Stan Winston

Crew

Born: 1946-04-07

Died: 2008-06-15

From: Arlington, Virginia, USA

Gender: Male

Popularity: 0.5

Also Known As

Stanley 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.

Awards & Nominations12 won · 11 nominated

🏆 Won

Time Machine Award

2003

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2002

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1998

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Jurassic Park

1994

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Jurassic Park

1994

🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects

Jurassic Park

1993

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Batman Returns

1993

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1992

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1992

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1992

🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Edward Scissorhands

1991

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Predator

1988

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Aliens

1987

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Aliens

1987

Nominated

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Visual Effects

Invaders from Mars

1987

🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects

Aliens

1986

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Heartbeeps

1982

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

1974

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series

Gargoyles

1973

🏆 Won

The George Pal Memorial Award

🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Stan Winston

Also Known As

Biography

Awards & Nominations12 won · 11 nominated

Acting31 titles

Stan Winston: Monster Mogul

Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs

Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn'

The Making of the Terminator

Hollywood Halloween

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'

The Thing: Terror Takes Shape

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

The Movies That Made Us

The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'

No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects

The Making of 'The Lost World'

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film

T2: More Than Meets the Eye

The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'

Biography

Return to Jurassic Park

Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin

In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire

Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator'

The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D'

Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?)

The Mike Douglas Show

The Making Of Jurassic Park III

Fangoria: Blood Drive

Michael Jackson: The Making of Ghosts

I Am 'Iron Man'

Directing5 titles

Ghosts

Aliens

The Terminator

Pumpkinhead

A Gnome Named Gnorm

Writing3 titles

Ghosts

Pumpkinhead

The Unseen

Production8 titles

Wrong Turn

Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature

The Deaths of Ian Stone

Earth vs. the Spider

Hellraiser: Deader

How to Make a Monster

The Day the World Ended

Teenage Caveman

Visual Effects10 titles

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

The Monster Squad

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

End of Days

Terminator Salvation

The Relic

Leviathan

Gargoyles

Invaders from Mars

Parasite

Crew25 titles

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

W.C. Fields and Me

Jurassic Park

Iron Man

Predator

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Galaxy Quest

Pearl Harbor

Jurassic World

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Small Soldiers

Predator 2

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines