Stan Winston
Acting · Crew · Costume & Make-Up · Production · Visual Effects · Directing · Writing
Born April 7, 1946, 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 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.
Filmography
- 2015Jurassic World — Thanks
- 2012Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica — Thanks
- 2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra — Special Effects
- 2009Terminator Salvation — In Memory Of, Creature Effects Technical Director
- 2008Iron Man — Special Effects
- 2008The Deaths of Ian Stone — Producer
- 2005Constantine — Special Effects Makeup Artist
- 2005Hellraiser: Deader — Producer
- 2003No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
- 2003Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines — Makeup Effects
- 2003Wrong Turn — Producer
- 2002Teenage Caveman — Producer
- 2001A.I. Artificial Intelligence — Animatronics Designer
- 2001Earth vs. the Spider — Producer
- 2001How to Make a Monster — Producer
- 2001Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature — Producer
- 2001Pearl Harbor — Makeup Effects
- 2001The Day the World Ended — Producer, Special Effects
- 1999End of Days — Creature Design
- 1999Galaxy Quest — Makeup Effects
- 1999Inspector Gadget — Animatronics Designer
- Creature — Special Effects
- 1998Small Soldiers — Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
- 1997Ghosts — Director, Screenplay, Story
- 1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park — Creature Effects Technical Director
- 1997The Relic — Creature Effects Technical Director
- 1996The Island of Dr. Moreau — Special Effects Makeup Artist
- 1994Interview with the Vampire — Makeup Effects Designer
- 1993Jurassic Park — Special Effects
- 1992Batman Returns — Special Effects Makeup Artist
- 1991A Gnome Named Gnorm — Director
- 1991Terminator 2: Judgment Day — Makeup Effects Designer, Visual Effects Producer, Special Effects
- 1990Predator 2 — Special Effects
- 1989Leviathan — Creature Effects Technical Director
- 1988Pumpkinhead — Director, Story
- 1987Predator — Special Effects
- 1987The Monster Squad — Creature Design
- 1986Aliens — Second Unit Director
- 1986Invaders from Mars — Creature Design
- 1986The Clan of the Cave Bear — Animatronics Supervisor
- 1984The Terminator — Second Unit Director
- 1982Parasite — Creature Design, Special Effects
- 1982The Entity — Special Effects Makeup Artist
- 1981Dead & Buried — Makeup Effects Designer
- 1981Heartbeeps — Makeup Effects
- 1981The Hand — Makeup Effects
- 1980Farewell to the Planet of the Apes — Special Effects Makeup Artist
- 1980The Exterminator — Makeup Effects
- 1980The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes — Special Effects Makeup Artist
- 1980The Island — Special Effects Makeup Artist
- 1980The Unseen — Story
- 1979The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan — Makeup Designer
- 1978The Wiz — Makeup Designer
- 1977Zoltan… Hound of Dracula — Makeup Designer, Special Effects
- 1976Mansion of the Doomed — Makeup Designer
- 1976W.C. Fields and Me — Makeup Designer, Special Effects
- 1974Get Christie Love! — Makeup Supervisor
- 1974The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman — Makeup Supervisor, Makeup Effects
- 1974The Bat People — Makeup Effects, Makeup Designer
- 1974Unwed Father — Makeup Artist
- 1972Gargoyles — Creature Design
Appearances as themselves (32)
- The Movies That Made Us — Self (archive footage)
- 2011Return to Jurassic Park — Self (archive footage)
- 2007Bloodsucking Cinema — Self
- 2006Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film — Self
- 2005Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection — Self
- 2005The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' — Self (archive footage)
- 2004Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods — Self
- 2004Fangoria: Blood Drive — Himself / DVD Extras
- 2004Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn' — Self
- 2004Stan Winston: Monster Mogul — Self
- 2003Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' — Self
- 2002Michael Jackson: The Making of Ghosts — Self
- 2001Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' — Self
- 2001Predator: The Life Inside — Self
- 2001The Making Of Jurassic Park III — Self
- 2000If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' — Self
- 2000In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire — Self
- 2000The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D' — Self
- 1999Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs — Self
- 1998The Thing: Terror Takes Shape — Self
- 1997Hollywood Halloween — Self
- 1997The Making of 'The Lost World' — Self
- 1995Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?) — Self
- 1995The Making of 'Jurassic Park' — Self
- 1994Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects — Self
- 1993T2: More Than Meets the Eye — Self
- 1992Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin — Self
- 1991The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' — Self
- Biography — Self
- 1985The Making of the Terminator — Self
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self
- Monster Maker — Self (archive footage)