe Wiz.

1980s

In 1982, Winston received his first Oscar nomination forHeartbeeps,by which time he had set up his own studio. However, it was his ground-breaking work withRob Bottinon his update of the science fiction horror classicThe Thingthat year that brought him to prominence in Hollywood. He also worked on supervised vision work onThe Entity.Between then, he contributed some visual effects toFriday the 13th Part III,in which he made a slightly different head sculpt ofJasonin an unused ending.

In 1983, Winston designed theMr. Robotofacemask for the American rock groupStyx.

In 1983 he also worked on the short-lived television seriesManimal,for which he created the panther and hawk transformation effects.

Winston reached a new level of fame in 1984 whenJames Cameron'sThe Terminatorpremiered. The movie was a surprise hit, and Winston's work in bringing the titular metallic killing machine to life led to many new projects and additional collaborations with Cameron. In fact, Winston won his firstAcademy Award for Best Visual Effectsin 1986 on James Cameron's next movie,Aliens.

Over the next few years, Winston and his company received more accolades for its work on many more Hollywood films, includingTim Burton'sEdward Scissorhands,John McTiernan'sPredator,Alien Nation,The Monster Squad,andPredator 2.

In 1988, Winston made his directorial debut with the horror moviePumpkinhead,and won Best First Time Director at the Paris Film Festival. His next directing project was the child-friendlyA Gnome Named Gnorm(1990), starringAnthony Michael Hall.

1990s

James Cameron drafted Winston and his team once again in 1990, this time forTerminator 2: Judgment Day.T2premiered in the summer of 1991, and Winston's work on this box office hit won him two moreAcademy AwardsforBest MakeupandBest Visual Effects.

In 1992, he was nominated for anotherTim Burtonfilm, thesuperherosequelBatman Returns,where he designed the makeup prosthetics forDanny DeVito'sPenguin.Additionally, his studio was commissioned to create robotic penguin puppets that were used throughout the film.

Winston turned his attention from super villains andcyborgstodinosaurswhenSteven Spielbergenlisted his help to bringMichael Crichton'sJurassic Parkto the cinema screen.In 1993, the movie became a blockbuster and Winston won another Oscar forBest Visual Effects.

In 1993, Winston, Cameron and ex-ILMGeneral ManagerScott Rossco-foundedDigital Domain,one of the foremost digital and visual effects studios in the world. In 1998, after the box office success ofTitanic,Cameron and Winston severed their working relationship with the company and resigned from its board of directors.

Winston and his team continued to provide effects work for many more films and expanded their work intoanimatronics.Some of Winston's notable animatronics work can be found inThe Ghost and the DarknessandT2-3D: Battle Across Time,James Cameron's 3-D continuation of theTerminatorseries for theUniversal Studios theme parks.One of Winston's most ambitious animatronics projects was Steven Spielberg'sA.I. Artificial Intelligence,which earned Winston another Oscar nomination forBest Visual Effects.

In 1996, Winston directed and co-produced the longest music video of all time,Ghosts,which was based on an original concept ofMichael JacksonandStephen King.The long-form music video presented a number of never before seen visual effects, and promoted music fromBlood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix,which went on to become the biggest selling remix album of all time (13 million).

2000s

In 2001, Winston, together withColleen CampandSamuel Z. Arkoff's son, Lou Arkoff, produced a series of made-for-cable films forCinemaxandHBO.The five films, referred to asCreature Features,were inspired by the titles ofAIPmonster movies from the 1950s — i.e.,Earth vs. the Spider(1958),How to Make a Monster(1958),Day the World Ended(1955),The She-Creature(1956), andTeenage Caveman(1958) — but had completely different plots.

In 2002 Winston helped to launch a new comic line, Stan Winston's Realm Of The Claw / Mutant Earth which was a flip book and ran for 4 issues. Stan Winston's Trakk Monster Hunter came out in 2003 and ran for 2 issues. These were published by Image Comics.

In 2003, Winston was invited by theSmithsonian Institutionto speak about his life and career in a public presentation sponsored by The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. The presentation took place on November 15, 2003, at the Smithsonian'sNational Museum of American History.

Winston also worked onTerminator 3: Rise of the Machines.

By April 2003, Winston was working on his next project,Jurassic Park IV. By April 2005, Winston said the film was on hold.The film would eventually be released in 2015 titledJurassic World.

At the time of his death, Winston was working on the fourthTerminatorfilm,Terminator Salvation,as well as frequent collaborator James Cameron's filmAvatar.Winston designed the original monsters that appeared in theMidwaygameThe Sufferingand its sequel,The Suffering: Ties That Bind.

Death

Johannes GrenzfurthnerandMatt Winstontalk about Stan Winston and special effects in the 2016 documentaryTraceroute

Stan Winston died on June 15, 2008, inMalibu, California,after suffering for seven years frommultiple myeloma.A spokeswoman reported that he "died peacefully at home surrounded by family."Winston was with his wife and two children, actorMatt Winstonand Debbie Winston.Arnold Schwarzeneggermade a public speech about his death, andJon Favreaudedicated his Spike TVScream Awardto him upon receiving the award for Best Sci-Fi Movie forIron Man.Terminator Salvationis dedicated to both Winston and Joseph R. Kubicek Sr, with the dedication appearing at both the beginning and end of the film. After his death, his four supervisors (Shane Mahan, John Rosengrant, Alan Scott, Lindsay Macgowan) founded and built their own studio,Legacy Effects,named to honor his memory.

