Stan Winston

Personal Info

Known For

Crew

Born

1946-04-07

Place of Birth

Arlington, Virginia, USA

Stan Winston

Biography

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 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.

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Acting History

2019
The Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
2011
Return to Jurassic Park as Self (archive footage)
2007
Bloodsucking Cinema as Self
2006
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film as Self
2005
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' as Self (archive footage)
2005
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection as Self
2004
Fangoria: Blood Drive as Himself / DVD Extras
2004
Stan Winston: Monster Mogul as Self
2004
Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn' as Self
2004
Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods as Self
2003
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' as Self
2003
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
2002
Michael Jackson: The Making of Ghosts as Self
2001
The Making Of Jurassic Park III as Self
2001
Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' as Self
2000
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' as Self
2000
The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D' as Self
2000
In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire as Self
1999
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs as Self
1998
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape as Self
1997
The Making of 'The Lost World' as Self
1997
Hollywood Halloween as Self
1995
Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?) as Self
1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Self
1994
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects as Self
1993
T2: More Than Meets the Eye as Self
1992
The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin as Self
1991
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' as Self
1987
Biography as Self
1985
The Making of the Terminator as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self