Stan Winston School

In 2009, the year after his passing, the Winston family founded theStan Winston School of Character Artsto "preserve Stan's legacy by inspiring and fostering creativity in a new generation of character creators.”The school, which is 100% online, currently offers hundreds of in-depth, on-demand educational video courses by Hollywood's leading special effects artists and creators. Topics covered include design, sculpture, mold making, lab work, animatronics, makeup effects, puppet making, painting, and fabrication.

Collaborators

Winston worked with the following directors on more than one film:

• Tim Burton(Edward Scissorhands,Batman Returns,Big Fish)
• James Cameron(The Terminator,Aliens,Terminator 2: Judgment Day,Avatar)
• John Carpenter(The Thing,Starman)
• Dennis Dugan(The Benchwarmers,You Don't Mess with the Zohan)
• Jon Favreau(Zathura: A Space Adventure,Iron Man)
• Stephen Hopkins(Predator 2,The Ghost and the Darkness)
• Peter Hyams(The Relic,End of Days)
• Frank Marshall(Congo,Eight Below)
• Steven Spielberg(Jurassic Park,The Lost World: Jurassic Park,A.I. Artificial Intelligence,War of the Worlds,Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
• Robert Zemeckis(Amazing Storiesepisode "Go to the Head of the Class",What Lies Beneath)

Academy Awards

• 1982:Oscar Nomination forBest Makeup:Heartbeeps
• 1987:Won Oscar forBest Visual Effects:Aliens
• 1988:Oscar Nomination forBest Visual Effects:Predator
• 1991:Oscar Nomination forBest Makeup:Edward Scissorhands
• 1992:Won 2 Oscars –Best Visual Effects&Best Makeup:Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• 1993:Oscar Nomination forBest Makeup:Batman Returns
• 1994:Won Oscar forBest Visual Effects:Jurassic Park
• 1998:Oscar Nomination forBest Visual Effects:The Lost World: Jurassic Park
• 2002:Oscar Nomination forBest Visual Effects:A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Emmy Awards

• 1973:Won Emmy for Outstanding Makeup:Gargoyles
• 1974:Won Emmy for Outstanding Makeup:The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Filmography

• Gargoyles(1972)
• The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman(1974)
• The Bat People(1974)
• The Man in the Glass Booth(1975)
• Pinocchio(TV, 1976)
• Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde(1976)
• Dracula's Dog(1977, also known asZoltan...Hound of Dracula)
• The Wiz(1978)
• The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan(1979)
• The Exterminator(1980)
• Heartbeeps(1981)
• Dead & Buried(1981)
• The Entity(1982)
• Friday the 13th Part III(1982) (uncredited)
• The Thing(1982)
• The Terminator(1984)
• Starman(1984)
• Ghoulies(1985)
• The Vindicator(1986)
• Invaders from Mars(1986)
• Aliens(1986)
• The Monster Squad(1987)
• Predator(1987)
• Pumpkinhead(1988)
• Leviathan(1989)
• Edward Scissorhands(1990)
• A Gnome Named Gnorm(1990)
• Predator 2(1990)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day(1991)
• Batman Returns(1992)
• Jurassic Park(1993)
• Interview with the Vampire(1994)
• Tank Girl(1995)
• Congo(1995)
• The Ghost and the Darkness(1996)
• The Island of Dr. Moreau(1996)
• T2-3D: Battle Across Time(1996)
• Michael Jackson's Ghosts(1996)
• The Relic(1997)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park(1997)
• Mouse Hunt(1997)
• Small Soldiers(1998)
• Instinct(1999)
• Lake Placid(1999)
• Inspector Gadget(1999)
• End of Days(1999)
• Galaxy Quest(1999)
• What Lies Beneath(2000)
• Pearl Harbor(2001)
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence(2001)
• Jurassic Park III(2001)
• She Creature(2001)
• Earth vs. the Spider(2001)
• How to Make a Monster(2001)
• The Day the World Ended(2001)
• The Time Machine(2002)
• Teenage Caveman(2002)
• Darkness Falls(2003)
• Big Fish(2003)
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines(2003)
• Wrong Turn(2003)
• The Suffering(video game) (2004)
• Constantine(2005)
• Zathura: A Space Adventure(2005)
• War of the Worlds(2005)
• Doom(2005)
• Eight Below(2006)
• The Shaggy Dog(2006)
• The Benchwarmers(2006)
• Skinwalkers(2006)
• The Deaths of Ian Stone(2007)
• Iron Man(2008)
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull(2008)
• You Don't Mess with the Zohan(2008)
• Terminator Salvation(2009)
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra(2009)
• Pandorum(2009)
• Avatar(2009)
• Shutter Island(2010)
• Enthiran(2010)

External links

• Stan Winston Studio
• Stan WinstonatIMDb
• "Stan Winston".Find a Grave.RetrievedJune 12,2013.
• Stan Winston School